Types Of Present Tense
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00:00hi kids today we will learn about present tense in detail so let's get
00:08started the present tense is used to describe an action or situation that is
00:15happening at the moment we use the present tense for the following cases to
00:22express repeated or regular actions in the present time period for example
00:29I take the train to the office Ross likes to dance next we use present tense
00:38to express facts for example he writes for the school magazine there are seven
00:47days in a week we also use present tense for describing habits for example I get
00:56up early every day I go for a walk daily we also use present tense for things
01:03that are always or generally true for example it rains a lot in spring the sun
01:12sets in the West now let's learn about the types of present tense simple
01:19present tense or present indefinite tense present progressive or continuous
01:27tense present perfect tense and the next one is present perfect progressive tense
01:34let's first learn about simple present tense we use simple present tense to
01:42describe facts and habits for instance the moon gets its light from Sun the
01:51stars shine at night we also use simple present tense to describe scheduled
01:58events in the future for instance the train leaves at 5 o'clock my school
02:07starts at 9 a.m. we also use simple present tense to tell stories to make
02:15your listener or reader feel more engaged with the story for example on a
02:22spring morning Jack goes off for a walk in the garden and sees beautiful flowers
02:28blooming with vibrant colors and fragrance there now let's learn the rule
02:35for forming a sentence in simple present tense subject plus first form of verb
02:43plus s or e s plus object Rhea writes a letter here Rhea is the subject right is
02:57the verb we use s with right since the sentence has a single subject and letter
03:04is the object now let's have another example birds fly in the air here birds
03:14is the subject fly is the verb and we do not use s e s with fly since the subject
03:23is in plural number and air is the object in this sentence next let's learn
03:32about present progressive tense the present progressive tense is used for an
03:38ongoing action in the present let's have a look at examples I am going here the
03:47action of going is still in progress Harry is looking for the last train here
03:55look plus ink is depicting that the action is still going on I am praying in
04:03the church here praying implies that the praying is still going on in the church
04:11the students are playing cricket here playing expresses that the action of play
04:19is still in progress now let's learn the rule for forming present progressive
04:26tense subject plus is and are plus first form of verb plus in plus object Rhea is
04:39writing a letter here Rhea is the subject is the helping verb and right is
04:48the first form of verb and we have used in along with it to show that the action
04:55is still in progress and letter is the object in this sentence the girls are
05:02swimming in the lake here again girls refers to the subject of the sentence
05:09swim is the verb and we have used in along to show that the action is still
05:16in progress now let's learn about present perfect tense the present
05:24perfect tense is used to describe an action that began in the past and has
05:30finished by the time of speaking so it is linking the past with the present and
05:36is used to express the actions that are just recently completed now let's learn
05:44it with the help of examples I have watched the movie here the person
05:50started watching the movie in the past which is finished just by the time of
05:55speaking the sentence here we have our next example they have written three
06:03letters already here the person started writing the letters in the past which
06:09are finished just by the time of speaking the sentence now here we have
06:16our next example Joey has taken his gift here the person started accepting the
06:24gift in the past and by the time the speaker is speaking the gift is already
06:29taken now let's learn the rule to form the sentence in present perfect tense
06:37subject plus has or have plus third form of the verb plus the object let's have
06:47some more examples Rhea has written a letter here Rhea is a subject has is the
06:57helping verb and we have used has because subject is singular written is
07:04the third form of the verb and letter is the object in this sentence here we
07:11have next example the children have taken a bath here the children is a
07:18subject and we have used the helping verb have because the subject is plural
07:25taken is the verb here which is the third form of the verb take and bath is
07:31the object in this sentence here we have some more examples of sentence in
07:38perfect tense for you the boys have broken the windowpane the girls have
07:46performed their dance the teacher has explained the topic so we have now
07:53learned about the sentence in present perfect tense now we will be learning
08:00sentences in present perfect progressive tense the present perfect progressive
08:07tense is used for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues
08:14into the present for example gardener has been growing plants in the garden
08:21since morning here gardener has started growing plants in the morning and is
08:27still continuing to do that children have been practicing dance since two
08:34hours here the children have started their practice two hours ago and still
08:40continuing so this was the use of present perfect progressive tense we
08:47have shown the activities that started in the past and are still continuing now
08:53let's learn the rule for forming a sentence in present perfect progressive
08:59tense subject plus has have plus being plus first form of the verb along with
09:08ink and then the object Rhea has been writing a letter for the last 15 minutes
09:17here Rhea is the subject which is singular so we have used has as helping
09:24verb along with being and we have used writing to show a continuous action
09:31which is the first form of right along with ink and letter is an object in this
09:37sentence now this sentence means that Rhea started writing letter in the past
09:4515 minutes ago and is still writing so this is present perfect progressive
09:53tense here we have another example they have been doing their work since morning
10:01here the subject is they which is a plural so we have used helping verb have
10:09along with being and verb is doing which is showing continuous action and it is
10:16the first form of the verb do along with ink and work is the object in this
10:23sentence and this sentence means that they started their work in the past and
10:29are still continuing to do that so it is present perfect continuous tense so
10:37friends today we have learned about the various types of present tense now we
10:43will practice all these types of sentences in our next assignment now you
10:48may go ahead and take a quiz to learn more bye bye