Present tenses-form & function
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PRESENT SIMPLE TENSES
| Present Simple Form: • I, you we, they see / don’t see… • He, she it sees / doesn’t see • Do you see? Yes I do/no I don’t »see 3rd person endings |
Present Simple Passive Form: (subject + am/is/are + past participle) • I am seen • He/she/ it is seen • You we, they are seen • Is he seen …….? Yes he is/No he isn’t |
“I go to Berlin tomorrow then I fly to Brussels on Wednesday, then I have a meeting in Copenhagen on Friday”
“The film is set in Northumberland. Jane visits a long lost cousin and before long strange things start to happen. At first she puts it down to tiredness from the trip but after a while she realises that there’s something very wrong”
“This tea is imported from India.”
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSES
| Present Continuous Form: • I’m seeing / not seeing • He, she it is seeing / isn’t seeing • We, you they are seeing/aren’t (are not) seeing • Are you seeing? “Yes I am / no I’m not” |
Present Continuous Passive Form: (subject + am/is/are + being + past participle) • I am being seen • He/she/ it is being seen • You we, they are being seen • Is he being seen …….? “Yes he is / No he isn’t” |
“The letters are being sent across later.”
PRESENT PERFECT TENSES
| Present Perfect Simple Form: • I, you we, they have seen / haven’t seen… • He, she it has seen / hasn’t seen • Have you seen…? “Yes I have / no I haven’t” »see 3rd person endings |
Present Perfect Simple Passive Form: (subject + have/has + been + past participle)•I , you, we, they have been seen • He/she/ has been seen • You we, they are seen • Has he been seen …….? “Yes he has / No he hasn’t” |
“He’s been to Italy three times in the past month”
“Has he been seen by a doctor yet?.”
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES
| Present Perfect Continuoes Form: • I, you we, they have been seeing / haven’t been seeing… He, she it has been seeing / hasn’t been seeing… • Have you been seeing? “Yes I have /no I haven’t” |
Present Perfect Simple Passive Form: NOT NORMALLY USED IN PASSIVE |
“Sorry my hands are so dirty. I’ve been gardening”
“I’ve been staying here as my flat was flooded.”
“She’s been reading that book for at least two hours”
