Simple Present - Present Perfect Progressive. Simple present expresses facts and repeated actions in the present; present perfect progressive tells us how long an action has been ongoing up to now. Example: I live in London. I have been living here for 3 years. Guys at end of the lessen you're going to find some exercises and a video, the video it is not optional, you have got to watch it, have fun! Simple Present. Present Progressive. infinitive. (3rd person singular: infinitive + 's') I speak. you speak. he / she / it speaks. However, "always" can be used with the present continuous when something happens more often than you think it should: She's always complaining about the weather. He's always telling me what to do. It usually means you are not happy about the situation but not always: Rachael's always buying little gifts for people. There are two tenses in English: past and present. The present tense is used to talk about the present and to talk about the future. There are four present tense forms: Present simple. I work. Present continuous. I am working. Present perfect. I have worked. Si llueve, la fiesta termina. If it rains, the party's over. 6. Lapses of Time. The present tense is commonly used to talk about the amount of time something has been going on. The following formula is used with the present tense for this purpose. hace + time period + que + present tense verb. examples. GddA7.

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