UEC ENGLISH PRESENT TENSE JUNIOR AND ELEMENTARY

Explanation

1. PRESENT TENSE (REVIEW)

2. 4 TYPES OF PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT

3. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE To express habits or general truth. To indicate a future event on a designated date as part of the plan or arrangement. (scheduled time) S + V 1 Example : The ship leaves at half past eight I eat rice everyday

4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE To indicate action going on at the time of speaking To indicate temporary action which may not be happening at the time of speaking. S + ‘am/is/are + (V + ing ) + O Example She is writing a book again this year. I am eating rice right now.

5. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE To indicate past action which is not defined by a time of occurrence. To indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up until now. S + have / has + V3 + O Example I have eaten all of the rice.

6. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS To indicate an action which started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete. S + Have/ Has been + (V + ing ) + O Example I have been eating rice for 2 hours.