PRESENT TENSES - created from Mind Map

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Present perfect simple

Present perfect continuous

Present simple

Present continuous

The present perfect simple is used to describe recent events.

The event happened in the past, but there is a result in the present.

We can also describe events that have not happened.

Structure

Affirmative= Subject + have/has + past participle

Negative= Subject + have/has + not + past participle

Question= Have/Has + subject + past participle?

Actions that started in the past and are still happening or recently stopped with visible result

Structure

Affirmative= Subject + have/has + been + verb (-ing)

Negative= Subject + have/has not + been + verb (-ing)

Question= Have/Has + subject + been + verb (-ing)?

Use it for routines and general facts.

Structure

I work every day / She works every day

Affirmative= Subject + verb (base / +s in he, she, it)

Negative= Subject + do/does not + verb (base)

Question= Do/Does + subject + verb (base)?

Use it for actions happening now.

Structure

I am working right now.

Affirmative= Subject + am/is/are + verb (-ing)

Negative= Subject + am/is/are not + verb (-ing)

Question= Am/Is/Are + subject + verb (-ing)?