PRESENT

1. Tell stories and talk about films, books and plays

2. SIGN: usually, sometime,often,never, alway, normally,every..., once....

3. Talk about facts or generally accepted truths

4. SIMPLE

4.1. FORM

4.1.1. (+) S+V/V(es,s)

4.1.2. (-) S+ DON'T/ DOES'S

4.1.3. (?) DO/DOES +S+ V

4.2. USES

4.2.1. Talk about regular habits or repeated actions

4.2.2. Talk about permanent situations

5. CONTINUOUS

5.1. FORM

5.1.1. (+) S+ tobe+Ving

5.1.2. (-) S+ tobe+ not+Ving

5.1.3. Give instructions an directions

5.1.4. (?) Tobe+ S+Ving

5.2. USES

5.2.1. Talk about temporary situations

5.2.2. Talk about actions happening at the moment of the speaking

5.2.3. Talk about trends or changing situations

5.2.4. Talk about things that happen more often than expected, often to show envy or to criticise with words like always, constantly, continually, forever

5.3. Sign: now, at the moment, at the present, right now, today, a day,this.....

6. To talk about a time period that is not finished

7. (?) HAVE/HAS+ S + V(P2)

8. We can use either the present perfect simple or the present perfect continuous to say how long situation or activity has been going on( often with for or since)

9. (-) S+ HAVE/HAS NOT + V(P2)

10. PERFECT SIMPLE

10.1. FORM

10.2. (+) S+ HAVE/HAS+ V( P2

10.3. To show that something happened at some point in the past before now. We don't state when it happened

10.4. To talk about a presents situation which started in the part usually with for/since

10.5. USES

10.6. To talk about something that happened at an unstated time in the part but it connected to the present

10.7. SIGN: just,already, ever, never, still, yet, recently before, for, since:

11. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

11.1. FORM

11.1.1. (+) S+ HAVE/HAS BEEN+ VING

11.1.2. (-) S+ HAVE/HAS NOT BEEN+ VING

11.1.3. (?) HAVE/HAS +S+ BEEN+VING

11.2. USES