Danna's and Jerónimo's Lesson

Present tenses: simple, continuous, perfect simple and perfect continuous.

What are you doing?

I'm teaching an english class.

Mike doesn't drive to work.

Joe is flying to New York for a business meeting this week.

They are arriving at 10 o'clock tomorrow.

The restaurant doesn't open at 8.

PRESENT TENSES

• Presente perfecto simple: contar algo que ya pasó, hablar de una experiencia y del # de veces que he hecho algo. (HAVE/HAS + V. 3era columna).
• Presente perfecto continuo: contar algo que sigo haciendo y que tiene una consecuencia. (HAVE/HAS + BEEN + V. -ING).
• Presente continuo: acciones que están pasando en este momento. (+) AM/IS/ARE + V. -ING. (-) AM/IS/ARE + NOT + V. -ING.
• Presente simple: hábitos, frecuencia de una acción, rutinas o de cosas que son verdad. 1. HE/SHE/IT: (+) agrego la -s o -es al verbo. (-) DOESN'T. (?) DOES. 2. YOU/WE/THEY/I: (+) verbo normal (sin la -s). (-) DON'T. (?) DO. 

I

YOU

HE/SHE/IT

WE

THEY

RUN

RUN

RUNS

RUN

RUN

AM RUNNING

ARE RUNNING

IS RUNNING

ARE RUNNING

ARE RUNNING

Actions happening now

Temporary situations

Actions around the time of speaking

Future arrangements

Daily routines

Repeated actions (adverbs of frequency)

Habits

Permanent states

Timetables/Schedules (future meaning) 

General truths and laws of nature

Time expressions

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Every day/ month /hour /summer /morning/evening, etc.
• Usually.
• Often.
• Sometimes.
• Always.

• Now/Today.
• At the moment.
• At present.
• Nowadays/These days.
• Tomorrow/Next month.

Present Perfect Simple

*To express things you have done in your life (experiences).

*To express number of times you have done something.

She has seen that movie twice.

This is the best food I have ever tried.

Have you travelled out of the country?

Present Perfect Continuos

Actions started in the past, continue in the present and will continue in the future.

He has been reading since 11:00 am.

I am tired because I have been working for three hours.

Key Words

PPS: already, yet, never, ever, just, always.

PPC: all day long, all night long, all morning, how long, a long time.