Simple Present

Two main ways of talking about the present time:

(1) The Simple Present

(2) The Present Progressive

 

1 - The Simple Present 

We make the simple present by using the verb in its basic form. We add -s or -es to the verb in the third person singular.

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Present Perfect Tense

 

In this post, we are going to see examples for the present perfect tense.

Present Perfect tense is used in the following ways:

(1) to talk about something that happened in the past and is finished, but which affects the situation now