PRESENT TENSE

By. Desy
IN ENGLISH Chaniago

LANGUAGE
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 What Is the Present Tense?
The present tense is a verb tense used to describe a current
activity or state of being. However, somewhat unusually, the present tense
can also be used to describe past and future activities.

For example:
• I swim in the sea every Saturday. (This is a current activity.)
• I am happy.(This is a current state of being)
• The meeting ends at 6 o'clock.(This is a future activity.)
• A man walks into a bar. Ouch! (This is a past activity.)
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 PRESENT Simple Present

TENSE
Present Continuous
There are
four present Present Perfect.

tense forms:
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Present Perfect Continuous

 SIMPLE PRESENT

● The present indefinite tense, also known as simple present

tense, denotes a stative or habitual or eternally true action.

01 ● Generally, simple present tense is used to indicate an action

which happens – always, regularly, every day, daily, normally,
generally, usually, occasionally, sometimes, often, rarely,
frequently, nowadays, naturally, seldom, constantly, never,
every week, every year, once a year, on a week, at times, at
present, now and then, or all the time.
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 Structure:
Subject (third person singular number) + verb in simple present form + s/es + . . . . .

Subject (all other kinds) + verb in simple present form + . . . . .

Note: When ‘be’ verbs work as the main verb in a sentence,

they are different from the above structures.
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 Person /
Singular Plural
Number
I am a good cricket We are good
First
player. cricket players.
You are an You all are always
Second
irresponsible person. irresponsible.
The earth is smaller Junk food is not
Third
than Jupiter. good for health.
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 There are some stative verbs that are usually used in simple tenses whether present
or past or future. The stative verbs are:
Have Need Like Examples:

Understand Hear Seem ● I know Billy Bob.

● He understands it.
Know Love Smell ● They love swinging in the park.
● Some people do not believe in God.
Believe Appear Want ● I usually wake up at 6:00 AM.
● He plays cricket, but his brother plays football.
Hate See Taste ● Earth is bigger than Mercury.
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● The heat of the sun reaches the least to the

Wish Sound Own polar.
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Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I sing on stage. Do I sing on stage? I don’t sing on stage.

We run behind the train. Do we run behind the train? We don’t run behind the train.

You are on the roof. Are you on the roof? You aren’t on the roof.

Allan writes well. Does Allan write well? Allan does not write well.
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She hands out leaflets. Does she hand out leaflets? She doesn’t hand out leaflets.
Do they love dancing in the They don’t love dancing in the
They love dancing in the rain.
rain? rain.
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 Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense

● The present progressive tense is used to indicate the ongoing

time (now). However, the stative verbs do not usually take

02 the form of present progressive tense even though they

refer to the present time.

● Now, continually, perpetually, at this moment, at the

moment, right now, this season, this year, forever, etc. words
or word pairs are usually signs that the verb in a sentence is
in the present progressive form. However, these signs are
not necessary all the time for a verb to be of present
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progressive tense.
 Structure:
Subject + am/is/are + verb + ing + . . . . . . . . .

● Example:

● I am going to the college field.

● He is coming here for some tips.
● They are making a basketball ground.
● Why are you working in that horrible
place? (Interrogative)
● Four teams are playing at this moment.
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● John is not joining the class today. (Negative)

 This structure is also used to demonstrate future time.
Present
Subject Verb "to be"
Participle
Example:
I am
● Alex is leaving for Portugal.
You are ● I am going to complete my task.
● We are leaving at 6:00 PM.
He / She / It ● They are flying to Australia next month.
(or singular is
noun) [verb] + "ing"
We are Forming the Present Progressive Tense
The present progressive tense is formed like this:
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You are
They (or "am," "is," or "are“ + [present participle ("verb-ing")]
are
plural noun)
 How the Forms of Verbs Change in Different Types of Sentences
The [verb] + "ing" part is known as a present participle. It is formed like this:

Add "ing" to most verbs: For verbs that end "ie", change the "ie"
play > playing to "y" and add "ing": lie > lying
shout > shouting untie > untying

For verbs that end "e", remove the "e" For verbs whose last syllable is written
and add "ing": [consonant-vowel-consonant] and is
prepare > preparing stressed, double the final consonant
ride > riding and add "ing":
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run > running

forget > forgetting
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 Present Perfect Tense

● The present perfect tense is used when one intends to

indicate:

03 ○ an action that occurred at a time which is indefinite and

has its effect on the subject

○ or an action that occurred many times and has the

possibility to occur in the present/future

○ or an action that began in the past and still going on in

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the present.
 Structure:
Subject + have/has + verb in the past participle form + . . . . . . .

