PRESENT THEORY

PRESENT THEORY

Amal El Hafi,Fatima Zahrae,Gerard Calvo and Alessandro

INDEX

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE

USE:To talk about habits and rOutines

STRUCTURE:

Affirmative: Subject+Verb (+-s) +Complement

SHE/HE/IT

Negative:Subject+Don't/Doesn't+Verb+Complement

HE/SHE/IT

Interrogative:Do/Does+Subject+Verb+Complement

SHE/HE/IT

EXAMPLES

She walks around the park. They walk around the park.

I don't go to school.She doesn't go to school.

Do you have the homework?Does Marcos have the homework?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

USE: H is an action that is happening at the moment.

STRUCTURE:

Affirmative:Subject+am/are/is+Verb +Ing+Complement

Negative:Subject+Isn't/Aren't/'m not+Verb+Ing+Complement

Interrogative:Am/Are/Is+Subject+Verb+Ing+Complement

EXAMPLES

He isn't playing football. I am not sleeping at home. We aren't eating a sandwich-

I am driving my car. She is telling me a story. They are watching TV.

Are you eating macaroni? Is she playing games? Am I studying Maths?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

It is used to describe an action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present.

STRUCURE: -Affirmative: subject + have/has + verb participle + complement. -Negative: subject + haven’t/hasn’t + verb participle + complement. -Interrogative: Have/Has + subject + verb participle + complement

EXAMPLES

He hasn't gone home. She hasn't danced in the beach. You haven't sung in the shower.

I have played ping pong. She has danced in the beach. You have sung in the shower.

Have you played with basketball?.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The Present Perfect Continuous is used when you want to highlight a progressive (long) action which started in the past.

STRUCTURE: She has been working in Gabriela for two years. / They have been playing football for an hour. AFFIRMATIVE: SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB-ING + COMPLEMENT. She hasn't been working in Gabriela for two years. / They haven't been playing football for an hours. NEGATIVE: SUBJECT + HAVEN'T/HASN'T + BEEN + VERB-ING + COMPLEMENT.

EXAMPLES

- I have been driving all night.

I haven't been to basketball.

How many years have you been studying?

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