Present tenses. Revision.

4th ESO

Present tenses revision

Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple

index

6- Present Continuous. Activities

1- Present Simple. Uses

7- Present Perfect Simple. Uses

2- Present Simple. Explanation

8- Present Perfect Simple. Explanation

3- Present Simple. Activities

9- Present Perfect Simple. Activities

4- Present Continuous. Uses

10- Mix

5- Present Continuous. Explanation

Present simple

Uses

Universal facts: Two and two make four. Permanent situations: I'm Spanish. Habits and routines: I play voleyball twice a week.

Present Simple

When the verb ends in -ch, -ss, -sh, -x or -zz, we add -es. (She watches TV) When the verb ends in a consonant + -y we change y to i and add -es. (He studies a lot for his exams). But when the verb ends in a vowel + -y we just add -s. (He enjoys break time).

• I, you, we, they take the verb without changes. For example: I work, we study or they paint.
• He, she, it take the verb adding an -s. For example: She works, he studies, it rains.
• Remember to make some changes to the verb.

Present simple activities.

Present Simple 1

Present Simple 2

Present Simple 3

Present continuous. Uses

Uses

• Activities at the moment of speaking. I am doing my homework right now.
• Temporary activities happening right now. This week I'm working from home.
• Future arrangements. I'm visiting my friends tomorrow..

present continuous. explanation

Form

Don't forget the verb TO BE!!!!! Time expressions:Now, at the moment, right now, today, tonight.Next week, next month...

Subject pronoun + verb To Be + verb + ing Examples: I am studying English right now. She is working as an engineer in London. We are going to Paris next month.

Present continuous activities.

Present Continuous 1

Present Continuous 3

Present Continuous 2

Present perfect simple. uses

• Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue in the present. I've known Julie for ten years.
• Life experience. I have been to Tokyo.
• To talk about something that has happened recently. I've just seen Lucy.

present perfect simple. explanation

Form: Subject pronoun + have / has + past participle She has been to school today. We have been to Madrid four times.

• Be careful when to use HAVE or HAS.
• Past participle. When it is a regular verb, you only need to use -ed. IF it's irregular, you can click here and use the third column.

Present perfect simple. activities

Present Perfect Simple 1.

Present Perfect Simple 3

Present Perfect Simple 2

Irregular past participles

Present tenses mix

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