Section outline

  • In this course, we learnt about present tense, which can be summarized as follows:

    Rules to form present tenses:

    1. For 'he, she, it & singular nouns':
    Tense Verbs
    Simple Present  is / singular verb
    Present Continuous is + present participle 
    Present Perfect has + past participle
    Present Perfect Continuous has been + present participle

    Examples:

    Simple Present Present Continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous
    The child walks. The child is walking. The child has walked. The child has been walking.
    He walks. He is walking. He has walked. He has been walking.
    2.  For 'I, we, they, you & plural nouns':
    Tense Verbs
    Simple Present  am / are / plural verb
    Present Continuous am / are + present participle 
    Present Perfect have + past participle
    Present Perfect Continuous have been + present participle

    Examples:

    Simple Present Present Continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous
    I walk. I am walking. I have walked. I have been walking.
    They walk. They are walking. They have walked. They have been walking.

    In the next course, we will be learning about past tense.