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This unit covers how present tenses are used in the English language. There are many different forms of present tense such as: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. Each form of present tense comes with its own versions of affirmative, negative, and question sentences.
Present simple covers habits/routines, facts, commentaries, instructions, present stories, and historical sequences. When forming these sentences, present simple does with the auxiliary verb "do" and/or the base form of a verb.
Present continuous usages include talking about action in progress at the time of speaking, to emphasize a frequent action, to describe a developing situation, etc. This present tense deals with the auxiliary verb "to be" and other verbs ending in "-ing." This type also deals with contracted forms of words, which will provide difficulty for English-learning students.
Present perfect relates to the past and the present and also uses contracted forms of words. This present tense uses the auxiliary verb "have" and is followed by a past participle. Sometimes, the past participle will be irregular and therefore memorized by the English learner. Present perfect talks about finished actions, actions finished in the past with present results, and when things began in the past and are still true today.
The final perfect tense is present perfect continuous. It relates past activities to the present with the implication that these activities will continue in the future. Like present perfect, this tense uses the auxiliary verb "have," but it is also followed by "been" and a verb ending in "-ing." Its usages are to communicate and incomplete and ongoing activity and to discuss a recently completed activity that has a present result.
This unit helped me realize how complicated the present tense can be and how difficult it can be for the English learner. I now have a deep appreciation for being a native English speaker.
