PRESENT TENSES

TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI
FIKTI UMSU

Fatimah Sari Siregar, S.Pd., M. Hum

Which one is Present Tense?
 1. I’m learning Chinese.
 2. You’ve walked across the Amazon jungle.
 3. It has meant that I can finance my next
expedition.
 4. My mum and dad always watch my
documentaries.
 5. My agent waits for me.
 6. I’ve always loved travelling.
 7. I don’t like going with groups.
Answers
 1. I’m learning Chinese. – Present Continuous
 2. You’ve walked across the Amazon jungle. – Present
Perfect
 3. It has meant that I can finance my next expedition. –
Present Perfect
 4. My mum and dad always watch my documentaries.
– Present Simple
 5. My agent waits for me. – Present Tense
 6. I’ve always loved travelling. – Present Perfect
 7. I don’t like going with groups. - Present Simple
Present Simple
 I live in Belgrade.  We live in Belgrade.
 You live in Belgrade.  You live in Belgrade.
 He/She/It lives in  They live in Belgrade.
Belgrade.

Answer this question:

1.Where do you live?

2.Where does your uncle live?

Present Simple - questions
 Do I live in Belgrade?  Do we live in
 Do you live in Belgrade?
Belgrade?  Do you live in
 Does he/she/it live in Belgrade?
Belgrade?  Do they live in
Belgrade?
Present Simple - negative
 I don’t live in  We don’t live in
Belgrade. Belgrade.
 You don’t live in  You don’t live in
Belgrade. Belgrade.
 He/she /it doesn’t live  They don’t live in
in Belgrade. Belgrade.
We use the Present Simple to talk about:
 Activities that we repeat regularly (routines, habits).
My mum and dad always watch my documentaries.
 Permanent situations and states.

I don’t like cheese.

 General truths

A doctor works in a hospital.

Common time adverbials:

always, often, usually, sometimes, never
every day, every week, every year ...
twice a week, once a month
regularly, seldom, hardly ever, occasionally
Spelling
 Y is lost in verbs  We use –es with verbs
ending in consonant ending in -s, -z, -sh, -
+y: ch, -s, -x:
fly – flies watches, teaches,
washes, fixes...
study – studies
 -es where you wouldn’t

normally expect it
does
goes
Answer this question below.