Present Tenses: Simple, Continuous, and Perfect

The form of the present perfect is.....................

• is been + past participle

• has being + past participle

• have/has+past participle

• was been + past partciple

We use the present simple to talk about.....

• An action happening at the moment of speaking

• future plans

• facts, routine, habits, truth

• an action stated in the past and continues up to now

My father .........................(travel) to spain every month for work.

We use the present continuous to talk about............

• Facts

• An action happpening at the moment of speaking, future plans.

• truth

• a present result of a past action

The boy........................................ a film right now.

• watches

• is watching

• was watching

• has watched

Tom ...............................(already/finish) the project the teacher assigned last . Now he is giving back to him.

The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action .......................

• started in the past and finished now.

• not finished yet

• in progress

• finihsed

The form of the present perfect continuous is.............

• has/have + been + past participle

• has/have + being + past participle

• was + been + past participle

• have/has + been + verb in the ing form.

Lucy ......................................(read) a book since last week.

My mother ................................(just/prepare) lunch.