PRESENT TENSE

   Definition : Used to talk about activities or situations that happen

the current.

   Simple present is used :

·         To express habits, general truths, repeated actions, emotion and wishes.

·        To give instruction or direction

·        To express fixed arrangement, present or future.

  The formula :

A)      +} S + TOBE + NOUN/COMP/ADJ     

           -} S + TOBE + NOT + NOUN/COMP/ADJ

           ?} TOBE + S + NOUN/COMP/ADJ

Ex :    +  Ira is a doctor

          -   Ira is not a doctor

          ?   Is Ira a doctor

B)               +} S + VERB1 + OBJ/COMP

 -} S + DO/DOES + NOT + VERB1 + OBJ/COMP

           ?} DO/DOES + S + VERB1 + OBJ/COMP

Ex :    +  We play basketball

           -   We do not play basketball

           ?   Do we play basketball.

Tobe :

·        Am : I

·        Is : He, she, it

·        Are : You, we, they

Do : I, you, we, they

Does : He, she, it

  Kind of Present tense :

1)           PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS TENSE

A.         {+}  S + TOBE + BEING + COMP

B.          {+}  S + TOBE + VERB + ING + OBJ/COMP

2)           PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

A.         {+}  S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + COMP

B.          {+}  S + HAVE/HAS + VERB3 + OBJ/COMP

3)           PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

A.         {+}  S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + BEING + COMP

B.          {+}  S + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB + ING + OBJ/COMP