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Essential Keys of Present Tenses
1. Present Simple
Form: Subject + Present verb+ Objective.
-Present habit
-General fact or truth
-Future timetable/ fixed timetable
-Adverbs of frequencies: Always, usually, sometimes, often, …
-State verbs
2. Present Continuous
Form: Subject + am/ is/ are + Verb-ing +Objective.
-A progressive action is happening at the moment of speaking. (Direct action)
-A progressive action is taking duration. (Indirect action)
-Future arrangement with future expression (adverb of time in the future)
-An action has trend or progressive situation. (Change or development)
-An opportunity or a program interrupts present habit.
-Definite future arrangement
-Adverb of “Always” mean “Very often” or “Happen too often” or “Bad habit” (Present routine)
3.Present Perfect Simple
Form: Subject + have/ has + Perfect verb + Objective.
-A past action in non- specific time has continued now. (2 points of time in the past to now or present)
-Present result by past- simple action is continuing to now.
-A recent past action has completed before now in a short time.
-Experience or souvenir
-Word expressions: Just, Yet, Already, Recently,… (In present time)
-Lifetime of alive person
-Past full- completed action now (100% completed action)
-Present Perfect Simple and Continuous are the same, but Present Perfect Simple with “State Verb” or “Long- time Verb” (2 points of time in the present)
4.Present Perfect Continuous
Form: Subject + have/ has + been + Verb-ing + Objective.
-A past action in non- specific time has continued now by time. (2 points of time in the past to now or present)
-Present cause or reason
-An action has been taking a progressive- action duration with “For” or a duration of “Present continuous tense”.
-An uncompleted- past action has still been continuing now.
-Present Perfect Simple and Continuous are the same, but Present Perfect Continuous with “Progressive Verb” or “Short- time Verb” (2 points of time in the present)
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