Present Tense
english
Present Simple
- something that is true in the present
- something that happens regularly in the present
- something that is always true
- we often use adverbs of frequency link sometimes, always and never with the present simple
- something that is fixed in the future
- something in the future after time words like when, after, before, if and unless
Present perfect
[VERB HAVE] + [PAST PARTICIPLE OF A VERB]- for something that started in the past and continues in the present
- when we are talking about our experience up to the present
Present perfect continuous
[VERB HAVE] + [-ING FORM]- we normally use the present perfect continuous to emphasize that something is still continuing in the present