The present tense is a verb tense which is used to describe the current activities or state of being. The present tense can as well be used to describe the past and future activities.
Examples of Present Tense Sentences
- I work at the shop.
- They eat bananas in breakfast every day.
- Jane likes chocolates.
- She runs after the car.
- I see him
- Jane hears birds chirping.
- That broccoli smells fresh.
- You look confident.
- Mike has traveled to Paris, but she really wants to go UK.
- I have eaten Bananas, but I have never eaten Broccoli.
- They have lived in that house for 09 years.
- He has taken the assignment already.
- Mike has traveled to Paris, but she really wants to go UK.
- I have eaten Bananas, but I have never eaten Broccoli.
- They have lived in that house for 09 years.
- He has taken the assignment already.
- Mike has been listening to Songs online.
- I have been eating a lot of cheeseburgers lately.
- They have been staying in that house since 2010.
- He has been collecting the information from past 2 hours.
There are 04 types of present tense:
- Simple present
- Present continuous
- Present perfect
- Present perfect continuous
Now, let us explain the types of present tense:
- Simple present: The simple present is the simplest way to express in the present tense. Now to use the simple present we don’t need always the helping verbs.
We talk about more general things that we do daily or regularly, or to state the facts as under:
But, we as well use the simple present tense to talk about the things which happens when we speak and that is called a real time:
- Present perfect: This tense is used for sharing something which has happened before but remains relevant or important now. To use it, we always place the auxiliary have before the main verb, which shows as “have done it,” and it should be followed by the past-tense form of the main verb.
- Mike has traveled to Paris, but she really wants to go UK.
- I have eaten Bananas, but I have never eaten Broccoli.
- They have lived in that house for 09 years.
- He has taken the assignment already.
- Present perfect continuous: This tense express actions or events that we have been doing in past and still doing at present.
To use this tense, we need to combine have and been with continuous form of verb ending “ing”. Let us see the example of this tense:
We will work the above types in a tabular form:
| Base Verb | Simple Present | Present Continuous | Present Perfect | Present Perfect Continuous |
| talk | talks | is talking | has talked | has been talking |
| hear | hears | is hearing | has heard | has been hearing |
| do | does | is doing | has done | has been doing |
| run | runs | is running | has run | has been running |
| work | works | is working | has worked | has been working |
| try | tries | is trying | has tried | has been trying |