This handout focuses on the four major tense forms that describe the present: present simple, present perfect, present continuous, and present perfect continuous
1. English tenses ¢ Present simple ¢ Present perfect e Present continuous ¢ Present perfect continuous
2. Present simple A form of the verb that refers to an action or event that is going or that regularly takes place in present time.
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Present perfect The form of the verb used for actions or events that have been completed or have happened in a period of time up to now. This week
4. Present continuous The form used for actions or events that are happening or developing now. At the moment This month
5. Present perfect continuous Expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the