The present tense is a grammatical tense whose
principal function is to locate a situation or event in present time. The term
"present tense" is usually used in descriptions of specific languages
to refer to a particular grammatical form or set of forms; these may have a
variety of uses, not all of which will necessarily refer to present time. For
example, in the English sentence My train leaves tomorrow morning, the verb
form leaves is said to be in the present tense, even though in this particular
context it refers to an event in future time. Similarly, in the historical
present, the present tense is used to narrate events that occurred in the past.
EXERCISES
- ENGLISH HILFEN
- ENGLISH EXERCISES.ORG
- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2272
- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1069
- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1052
- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=714
- ISABEL PEREZ
- http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/susans%20day%20reading%20present.html
GAMES
- https://www.eslgamesplus.com/present-simple-tense-action-verbs-interactive-monkey-game/
- https://www.eslgamesplus.com/present-simple-verbs-game/
- http://www.esolhelp.com/verb-to-be/verb-to-be.html
- https://www.eslgamesplus.com/verb-to-be-auxiliary-verb-am-is-are-esl-grammar-activity/
- ACTION VERBS GAME
- http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Do_Does.htm
- https://www.mes-games.com/
PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PROGRESSIVE
The Present Continuous is mainly used to express that something is happening at the moment of speaking. The Present Continuous also describes activities in progress. Another use of the tense is to talk about temporary actions or future plans.
EXERCISES
Note: these exercises are taken from www.englishexercises.org
PRESENT PERFECT
We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc
EXERCISES
GAMES
- http://www.eslgamesplus.com/already-yet-present-perfect-volley/
- http://www.eslgamesplus.com/present-tenses/
- http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Simple_Present_Tense.htm
- http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/walk%20plank/present%20vs%20past%20tenses/present%20vs.%20past%20tenses.html
- http://www.englishmedialab.com/grammar_games.html
