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PRESENT TENSE RULES:
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Simple Present:
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Used to denote habit, custom, practice, permanent activity or general truth.
1. For habitual, repeated actions:
a) We catch the bus every morning at 8:00 AM.
b) He drinks tea at breakfast.
2. For general truths: Water freezes at zero degrees.
3. For Instructions: Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
4. For Scheduled Events in the Future: His mother arrives tomorrow.
5. To express a future action after conjunctions like after, when, before, as soon as, until: She will see you before she leaves.
6. Narrating a story: Now Rama shoots an arrow at Ravan.
Present Continuous:
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Used for an on-going action in the present or at the time of speaking.
1. A progressive action in the present: It is raining outside.
2. With the adverb ‘always’: He is always watching TV.
3. For Scheduled Events in the Future: The train is arriving in 2 minutes.
4. For indicating negatives: Caroline is not looking for the latest brochure.
5. For interrogatives: Is Caroline looking for the latest brochure?
Present Perfect:
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Used to indicate a link between the present and the past where the action is already completed in the past or still continuing into the present.
1. An action that was completed in the recent past: I have just eaten breakfast.
2. An action that started in the past but is still ongoing:
a) I have lived in Bristol since 1984. [Correct: Indicates that I am still living in Bristol]
b) I lived in Bristol since 1984. [Incorrect: Indicates that I am no longer living in Bristol]
3. An action in an unspecified period between the past and now: We have visitedPortugal before.
4. A completed action where the time of the action is unimportant: He has readWar and Peace.
5. Action performed during a period of time that is not yet finished: She has been to the cinema twice this week.
Present Perfect Continuous:
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Used to imply the duration of an action that has started in the past and continuing in the present or may have just finished.
1. An action that was completed in the recent past: She has been cooking since last night.
2. An action that started in the past but is still ongoing:
a) I have been living in Bristol since 1984. [Correct: Indicates that I am still living in Bristol]
b) I was living in Bristol since 1984. [Incorrect: Indicates that I am no longer living in Bristol]
c) She has been waiting for you all day.
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Simple Present:
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Used to denote habit, custom, practice, permanent activity or general truth.
1. For habitual, repeated actions:
a) We catch the bus every morning at 8:00 AM.
b) He drinks tea at breakfast.
2. For general truths: Water freezes at zero degrees.
3. For Instructions: Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
4. For Scheduled Events in the Future: His mother arrives tomorrow.
5. To express a future action after conjunctions like after, when, before, as soon as, until: She will see you before she leaves.
6. Narrating a story: Now Rama shoots an arrow at Ravan.
Present Continuous:
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Used for an on-going action in the present or at the time of speaking.
1. A progressive action in the present: It is raining outside.
2. With the adverb ‘always’: He is always watching TV.
3. For Scheduled Events in the Future: The train is arriving in 2 minutes.
4. For indicating negatives: Caroline is not looking for the latest brochure.
5. For interrogatives: Is Caroline looking for the latest brochure?
Present Perfect:
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Used to indicate a link between the present and the past where the action is already completed in the past or still continuing into the present.
1. An action that was completed in the recent past: I have just eaten breakfast.
2. An action that started in the past but is still ongoing:
a) I have lived in Bristol since 1984. [Correct: Indicates that I am still living in Bristol]
b) I lived in Bristol since 1984. [Incorrect: Indicates that I am no longer living in Bristol]
3. An action in an unspecified period between the past and now: We have visitedPortugal before.
4. A completed action where the time of the action is unimportant: He has readWar and Peace.
5. Action performed during a period of time that is not yet finished: She has been to the cinema twice this week.
Present Perfect Continuous:
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Used to imply the duration of an action that has started in the past and continuing in the present or may have just finished.
1. An action that was completed in the recent past: She has been cooking since last night.
2. An action that started in the past but is still ongoing:
a) I have been living in Bristol since 1984. [Correct: Indicates that I am still living in Bristol]
b) I was living in Bristol since 1984. [Incorrect: Indicates that I am no longer living in Bristol]
c) She has been waiting for you all day.
HOPE IT HELPSS U !!!!
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