Present Tenses

Present Tenses

By: Karen Ramírez

How many present tenses do we have?

Tell me what present tenses you know

Present Tenses

• Present Simple

• Present Progressive

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect progressive

Present Simple

Present Simple

• Routines

• Facts

• Habits

• Instructions

Multiple Choice

When do we add an "s" ?

• We

• He/She/It

• I/We/You/They

Multiple Choice

What happens with verbs ending in -ch, -o, -s, -sh, and -x?

• We add an "es"

• We add an "s"

• We double de consonant

The working day

Alice is talking about her working day. Listen to Alice and decide what job she does.

The working day

Now read it and tell me how many phrases in the text use the verb get?

Open Ended

I ___ __ at 6:30 every day.

Open Ended

At what time do you ___ ____? At 7:00 pm. If I have luck and there is no traffic.

Open Ended

Write a tense using: get to work.

Speaking

Work in pairs. Interview your partner about their routine. Make yes/no questions using the verbs in the box. Then ask your partner and make a note of their answers. Write a short text about their routine

Speaking

2. have breakfast / every day

3. go to work or school / eight

4. get to work or school / nine

5. finish work or school / six

6. leave work or school / tired

7. have dinner / 7:30

8. go to bed / 10:45

Present Continuous

When do we use it?

Present Continuous

• things that are happening at the moment

• fixed arragments

Multiple Select

How is the present continuous formed?

• We use the auxliary "do"

• we use am/is/are

• the verb ends with ing

• We add an "s" at the end of the verb

Exercise 1

Watch the video and tell me what do they do? and what they are doing?

Exercise 2: Speak for a minute

listening: say what you see

Exercise 2: Speak for a minute

Present Perfect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_0Gz4uRKo

Present Perfect

The present perfect is used to talk about past actions or situations that have a connection with the present. It is formed from the verb have + past participle, e.g. I’ve (= I have) never met him before

Present Perfect

• 1) We often use the present perfect to give ‘new’ information, for example when we want to report an event that happened a short time ago: Ouch! I’ve hurt my leg. Has Michael arrived yet?

• 2) We use the present perfect to talk about a repeated past event that may happen again in the future: Brazil has won the World Cup five times.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer for the next tense: The doctor has saved many lives.

• Repeated action in the past

• new information

Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer for the next tense: Spain has won the World Cup!

• Repeated action in the past

• new information

Present Perfect

• 3) We often use the present perfect to talk about a situation that began in the past and continues up to the present or future. It is often used with time expressions such as since, for, never, etc.: I’ve been married for nearly ten years

• 4) We often use the present perfect to talk about a past event that has a connection with the present: I’ve forgotten my dictionary at home. Can I borrow yours? (My dictionary is at home at the moment.)

Open Ended

Complete the tense: Look! Mike ____ a hair cut! (His hair is different now.)

Open Ended

Complete the tense: John ____ alone since 2001

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