VERB

TENSES:
PRESENT
Arranged by Aswarini S.
Verb Tenses
• Verbs come in three tenses: past, present,
and future.
• The past is used to describe things that have
already happened
• The present tense is used to describe things
that are happening right now, or things that
are continuous.
• The future tense describes things that have
yet to happen
The present tenses
Simple Present
Present Continuous
Preset Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
 Simple present tense
• The simple present is a verb tense with two main uses.
• We use the simple present tense when an action happens
regularly.
• The other is to talk about habitual actions or occurrences
• Depending on the person, the simple present tense is
formed by using the base form or by adding ‑s or ‑es to
the end.
 The patterns (SIMPLE
PRESENT)

afirmative negative introgative

S + V1/S S + do/does not + V1 Do/Does + S + V1?
/
Gunadarma has many Diana doesn’t like WH + do/does + S + V1?
campuses. him.
Do you work in that office?
Make a sentence using one
of these words!
1. Draws (+)
2. Buy (-)
3. Love (?)
4. Put (-/?)
5. Goes (+)
 Present continuous
• The present continuous verb tense indicates that an
action or condition is happening now, frequently, and
may continue into the future.
• The Present Continuous Formula: to be [am, is, are] +
verb [present participle]
 The patterns (PRESENT
CONTINUOUS)

afirmative negative introgative

S + to be + V-ing S + to be not + V-ing To be + S + V-ing?
/
I am teaching English The children aren’t WH + to be + S + V-ing?
right now. playing in the park.
What is mom cooking in
the kitchen?
Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

1. The children ………………………….. (play) outside now.

2. She usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
3. I …………………………… (do) my homework now.
4. I ………………………… (eat) my dinner now.
5. ……………………………. (you / want) a pizza?
6. They …………………………….. (watch) TV now.
7. I ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti.
8. The baby …………………………. (sleep) now.
9. My mother usually …………………. (cook) dinner in the evening.
10. He …………………….. (write) a letter to his pen-friend every month.
 Present perfect
• The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that
either occurred at an indefinite time in the past or began
in the past and continued to the present time
• This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
 The patterns (PRESENT
PERFECT)

afirmative negative introgative

S +have/has + V3 S + have/has not + V3 Have/Has + S + V3?
/
They have seen the My student has not WH + hav’/has + S +
movie. finished her task yet. V3

Have you started the

project?
 Present perfect continuous
• The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the
present perfect progressive tense) shows that something
started in the past and is continuing at the present time.
• The present perfect continuous is formed using the
construction has/have been + the present participle
(root + -ing).
 The patterns (PRESENT
PERFECT CONTINUOUS)

afirmative negative introgative

S + have/has + been + S + have/has not + Have/has + S + been +
V-ing been + V-ing V-ing?
/
She has been waiting I haven’t been WH + have/has + S +
for you for two hours. feeling well lately. been + V-ing?

Have the toddlers been

sleeping?
Fill in the blanks with PRESENT PERFECT or PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS:
1. I’m tired. We ………………………………………………. (walk) for over an hour.
Let’s stop and rest for a while.
2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I ………………………………………………… (walk)
there many times.
3. The telephone ……………………………………………… (ring) for almost a
minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
4. She is 80 and she ………………………………………… (never / read) a book in
her life.
5. I’m trying to study. I …………………………………………….. (try) to study for the
last hour.
 TASK!
● Think of something you are interested in (person,
place, band, sport club, book, movie, character, game,
etc)
● Write paragraphs about it’s profile using grammatical
present tenses
● You can also use the other tenses according to the
context or time reference
● Give an interesting title
● Type it in A4 paper, font 12 and space 1,5.
● Post in V-class next week.
 THANKS!
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https://www.grammarly.com/blog/verb-tenses/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/simple-present/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/present-continuous/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/present-perfect-tense/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/present-perfect-continuous-tense/