Present Simple / Present Continuous / Present Perfect

Present Simple is used ...

• to describe usual or habitual actions

• to describe future arrangements

• to describe general truths

• in timetables and schedules

• to describe recent events

Present Continuous is used...

• in future arrangements

• in timetables or schedules

• to describe an irritating habit

• to describe actions which are happening now or nowadays

• to describe finished actions

Present Perfect is used...

• to describe plans for the future

• to describe life experience up to now

• to describe recent events

• to describe finished actions which have a result for today

• in timetables and schedules

Choose markers for Present Simple:

• hardly ever

• recently

• usually

• every day / every week / every year

• five minutes ago

Choose the markers for Present Continuous:

• right now

• lately

• at this moment

• tonight

• ever

Choose the markers for Present Perfect:

• yesterday

• just

• recently / lately

• ever / never

• already / yet

Tick the sentences with Present Simple:

• I love being alone.

• I'm going to beg.

• He doesn't do his homework.

• Do you get up early?

• Andrew knows grammar well.

Tick the sentences with Present Continuous:

• I'm sitting at home.

• She's waiting for lunch.

• Are you hungry?

• Where did you go?

• Have you read a book?

Tick the sentences with Present Perfect:

• She's started a lesson.

• Have you been to Poland?

• Andrew doesn't think about problems.

• I've just seen this film.

• My mum has a class on Thursdays.

recently = lately

• давно

• недавно

• очень давно

• только что