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DAY-2: STUDY OF PRESENT TENSES COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRESENT TENSE

Tense Signal words every day sometimes always often Simple Present or Present Simple usually things in general seldom never first ... then after the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.) future meaning: timetables, programmes USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future how often something happens one action follows another Use Form Examples affirmative I work. Examples negative I don't work. Examples interrogative Do I work?

something happens repeatedly

infinitive he/she/it + -s MV-I (s/es/ies) USE 1 Repeated Actions

USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)

Present Progressive or Present Continuous

now at the moment Look! Listen!

something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)

to be (am/are/is) +infinitive + -ing USE 1 Now

I'm working. He's working. I'm going. He's going.

I'm not working. He isnt working. I'm not going. He isn't going.

USE 2 Longer Actions in Progress Now

Am I working? Is he working? Am I going? Is he going?

USE 3 near Future

USE 4 Repetition and Irritation with "Always"

Present Perfect or Present Perfect

just yet never ever already so far, up to now, since for recently all day the whole day how long since for

You say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present action started in the past and continues up to the present action began in the past and has just stopped how long the action has been happening emphasis: length of time of an action

have/has + past participle* *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs) USE 1 Unspecified Time before Now

I have worked. He has worked. I have gone. He has gone.

I havent worked. He hasnt worked. I haven't gone. He hasn't gone.

Have I worked? Has he worked? Have I gone? Has he gone?

USE 2 Duration from the Past until Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)

Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous

have/has +been + infinitive+ -ing USE1 Duration from the Past until Now USE 2 Recently, Lately

I have been working. He has been working. I have been going. He has been going.

I haven't been working. He hasn't been working. I haven't been going. He hasn't been going.

Have I been working? Has he been working? Have I been going? Has he been going?

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DAY-2: STUDY OF PRESENT TENSES COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRESENT TENSE(BLANK) VERB: ________ ____________ ______________ (____________)
Person Present Simple/Indefinite Helping Verb: --Main Verb: I Form Present Simple/Indefinite Helping Verb: do/does I,we,you,they(do), he,she,it(does) Main Verb: I Form Present Continuous Helping Verb: am/is/are I (am), he/she/it(is), we/you/they(are) Main Verb: ing Form Present Perfect Helping Verb: have/has I,we,you,they(have), he/she/it(has) Main Verb: III Form Present Perfect Continuous Helping Verb: have/has been I,we,you,they(have been), he/she/it(has been) Main Verb: ing Form

I We You He She It They Note: 1. 2. Practice writing 3 examples everyday at different intervals for a week. Ensure you write at least 20 examples in total to gain the mastery.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRESENT TENSE(FILLED IN) VERB: WRITE-WROTE-WRITTEN(WRITING)

Present Simple/Indefinite Helping Verb: --Main Verb: I Form I write notes We write notes You write notes He writes notes She writes notes It writes notes They write notes Present Simple/Indefinite Helping Verb: do/does I,we,you,they(do), he,she,it(does) Main Verb: I Form I do write notes We do write notes You do write notes He does write notes She does write notes It does write notes They do write notes Present Continuous Helping Verb: am/is/are I (am), he/she/it(is), we/you/they(are) Main Verb: ing Form I am writing notes We are writing notes You are writing notes He is writing notes She is writing notes It is writing notes They are writing notes Present Perfect Helping Verb: have/has I,we,you,they(have), he/she/it(has) Main Verb: III Form I have written notes We have written notes You have written notes He has written notes She has written notes It has written notes They have written notes Present Perfect Continuous Helping Verb: have/has been I,we,you,they(have been), he/she/it(has been) Main Verb: ing Form I have been writing notes We have been writing notes You have been writing notes He has been writing notes She has been writing notes It has been writing notes They have been writing notes

Person

I We You He She It They