Tenses with Present meaning
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Present Simple используется для обозначения:
- регулярных действий (I get up at 6 o’clock every morning.)
- действий по расписанию (The train leaves at 4.30.)
- фактов, которые всегда истинны (The Sun rises in the East.)
Слова-подсказки: usually (обычно), often (часто), sometimes (иногда), always (всегда), every day/week/month/year (каждый(ую) день/неделю/месяц/год)
Present Continuous используется
- когда действие происходит прямо сейчас (I am reading an interesting book.)
- когда действие происходит в течение более долгого времени, но постоянно (I am working hard this week. She is learning Spanish this year.)
- для планов на будущее (We are travelling to France this summer.)
Слова-подсказки: now (сейчас), at the moment (в этот момент), right now (прямо сейчас), this week/month/year (На этой неделе/В этом /месяце/году).
Present Perfect Continuous используется, когда
- действие началось, длилось и закончилось к моменту речи, а результат виден сейчас: Oh, you are absolutely wet. It has been raining.
- действие началось в прошлом и продолжается сейчас: I have been learning Spanish for two years.
Примеры использования Tenses with Present meaning
- Emily is smelling the flowers. -
- I usually walk to work. -
- My mother never goes to bed before eleven pm. -
- Alice is studying, call her later. -
- Dad is working now. -
- They rarely have meetings on Fridays. -
- Are you going to the library now? -
- Jack is not reading, he is playing computer games now. -
- Who are you talking to right now? -
- They are doing absolutely stupid things! -
- We do not go to the theatre often. -
- Is your mother doing the washing-up now? -
- I have not been dancing for a long time. -
- My parents don't like my new house. -
- It is not snowing, we can go! -
- Does Susan go to university three times a week? -
- I am thinking about our holiday now. -
- Where is Emily rushing now? -
- Has Lola been running for an hour already? -
- My grandparents have been travelling for two weeks. -
- Do you travel a lot? -
- What are you doing after the class? -
- How long has James been playing the guitar? -
- How often do they go to the gym? -
- How long have you been living in Paris? -
- They have not been talking to us for a week. -
- What does Emily do in her free time? -
- Anna resembles her grandmother very much. -
- I am not doing anything right now. -
- Have you been waiting here long? -
- My friend drinks five cups of coffee every day. -
- Ted is looking at you. -
- Paul does not work at the pharmacy any more. -
- Lilly is not answering her phone, I am worried. -
- Mary doesn't drive. -
- They are not cooking at the moment. -
- My dad has been learning Finnish for five years. -
- Lucy has not been calling me for a month. -
- We have not been living in London for two years. -
- Where do you go every Sunday morning? -
- I don't think you should buy this bag. -
- Tom is playing football at the moment. -
- We often eat healthy food. -
- How long has your wife been studying economics? -
- We have been living in this house for seven months. -
- It is raining, we don't want to go anywhere. -
- I am going to the supermarket, do you need anything? -
- I have been playing football since I was four. -