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Present continuous

In this program, we're looking at six different English tenses.

Andare first tense is the present simple.

I live in London, and the present simple I Live tells us that this is a fact or a permanent situation.

London is home good aunt, as well as facts.

We use a present simple for regular activities to with phrases like every day or on Saturdays.

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Indeed, and words like usually sometimes always and often go with the present simple.

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Yes, and one of the uses off the present continuous tense is to talk about activities happening now.

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That's an activity happening now, but here's a different example.

I'm from near Bristol, but I'm living in London at the moment, the present continuous I'm living tells us that this is a temporary situation.

London isn't Harry's permanent home with this use of the present continuous lookout for time expressions like at the moment this year these days and a sentence like I'm studying Russian this month doesn't mean I'm studying it right this minute.

It means I'm doing it often on around this time.

If we use the present continuous tense for things happening now, why do we say things like I understand on DDE that coffee smells good?

That's happening now, but we used the present simple ah, good question.

And the answer is, some verbs don't take a continuous form.

They're often verbs of thinking or feeling like understand or smell or no believe.

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We're talking about tenses now for tenses three and four.

That's the past simple and the present perfect andare examples air from a postcard that our colleague Finn centers and he's on holiday in India.

Have you ever bean here We arrived two days ago.

I've already done some sun bathing, but we haven't seen much yet.

The sentence we arrived two days ago is past simple.

When something clearly finished in the past, it often goes with phrases like two days ago yesterday and last month.

But with the present perfect, we don't usually say when things happened.

We just want to know whether something's happened or not.

So Finn's sentences I've already done some some bathing and we haven't seen much yet.

Are good examples of this exactly on the words already yet.

And just often go with the present perfect examples.

It's been really hot since then with the present Perfect.

We're interested in past experiences Maur than past times or dates.

So we use ever and never have you ever bean to Goa, Catherine.

And if we need to talk about when things happened, we can use the words four and sense with the present Perfect.

So Finn's being in Goa for two days on Dhe.

It's bean really hot since he arrived now for our next tents.

And here's hurry with Maura of Finns Poles card.

We're going to visit the market tomorrow on we're coming home next Wednesday.

We use going to with an infinitive verb for things you plan or expect to happen.

Finn has a plan to visit the market tomorrow.

Yes, and Finn also says, We're coming home next Wednesday and that's tense.

The present continuous for future arrangements.

Yes, it's like going to, but it's a definite arrangement.

He's probably got his plane tickets, right?

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Have you seen Luke since Saturday and it's B.

Have you seen Luke since Saturday on the last one, Which is correct?

If you got those right, then that brings us to the end of the program.

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