PRESENT TENSE
The present tense indicates that the action is
done at the present time. Present tense usually refers to present time but it
can also be used to describe past and future events.
Look at the following examples :
- I write a
letter. (present event)
- She leaves for
England next month. (future event)
- He is coming on
next Monday. (future event)
- Napoleon now
marches on Moscow. (past event)
(This is called the historical present or historic present. In the historical present, the present tense is used to narrate events that occurred in the past )
Kinds of
present tense
There are four kinds of present tense.
- Present simple tense or
Present Indefinite.
- Present continuous tense or
Present progressive.
- Present perfect tense
- Present Perfect continuous
tense
The simple present tense in English is used to
describe an action that is habitual, fact or universal truth.
The present continuous tense is used to express
an action that is still going on.
The present perfect tense is used to express an
action completed just now.
It is used to express a continued or ongoing
action that started in past and is still ongoing..
- What is the Present perfect
continuous tense?
- Structure: How to make the
Present perfect continuous?
