Present Tenses

1. Present Tenses

2.

Present Tenses
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous

3. Present Simple (Настоящее простое время) употребляется когда речь идет о:

• постоянных действиях
Mark lives in New Zealand.
• непреложных истинах и законах природы
The Moon goes round the Earth.
• привычках и повседневных действиях
She always cleans the house at
weekends.

4.

• расписаниях и программах
The train leaves at 6:00 am.
• спортивных комментариях, обзорах,
повествованиях
Beckham wins the ball, then he
crosses and Owen scores.
Meryl Streep acts beautifully in this
film.

5.

+ V(-s)
- Do(es) not + V
? Do(es) + subject + V
? Wh-(How..) + do(es) +
subject +V
? Who + Vs

6. Указатели времени, употребляемые с Present Simple

• always
• usually
• often
• sometimes
• never
• seldom
• every day/week/ ...
• on Fridays / …

7. Practice:

Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple
1. My friend (to live) in St. Petersburg.
2. My cousin (not to live) in Moscow.
3. The children (to play) in the yard every day.
4. They (not to go) to the stadium on Monday.
5. She (to read) in the evening.
6. She (not to read) in the morning.
7. Your father (to work) at this factory?
8. You (to play) chess everyday?
9. You (to want) to see my father?
10. We always (to go) to the seaside.

8. Present Continuous (Настоящее продолженное время) употребляется когда речь идет о:

• действиях, происходящих в данный момент
Mum is cooking in the kitchen.
• 100 % запланированных действиях в будущем
I am going shopping this afternoon.
• в меняющихся и развивающихся ситуациях
It is getting colder. Let’s go home.
• с такими наречиями, как always и constantly, для
выражения раздражения
She is always losing her keys.

9.

+ be (am, is, are) + V-ing
- be (am, is, are) not + V-ing
? be (am, is, are) + subject + V-ing
? Wh-(How..) + be (am, is, are) +
subject + Ving
? Who + is Ving

10. Указатели времени, употребляемые с Present Continuous

• now
• at the moment
• at present
• these days
• Listen!
• still
• today
• tonight
• tomorrow
• Watch out!

11. Practice:

Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous
1. The children (to eat) soup now.
2. The children (to eat) soup now?
3. The children (not to eat) soup now.
4. Look! Kate (to dance).
5. Nina (not to sleep) now.
6. My sister (not to eat) sweets now.
7. I (to write) an exercise now.
8. I (not to wear) jeans now.
9. Your friend (to do) his homework now?
10. What your sister (to do) now?

12. Глаголы состояния (stative verbs)

В английском языке есть так называемые
глаголы состояния, которые обозначают
состояние, а не действие предмета/лица.
Эти глаголы не употребляются в Continuous.

13. Среди них:

• глаголы восприятия (appear, hear, see, seem,
smell, sound, taste)
• глаголы мыслительной деятельности
(know, realise, believe, forget, remember,
understand)
• глаголы, выражающие чувства и эмоции
(like, love, prefer, desire, want, hate, enjoy,
wish)
• некоторые другие глаголы (be, belong, fit,
contain, cost, have, include, need, own, matter,
weigh)

14. Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Continuous, но с иным значением.

15.

Present Simple
THINK
I think she’s beautiful.
(= думать, полагать)
Present Continuous
We are thinking about going to France.
(= обдумывать, размышлять)
HAVE
She has twelve cats.
(= иметь, владеть)
James is having a great time at school.
(= хорошо проводить время)
He is having a shower.
(= принимать душ)
SEE
I’m seeing John this afternoon.
I see the tree in my garden. (= встречать(ся)
(= видеть)
BE
He is a rude person.
(=постоянное состояние)
He is being rude.
(=нехарактерное состояние)

16.

Present Simple
Present Continuous
LOOK
It looks as if they’ve
finished the job.
(= казаться, выглядеть)
FEEL
The baby’s hair feels like
silk.
(= чувствовать наощупь)
Mike is looking out of the window.
(= смотреть)
She is feeling the baby’s forehead.
(= трогать)
I’m feeling exhausted.
(=испытывать эмоции, быть в
каком-то состоянии)
WEIGH
The butcher is weighing the meat.
The chicken weighs 3 kilos. (= взвешивать)
(= иметь вес)

17.

