Present Tenses Review

We use the Present Simple to talk about...

• daily routines and habits

• facts or things which are generally true

• things happening right at the moment of speaking

• all answers are correct

What kind of adverbs do we use for them?

• time

• space

• frequency

• mode

"They are arriving on time every week". Is this correct?

• YES!

• NO!

We use Present Continuous to...

• talk about something that' happening at the moment of speaking

• talk about temporary situations

• talk about something that's happening around this time

• all the options are correct

Which are the two phrases we usually use with Present Continuous?

"I'm taking the bus to school on Monday"

Correct or Incorrect?

• Correct!

• Incorrect!

Present Perfect! What information is correct?

• It's about an action that started in the past and still has effect in the present

• It's about finished actions

• The situation may continue in the present time or finished by then

• all the answers are correct

Add AT LEAST three expressions we use in Present Perfect

TRUE or FALSE: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous are very similar, but the Continuous form is used to emphasize an action which was in progress until recenty, or is still happening.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If I want to say that I'm still doing my homework, which option should I choose?

• I've been working on maths for the past hour

• I've worked on maths for the past hour