VERB TENSES
Tense Affirmative Negative Question Present Simple : For regular activities/daily schedule. I go to school on weekdays. He goes to work during the week. I don’t go to school on weekends. He doesn’t go to school. Do you go to school on Valentine’s day? Does he go to school? Present Continuous : For actions in progress at the moment of speaking. I am reading a book right now. She is reading a novel. I am not reading a magazine. She isn’t reading a newspaper. Are you reading an article? Is she reading a novel? Present Perfect Simple : For past experience, and actions that started in the past and continued to the present. I have visited Brazil before. He has lived in the Dominican Republic for ten five years. I haven’t been to Mexico. He hasn’t been to Japan. Have you traveled on an airplane before? Has he lived here for a long time? Present Perfect Continuous : To emphasize the duration of an action that started in the past and continued to the present. We have been living
