Present Tenses

1. Simple Present Tense

This tenses are used to denote something that is fixed, habitual or an essential truth. Because it is often related to the incident at about past, present and future, this at least has the Tenses description for a certain time.

FORM:

(+) Subject (s) + Verb1 + Object (o)

ex: She ate the rice

(-) S+do/does not+Verb1+O

ex: She doesn’t eat the rice

(?) Do/Does + S + Verb1 + O

ex: Does she it the rice?

I, You, They, We use do when it come to negative and question sentence. While He, She, It use does.

2. Present Continuous Tense

This tenses are used to express an action which is actually being done at this time.

FORM:

(+) S + to be + Verb-ing + O

ex: They are riding the bicycle

(-) S + to be + not + Verb-ing + O

ex: They are not riding the bicycle

(?) to be + S + Verb-ing + O

ex: Are they riding the bicycle?

3. Present Perfect Tense

This tenses are used to express your experience. This sentence can used to say that you have never had a certain experience. Present Perfect Tense didn’t use to describe specific event.

FORM:

(+) S + Has/Have + Past Participle (V3)

ex: I have met her once before

(-) S + Has/Have + not + past participle (V3)

ex: I Have not met her before

(?) Has/Have + S + past participle (V3)

ex: Have You met her before?

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. ”for two hours’, ‘for two weeks’, ‘since yesterday’ are all durations which can be used with this sentence. Without the durations, the tense has a more general meaning of “lately.” We often use the words “lately” or “recently” to emphasize this meaning.

FORM:

(+) S + have/has + been + Verb-ing + O

ex: We have been practicing our English since Monday.

(-) S + have/has + been + Verb-ing + O

ex: We have not been practicing our English

(?) have/has + S + been + Verb-ing + O

ex: Have they been practicing their English?