Page 6 - Lesson Note

 I like chocolate. (Fact)
 Angela runs a youth club full of glue-sniffers. (Fact)
 I ride horses in the summer. (Fact and habit)
 It always snows here in January. (Fact and habit)(NB: These activities do not have to be happening right
now.)
This type of sentence, especially if it's describing a habit, will usually include a time expression
like always, every year, never, often, on Mondays, rarely, sometimes, or usually.
(2) To describe scheduled events in the future:-
 The train gets in at 5 o'clock.
 It is low tide at 0234.
 (3) To tell stories (particularly jokes) to make your listener or reader feel more engaged with the
story.A horse walks into a bar, and the barman says, "why the long face?"(Compare to: A horse walked into
a bar, and the barman said, "why the long face?")
 We heard the helicopter overhead. Suddenly, the radio bursts into life.(This is sometimes called the fictional
present or the historic present.)
 The Other Present Tenses
 The simple present tense is one of four present tenses. They are:

The 4 Present Tenses Example

simple present tense I go

I am going
present progressive tense

I have gone
present perfect tense

I have been going
present perfect progressive tense
FORMS OF PRESENT TENSE:-

 1)Simple Present Tense-Indicates an action that is generally true or habitual. That is, it took place in the
past , continue to take place in the present, and will take place in the future. This tense is used to denote
-1 .habitual action- for instance, "He walk to school."
2.general truths- for instance, "The sun rises in the east", "Honesty is the best policy."
3.a future event that is part of a fixed timetable- for instance, "The match starts at 9 o' clock."
a. The form of Simple Present Tense is- verb (infinitive without 'to' and agreeable with the subject
 2) Present Perfect Tense-Indicates an action that has been completed sometime before the present
moment, with a result that affects the present situation.
For example, (i)"He has finished the work." (ii) "He has slept."The form of Present Perfect Tense is-
has/have + verb (past participle form or 3rd form of the verb)
 3) Present Continuous Tense-Indicates an action that is taking place at the moment of speaking.
For example, "She is walking. "I am studying."
a. the form of Present Continuous Tense is- is/am/are + verb + ing
 4) Present Perfect Continuous Tense-Indicates an action that started in the past and is continuing at the
present time. For example, "He has been sleeping for an hour."
a. The form of Present Perfect Continuous Tense is- has/have + been + verb + ing

 What is Past Tense?