Present and future

present tenses

English has two 'present' tenses. The simple present (I play,I work etc) is used especially to talk about regular or permanent activities and situations. The present progressive (also called 'present continuous') is used especially to talk about things that are going on around the moment of speaking' For details

📌Note that in academic grammars, a distinction is made between 'tense' (present or past) and 'aspect'

(for example progressive). Tense shows time; progressive aspect typically shows whether an event is seen as ongoing or completed at a particular time. In more practical grammars such as this' it is common to use the term 'tense' in both cases.

🔎talking about the future

There are several ways to talk about the future in English Three common structuresa are the will-future, be going to and the present progressive. The differences between these are complicated(and not generally very important) but it is not possible to give simple precise rules for the use of these structures - often we can use two or three different forms to express the same idea

 ⭕present tenses:

1:SIMPLE PRESENT

 things that are always true

things that happen all the time, repeatedly, often, sometimes, never etc... .

🔖You live in Brighton, don't you?

2:PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

things that are happening now

things that are happening around now things that are changing

🔖My parents are living with me just now

🔖Why that child running away?

📎non-progressive verbs Remember: some verbs are mostly used in simple tenses even if we mean 'just now

📌instruction, commentaries, stories

Present tenses are common in instructions, commentaries and stories. The simple present is used for

things that happen one after another, and the present progressive for longer background situations.

(This is exactly like the way the simple past and past progressive are used together

🔖'How do I get to the police station?' 'You go straight on for half a mile, then you come to a garage.

📍Note the use of the present progressive for slower-moving commentaries,

🔖The Oxford boat is moving further and further ahead. And what's happening now? Cambridge are getting

very low in the water. Are they sinking?

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