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The document provides information on present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It explains how to form sentences and questions in each tense and gives examples. Specifically, it discusses using the present simple for habitual actions and general truths, the present continuous for ongoing actions and future plans, and the present perfect for actions that began in the past and have relevance to the present.

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Present Simple Questions

The document provides information on present tenses in English, including the present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It explains how to form sentences and questions in each tense and gives examples. Specifically, it discusses using the present simple for habitual actions and general truths, the present continuous for ongoing actions and future plans, and the present perfect for actions that began in the past and have relevance to the present.

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Present simple

The present tense is the base form of the verb:


I work in London. 
But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s:
She works in London.
Present simple questions
Look at these questions:
Do you play the piano?
Where do you live?
Does Jack play football?
Where does he come from?
We use do and does to make questions with the present
simple. We use does for the third person singular (she/he/it)
and do for the others.
Present simple negatives
Look at these sentences:
I like tennis but I don't like football. (don't = do not)
I don't live in London now.
John doesn't live in Manchester. (doesn't = does not)
We use do and does to make negatives with the present
simple. We use doesn't for the third person singular (she/he/it)
and don't for the others.
Present simple and present time
We use the present simple to talk about:

 something that is true in the present:


I'm nineteen years old.
I'm a student.
 something that happens regularly in the present:
I play football every weekend.

 something that is always true: The human


body contains 206 bones.
Present continuous
The present continuous is made from the present tense of the
verb be and the –ing form of a verb:

I am working

You are playing

He is talking

She is living

It is eating

We are staying

They are sleeping
We use the present continuous to talk about:

 activities at the moment of speaking:


I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.
Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

 future plans or arrangements:


Mary is going to a new school next term.
What are you doing next week?
Present continuous questions
We make questions by putting am, is or are in front of
the subject:
Are you listening?
Are they coming to your party?
When is she going home?
What am I doing here?
Present continuous negatives
We make negatives by putting not (or n't) after am, is or are:
I'm not doing that.
You aren't listening. (or You're not listening.)
She isn't going home until Monday. (or She's not going home
until Monday.)
Present perfect
Look at these examples to see how the present perfect is used.
He's been to ten different countries.
I haven't seen her today.
My phone's run out of battery. Can I use yours?
Have you ever dyed your hair a different colour?
We use the present perfect simple (have or has + past
participle) to talk about past actions or states which are still
connected to the present.
Present perfect with for and since:
I live in a flat. I have lived in my flat for three years.
I have lived in my flat since 2017.
FOR: a period of time.
SINCE: a date when the period began.

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