Present tenses overview: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect

Apuntes

| Tense | Structure | Time expressions | Uses | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Present | Affirmative: I, you, we, they + verb in He, she, it + verb SIEs | ☑ Always, usually | • Boutines | | Simple | Negative: Don't + verb in Doesn't + verb in Interrogative: Do/Does +? + verb in...? | ☑ Often, never ☑ Sometimes ☑ Every day/week ☑ On monday | • Habits • General facts • Timetables • Permanent status | | Present | Affirmative: ? am/ is/ are + verb ING Negative: ? am not/ isn't/ aren't + verb ING Interrogative: Am/ is/ are +? + verb ING? | ☑ now, right now ☑ at the moment ☑ today, this week ☑ currently | • Actions in progress at the time of speaking • Temporal situations • Near future plans. | | Present | Affirmative: ? have/ has + 3rd column Negative: ? haven't/ hasn't + 3rd column Interrogative: Have/ has +? + 3rd column? | ☑ already, lately, yet, since, just, for, ever, ne- ver, recently | • Life experiences • Actions without an specific time • Actions that started in the past and conti- nues in the present. |a