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Current habits Toby walks to work,
To talkabout how often things happen ‘Angela doesn’t visit us very often.
Permanent situations Carlo works in a travel agent’.
states ‘Do you have an up-to-date possport?
Poland is in the European Union.
General truths and facts
e © We can also use do/does in present simple statements for emphasis.
‘Youdont 1 ing by bus for short distances
govt! ‘You dont like going by bus do you?’Actually, do like going by’
— The bus isn't quicker than the train but it does stop right outside the factory
Present continuous
Form statement: lam driving .. You/we/they are driving ... He/she/itis driving ..
egatve. tmnt driving. You/we/they aren‘tdriving or You're/we’re/they'e not driving...
He/she/itisn't driving... or He's/she's/t’s nat driving ..
question: Am/driving...? Are you/we/they driving ...?4s he/she/t driving ..?
Use | Example
| Mike is driving to work at the moment.
Actions happening now
Temporary series of a Taxi drivers aren't stopping at the train station because of the roadworks.
Temporary situations Are they staying in a hotel near the Olympic stadium?
Changing and de
loping situations Holidays abroad are becoming increasingly popular.
Annoying habits (usually with always)
Present perfect simple
Form —_have/has + past participle
statement: /you/we/they have flown... He/shevit has flown ..
negative: V/you/we/they haven't flown He/shesit hasn't flown
question: Have l/youwe/they flown... Has he/she/it flown.
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ee, Use Example
| Dod is always cleaning the car when | want to use it!
Situations and states that started in the past and are still true | She's
her motorbike for over six years.
A series of actions continuing up to now We've travelled by taxi, bus, plane and train ~ alin
| thetast twenty-four hous!
Completed actions a atime in the past which is not mentioned Have you ever flown in a helicopter?
Completed actions where the important thing is the present result
ve booked the coach tickets We have been driving for hours. Can't we have a break soon?
Im out of breath because I’ve been running to get herein time.
FZ~@ The present perfect continuous is often used with words and phrases like all day/week/year/etc,
for since, just et.
¥ We've been walking for hours and /need arest.
© The present perfect continuous is not normally used with the words ever and never.
¥ Have you ever flown in c helicopter before?
X -Have you ever been flying ino helicopter before?
© Sometimes there is very little difference in meaning between the present perfect simple and the
present perfect continuous and sometimes there is a difference in meaning. |
| ¥ have worked at the airport for four years. = | have been working at the airport for four years. |
Y thave read that book about cruise ships.(\ have finished it.) have been reading that book |
| about cruise ships. (I have not finished it)
Stative verbs
Stative verbs are not normally used in continuous tenses because they don't describe actions,
Y {see what you mean.
Use
Stative verbs often refer to:
Example
| believe, imagine. know, mean, think, understand
be exist : :
| nate, lke, love, need, prefer satisfy, want
belong to, consist of, have, include, involve, own
SF Fo some verbs (such as be have.imagine. look see, smell taste, think) are stative with one meaning
wate out! and non-stative with another meaning,
S ¥ Do you have your plane ticket with you? (state: possession)
Y Are you having lunch at the moment? (action:eating)
