PRESENT TENSES


The present tenses are used to talk about:


·        a current event,
·        state of being,
·        the past (when we are telling a story in spoken English or when we are summarising a book, film, play etc.) and
·        future.  
These present tenses are:

§  THE PRESENT OF VERB TO BE
§  THE PRESENT SIMPLE
§  THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
§  THE PRESENT PERFECT
§  THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
We use these forms:
·         to talk about the present:
He works at McDonald’s. He has worked there for three months now.
He is working at McDonald’s. He has been working there for three months now.
London is the capital of Britain.
·         to talk about the future:
The next train leaves this evening at 1700 hours.
I’ll phone you when I get home.
He’s meeting Peter in town this afternoon.
I’ll come home as soon as I have finished work.
You will be tired out after you have been working all night.
·         We can use the present tenses to talk about the past...
Do know how to use them well? Let´s revise them one by one!
Watch this video first. Click on the image.


 Now go to the following link and read the information about the Present Tenses. Don´t forget to make notes. Click on the image.



Now is time to do a quick test for recognising verb tenses. Click on the images.


 Verbs Present Tense exercise.


Finally try this exercise



EXTRA ACTIVITY

Present Tenses Exercise 2



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