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The Present Tense Present Perfect Simple

The Present Perfect Simple The Present Perfect Continuous
The Present Tense Focuses on the result of the Focuses on the activity itself.
activity. Used to show: Used:
the time specified ©PAN ASIA PUBLICATIONS
• Amount • Not to show amount
E.g. two cups of tea E.g. drinking tea
• A completed action • To focus on the action
Present Simple Present Continuous
(verb + present participle) E.g. have read E.g. have been reading
• For a neutral statement • To emphasise something
E.g. has exercised E.g. have been exercising
• The result • To focus on the activity
Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous E.g. has repaired E.g. has been repairing
(verb + past participle) (verb + been + present participle) • A completed action • To show an action that is going on
E.g. has done E.g. has been doing
Present Perfect Simple vs Present
Perfect Continuous; Present Perfect
The Present Tense (Chapter 1) 1 @ Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd. Simple vs Past Simple (Chapter 3) 7 @ Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd.

The Present Tense The Future Tense

Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect (verb + been +
(verb + past participle) The Future Tense
present participle)
(Formed by adding: shall/will + verb)
Talks about: Talks about:
• An action which has been • An action which started in
completed recently the past and is still continuing
• An action that started in the • A repeated action
past and is still continuing • The duration (how long with The Future Simple The Future Continuous
• An action that has happened since or for)
in the past at an unspecified
time
• An action that is repeated or The Future Perfect The Future Perfect Continuous
habitual
• An unfinished time (today,
this week, etc.)

The Present Tense (Chapter 1) 3 @ Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd. The Future Tense (Chapter 4) 9 @ Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd.

The Past Tense The Future Tense

Past Simple Past Continuous The Future Perfect
The Future Perfect
Talks about: Talks about: Continuous
• A past action, usually with • An action that was happening • Talks about something that • Used when projecting
in the past will be completed before a ourselves forward in time
• A habitual past action • A past habitual action specific time in the future and looking back at the
• The expression It is time… • A gradual happening duration of that activity
• Making polite enquiries • Two actions happening at the that’s expected to continue
(I wonder/I hope) same time
• Making polite enquiries

The Past Tense (Chapter 2) 5 @ Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd. The Future Tense (Chapter 4) 11 @ Pan Asia Publications Sdn. Bhd.

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