present verbal tenses

present verbal tenses

1. present simple

   • • She understands English. • It mixes the sand and the water. • He tries very hard. • She enjoys playing the piano.
   • tense indicates, unchanging situations, general truths, scientific
   • POSITIVE FORMS (+) : Subject ( IFORMS (+) : Su, You, We, They ) + V1 ( First Form of Verb ) Subject ( He, She, It ) + VERB – S / ES / IES.

2. present continues

   • I am waching tv I am running in a marathon
   • How to Form the Present Continuous Tense. The present continuous tense is formed with the subject plus the present particle form (-ing) of the main verb and the present continuous tense of the verb to be: am, is, are. One simple example of this tense is: He is swimming.
   • The present continuous (also called present progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing action is happening now, either at the moment of speech or now in a larger sense. The present continuous can also be used to show that an action is going to take place in the near future.

3. present perfect

   • We lived in japan We bought a car
   • The present perfect tense is used to describe something that happened in the past, but the exact time it happened is not important. It has a relationship with the present. I have done my homework = I finished my homework in the past. It is not important at what exact time, only that it is now done.
   • HAVE + Subject ( I, You, We, You, They ) + V3 ( third form of main verb – past participle ) HAS + Subject ( He, She, It ) + V3 ( third form of main verb – past participle )

4. present perfect continues