TASTE
This coffee tastes good.
(= быть на вкус)
Ann is tasting the pudding.
(= пробовать на вкус)
SMELL
Her perfume smells sweet.
(= пахнуть)
APPEAR
She appears to know the
way.
(= быть очевидным)
She is smelling the roses.
(= нюхать)
She is appearing in a Shakespeare
play.
(= выступать, играть,
появляться)
FIT
Tom is fitting a new lock on the
The dress fits her perfectly. bathroom door.
(= устанавливать)
(= быть впору, нужного
размера)

18. Practice:

Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present
continuous.
1. –Why you (smell) the soap? – It (smell) lovely.
2. - I (feel) very tired. I need to go to bed early.
3. I (see) Andy this evening.
4. -How much the bag of apples (weigh)? – I don’t know yet. The
man (weigh) the bag now.
5. -I (think) about buying a new car soon. – Why? I (think) your car
is fine.
6. -What you (look) at? – The sky. It (look) as if it’s going to rain.
7. Chris (be) a sensible person, isn’t he? – Yes, but in case he (be)
rather foolish.

19. Present Perfect (Настоящее совершенное время) употребляется для обозначения:

have / has + V 3
• законченного действия, произошедшего в
прошлом в неустановленное время, связанного с
настоящим через результат
I have seen this film.
Natasha has been to the USA twice.
• действия, начавшегося в прошлом и
продолжающегося до сих пор, особенно с
глаголами be, have, like, know и другими
глаголами состояния.
I have known her for 8 years.

20.

+ Have (has) + V3(-ed)
- Have (has) not + V3(-ed)
? Have (has) + subject + V3(-ed)
? Wh- (How…) + have (has) + subject +
V3(ed)
? Who + has V3(ed)

21. Указатели времени, употребляемые с Present Perfect

• Since, for изначально
являются указателями на
Present Perfect Continuous,
но, если есть глагол
состояния с этими
указателями, то мы
используем Present Perfect
• just
• already
• Today
• yet
• ever/never
• lately / recently/
so far
• this week /year/…

22. Practice:

Put the verbs in brackets into Present Perfect or Present
Continuous
1. What’s the matter? Why he (to stop)?
2. My cousin (to look) for a job, but he (not to find) a job yet.
3. They just (to give) you a pay rise.
4. Sophie is busy. She (to knit) a sweater for her grandson.
5. You only (to have) a piece of cake? You (not to eat) much.
6. People (to plant) carrots and tomatoes now.
7. You (to go) to plant tomatoes this year?
8. Johnny, who finally (to find) a new job, (to give) a big party.
9. How long you (to be) sick?
10. You (to see) any good movies recently?

23. Present Perfect Continuous (Настоящее совершенное продолженное время) употребляется для:

have / has + been + Ving
• обозначения длительности действия, которое
началось в прошлом и продолжается в
настоящее время
We have been cooking since 10 o’clock!
• описания действия, которое началось и
закончилось в прошлом и результаты которого
очевидны в настоящее время (есть последствия
действия)
Your hands are dirty. Have you been
painting?

24.

+ Have (has) been + V-ing
- Have (has) not been + V-ing
? Have (has) + subject + been + V-ing
? Wh- (How…) + have (has) + subject + been +Ving
? Who + has been Ving

25. Указатели времени, употребляемые с Present Perfect Continuous

• since
• for
• How long
• Whole day/week..
• All morning…

26. Practice:

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or
Present Perfect Continuous
1. -How long you (know) Alison? –We (be) friends since
we were children.
2. - What are Andrew and David doing? – They (work) in
the garden for three hours.
3. -Why is Sally upset? – She (lose) her bag.
4. -You look exhausted. –Well, I (clean) the windows.
5. - Can I have some more lemonade, please? – Sorry, your
brother (just/drink) it all.

27. Practice: Put the verbs into the correct Present Tense. 1. Samantha (play) tennis with friends every weekend. 2. Tim and

Matilda (be) married since 1991.
3. Uncle Bill just (decorate) the bathroom.
4. Pauline and Nom (sing) in the school choir twice a week.
5. Who you (speak) to?
6. Sarah is very happy. She (win) a poetry competition.
7. He (drink) two cups of coffee this morning.
8. My friend (live) in America at the moment.
9. Linda (study) in the library for three hours.
10. We (play) in a concert next weekend.
11. Who (use) my toothbrush?
12. They (move) house in September.
13. Our plane (take) off in ah hour.
14. This dress (fit) you perfectly.

28.

May
Present
Tenses be
with you!