● Example:

● I am going to the college field.

● He is coming here for some tips.
● They are making a basketball ground.
● Why are you working in that horrible
place? (Interrogative)
● Four teams are playing at this moment.
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● John is not joining the class today. (Negative)

 The Present-Past-Past Participle Chart:

Present Form Past Form Past Participle Form

Shout Shouted Shouted
Read Read Read
Give Gave Given
Take Took Taken
Sing Sang Sung
Write Wrote Written
Wake Woke Woken
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Cast Cast Cast

Lose Lost Lost
 This structure is also used to demonstrate future time.
Just, already, yet, just now,
Example: ever, lately, recently, etc. are
some of the signs for present
● Alex has read the book through. (No time is indicated) perfect tense.
● I have read this poem many times. (Not habitual but occurred
many times in the past)
● He has lived in this apartment for 15 years. (Still going on)
Note:
• Already comes between
More examples:
have/has and the past
participle;
● Their event has not been approved this year. (Negative) • yet appears with a negative
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● Have we really done so bad? (Interrogative) form at the end of the

sentence.
 This structure is also used to demonstrate future time.
Just, already, yet, just now,
Example: ever, lately, recently, etc. are
some of the signs for present
● Alex has already reached there. perfect tense.
● Alex has not reached yet.
● I have already cleaned the house.
● I have not cleaned the house yet.(Negative)
Note:
● Has she already gone home? (Interrogative)
• Already comes between
have/has and the past
participle;
• yet appears with a negative
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form at the end of the

sentence.
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 Present Perfect Progressive (Continuous)
● It is the least used form of present tense. Present perfect
progressive tense is used to indicate an action that began in the
past and is still occurring in the present. Both present perfect
and present perfect continuous tense can be used to indicate

04 this type of action.

● The present perfect progressive tense has two uses. It is used
for: A continuous activity that began in the past and continues
into the present. For example:

○ Those workmen have been fixing the roads.

● A continuous activity that began in past but has now finished
(usually very recently). For example:
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○ John has been baking cakes.

 Structure:
Subject + have/has + been + [verb + ing] + . . . . .+ for/since + time frame.

● Example:

● Alex has been reading for 3 years.

● I have been sleeping since 10.00 AM.
● Robert has been working in that shop for 6 years.
● We have been living together for four years.
● Have we really been waiting for a miracle for fifteen
years? (Interrogative)
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● She hasn’t been doing her job well enough for the
last 5 years. (Negative)
 More Examples of the Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Here are some more examples of the present perfect progressive tense:

• Julie has been relying on a pay rise to pay her student loan.

• (Julie might still be relying on a pay rise, or she might have received the pay
rise. You can't tell from this sentence. However, this information is just
setting the scene for some more information about Julie's present situation.)

• Mr and Mrs Cox have been taking the wrong pills for years.

• (The Coxes might still be taking the wrong pills or not. You can't tell from this
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sentence. However, this information is just setting the scene for some more
information about the Coxes' present situation.)
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 This structure is also used to demonstrate future time.
Just, already, yet, just now,
Example: ever, lately, recently, etc. are
some of the signs for present
● Alex has read the book through. (No time is indicated) perfect tense.
● I have read this poem many times. (Not habitual but occurred
many times in the past)
● He has lived in this apartment for 15 years. (Still going on)
Note:
• Already comes between
More examples:
have/has and the past
participle;
● Their event has not been approved this year. (Negative) • yet appears with a negative
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● Have we really done so bad? (Interrogative) form at the end of the

sentence.
 This structure is also used to demonstrate future time.
Just, already, yet, just now,
Example: ever, lately, recently, etc. are
some of the signs for present
● Alex has already reached there. perfect tense.
● Alex has not reached yet.
● I have already cleaned the house.
● I have not cleaned the house yet.(Negative)
Note:
● Has she already gone home? (Interrogative)
• Already comes between
have/has and the past
participle;
• yet appears with a negative
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form at the end of the

sentence.
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 Thank You!
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By. Desy Chaniago
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