➫ It is used for actions which are happening now, at the moment of speaking ➣We are working at the moment

➫ for temporary situations although the action isn’t happening at the moment of speaking ➣She’s staying with her friend for a week

➫ for very repeated habits ➣She is always laughing

*affirmative*	*negative*	*interrogativ*e
I am studying	I am not studying	Am I studying?
You are standing	You are not standing	Are you standing?
He/ She/ It is working	He is not working	Is she working?
We are swimming	We are not swimming	Are we swimming?
You are paying	You are not paying	Are you paying?
They are drinking	They are not drinking	Are they drinking?

What are you doing?

reference: New Generation Colin Granger Heinemann

Write the exercise like that:

Bernie is in the living room. He is reading a newspaper.

Sam and Ella are in the living room. They are watching TV.

The family is now in the living room. find and write who is…

playing
opening
eating
reading
watching
drawing
writing
putting on
switching on

the light
the piano
their glasses
a letter
a novel
a doughnut
dolls
the door
TV

reference: New Generation Colin Granger Heinemann

Write the exercise like that:

Edna and Bernie are playing the piano.
James is switching on the light.

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reference: New Generation Colin Granger Heinemann

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The English Tenses

The English Tenses. Perfect and Continuous.

Table of Tenses All English Tenses

Present Simple	Present Continuous	Past Simple	Past Continuous
She eats	You are eating	She ate	You were eating
She does not eat	You are not eating	She did not eat	You were not eating
Does she eat?	Are you eating?	Did she eat?	Were you eating?

Future Simple	Conditional Simple	Present Perfect	Past Perfect
I will eat	I would eat	He has eaten	He had eaten
I will not eat	I would not eat	He has not eaten	He had not eaten
Will I eat?	Would I eat?	Has he eaten?	Had he eaten?

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Present Perfect Continuous	I have been eating

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been eating

Future Continuous	I will be eating

Future Perfect	I will have eaten

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been eating

Conditional Continuous	I would be eating

Conditional Perfect	I would have eaten

Conditional Perfect Continuous	I would have been eating



PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS	He has been eating He has not been eating Has he been eating?	putting emphasis on the duration* (not the result)* action that recently stopped or is still going on/ finished action that influences the present ————————

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS	He had been eating He had not been eating Had he been eating?	action taking place before a certain time in the past interchangeable with past perfect (emphasis on the duration) ————————-

FUTURE GOING TO	He is going to eat He is not going to eat Is he going to eat?	planned decision or conclusion with regard to the future

FUTURE CONTINUOUS	He will be eating He will not be eating Will he be eating?	action that is going on at a certain time in the future action that is sure to happen in the near future –

FUTURE PERFECT	He will have eaten He will not have eaten Will he have eaten? – –	action that will be finished at a certain time in the future

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS	He will have been eating He will not have been eating Will he have been eating? – –	action taking place before a certain time in the future putting emphasis on the course of an action

CONDITIONAL PERFECT	He would have eaten He would not have eaten Would he have eaten? – –	action that might have taken place in the past third conditional: If I had seen that, I would have helped

CONDITIONAL PERFECT CONTINUOUS	He would have been eating He would not have been eating Would he have been eating?	third conditional unfulfilled result of the action in the if-clause

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