User:Robbiemuffin/Using English Grammar Graphics/Present tense

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  the Present Simple
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  the Near-future sense of the Present Simple
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  the Habitual sense of the Present Simple
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  the Present Continuous
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  the Present Perfect
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  the During sense of the Present Perfect

Present Simple

the Present Simple	He has a passport with him. I'm busy right now.
the Near-Future sense of the Present Simple	The full moon is tonight. What time is your flight?
the Habitual sense of the Present Simple	This sense is for facts, recurrent events, and the like. I play tennis. Cat's like milk.

Present Continuous

the Present Continuous	I am sitting. I am studying to become a doctor.
the Near-Future sense of the Present Continuous	Is he visiting his parents next weekend? I am not going to the party tonight. note this is the same Image:EGG_Present_simpleNearFuture.svg image
the Habitual sense of the Present Continuous	This sense is for facts, recurrent events, and the like. She is always coming to class late. He is constantly talking. I wish he would shut up. I don't like them because they are always complaining. note this is the same Image:EGG_Present_simpleHabitual.svg

Present Perfect

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This is a Present Tense which is wholly in the past.

When presenting this information to language learners, it is presented as a present tense. Many people logically categorize this in the past tense however. In the lens of grammar in general (and not english grammar in particular), English has only two tenses: past and non-past. Present Perfect is clearly not non-past tense.

the Present Perfect	The boy has seen the car. (Emphasis is on the present state of the boy, resulting from the fact that he saw the car.)
the During sense of the Present Perfect	I have left Argentina for now. I have had a cold for two weeks. The earth has had humans on it for four million years.