Question

what are the 4 types of present tense with 5 example​

Answer 1

there are four present tenses: simple present, presentperfect, present continuous, andpresent perfect continuous.

Use 1: Actions that are habitual or routine

EXAMPLES: The sun rises. I brush my teeth twice a day.

Present Perfect

Form: Have or has + past form of a verb

Use 1: Actions that started in the past, continue into the present, and may continue into the future

EXAMPLES: The children have felt sick ever since they ate lunch. My neighbor has lived next door to me for two years.

Form: The present tense of “to be” (am/is/are)+ verb + ing

Uses:

Use 1: The “real” present (things that are happening right now), for all verbs except stative verbs

EXAMPLES: I am sitting down right now. He can’t come to the phone because he is working. 

Present Perfect Continuous

Form: Have or has + been + verb + ing

Uses:

Use 1: Actions that started in the past, continue into the present, and may continue into the future (note that this is the exact same use and meaning as Use 1 of present perfect)

EXAMPLES: The children have been feeling sick ever since they ate lunch.