TENSE
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FORM
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USE
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SIGNAL WORDS
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PRESENT
SIMPLE
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A: I / You / We / They eat
He / She / It eats
N: I / You / We / They don't eat
He / She / It doesn't eat
Q: Do I / You / We / They eat?
Does He / She / It eat? |
• habits /routines : I see my grandparents twice a week.
•Universal truth actions : Water boils at 100 Cº
•Something happens repeatedly ( permanently) : I work as a Walter in a restaurant
•Future meanings: timetables, programmes My train leaves at 5.30
•1st type conditional clauses and time clauses
•After the following verbs : know, like, hate, want, love, need, belong, mean, understand, remember, prefer…
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§Frequency adverbs : always, often, usually, generally, seldom, never…
§Every day/ week/ month…
§Once / Twice / Three times… a week/ day / month/ year…
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PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
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A: I am eating
He / She / It is eating
We / You / They are eating
N: I am not eating
He / She / It isn't eating
We / You / They aren't eating
Q: Am I eating?
Is He / She / It eating?
Are We / You / They eating?
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•Something happening at the time of speaking or around it : We're studying the verbs now.
•Something happening temporarily : My brother is working hard this year.
•something happens usually which irritates the speaker: They are always complaining about the same thing.
•future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it ( a fixed p(a fixed plan, date) She's visiting the doctor tomorrow morning.
* Present continuous cannot be used : know, like, want, hate, love, need, belong mean, understand, believe, remember, prefer; although some of these verbs can be used in a continuous tense with a different meaning
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Now, right now
At present, at the moment, in this moment, ….
These days, this year/ month/ week…, nowadays
Tonight, tomorrow, next week / month…, in a minute, in a couple of days…
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