Present Tenses

We use Present Simple to talk about...

• a fixed arrangement

• a schedule (timetable)

• our preferences

• order of past events

• our experience

-- Hi Jane! You'll never guess what I have! A plane ticket to London!

• -- Wow! When did you go there?

• -- Cool! When is your flight?

• -- Unbelievable! When will you go?

• -- Exciting! When have you been going there?

-- Oh! Why are your hands so dirty? You can't eat these sandwiches.

• -- I've been working in the garden.

• -- I've worked in the garden the whole morning.

• -- I'm working in the garden.

• -- I work in the garden everyday.

We use Present Continuous to talk about...

• our experiences

• predictions based on something we see

• situations which are changing

• annoying habits

Complete the sentense:

I (be) to the cinema twice this week.

Which two tenses will you use to compare a usual situation with an unusual one happening now?

• Present Continuous & Present Perfect

• Present Simple & Present Continuous

• Present Perfect & Present Perfect Continuous

• Present Simple both times

Select the time markers for Present Perfect.

• yet

• ever

• before

• since

• lately

Translate into English:

"Близнецы спят всё утро, а ведь я хотел рассказать им, что только что встретил Тома на рынке!"

Find the mistake:

"We've watched a great comedy show staring Lane White yesterday night!"

• wrong tense is used

• Lane White isn't a comedy actress

• "staring" is spelled incorrectly

• "yesterday night" is placed incorrectly

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