Present Tenses

Present Simple is used to talk about...

• ROUTINES, FACTS

• ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW

• YESTERDAY

• TOMORROW

PRESENT CONTINUOUS is used for...

• routines

• future arrangements

• facts

• actions happening now

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

• I am studying English at the moment.

• She's studied English for five years.

• She studies English twice a week.

• She studied English at University.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

• actions happening now

• puts emphasis on the duration of an action

• routines, facts

• future arrangements

The plane..... at four o'clock.

• LEAVE

• IS LEAVING

• LEAVES

• HAS LEFT

-Have you found a house yet?

-No, I... with my mum at the moment.

• STAY

• HAVE BEEN STAYING

• STAYS

• AM STAYING

I ... do the housework on Saturdays.

• ALWAYS

• ALREADY

• JUST

• NOW

I have been working here... July.

• YET

• USUALLY

• SINCE

• FOR

I've lived here since I was born.

• PRESENT SIMPLE

• PAST SIMPLE

• PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

• PRESENT PERFECT CONINUOUS

Her feet hurts. She..... all morning.

• is walking

• has walk

• walks

• has been walking