Simple present has only one verb
in present tense. eg
I walk
to work.
Present simple is used to talk about some thing we do again and again = a habit.
I have
toast for breakfast.
Or something that is true now:
I live
in London.
Or something that is always true:
The sun rises
in the east.
Present continuous has two verbs a present tense
be verb + a present participle:
is walking, am listening, are going
Present continuous is used to talk about something that is happening now:
I am using
my computer.
Or something that is happening around now (maybe not right now):
She is reading
a good book.
Or something that is happening in the future:
We are going
to the beach tomorrow.
The simple present tense is used to describe actions that happen regularly or facts that are always true, while the continuous present tense is used to describe actions that are happening right now or around the current moment. For example, "I eat breakfast every morning" (simple present) vs. "I am eating breakfast now" (continuous present).
Present simple: lead/leads Present continuous: am/is/are leading
Simple tenses refer to actions that are completed or recurring, such as "She eats pizza" (simple present) or "He played soccer" (simple past). Continuous tenses refer to actions that are ongoing or in progress, like "She is eating pizza" (present continuous) or "He was playing soccer" (past continuous).
There are 12 main tenses in English: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.
Sure! Simply change the simple present form of the verb to "was/were" + present participle. For example, "I eat" (simple present) changes to "I was eating" (past continuous).
The six tenses of "do" are: Present simple: I do Past simple: I did Future simple: I will do Present continuous: I am doing Past continuous: I was doing Future continuous: I will be doing
Present simple: lead/leads Present continuous: am/is/are leading
Simple tenses refer to actions that are completed or recurring, such as "She eats pizza" (simple present) or "He played soccer" (simple past). Continuous tenses refer to actions that are ongoing or in progress, like "She is eating pizza" (present continuous) or "He was playing soccer" (past continuous).
There are 12 main tenses in English: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.
The 14 English verb tenses are, present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, conditional continuous, and conditional perfect.
Technically, two (present and past) but commonly, we say there are 12: past simple present simple future simple past continuous present continuous future continuous past perfect present perfect future perfect past perfect continuous present perfect continuous future perfect continuous
Sure! Simply change the simple present form of the verb to "was/were" + present participle. For example, "I eat" (simple present) changes to "I was eating" (past continuous).
The six tenses of "do" are: Present simple: I do Past simple: I did Future simple: I will do Present continuous: I am doing Past continuous: I was doing Future continuous: I will be doing
The English language has 2 Aspects: the Simple and the Continuous or Progressive one. This means that every tense has tow forms, one Simple and one Continuous. For example, the Simple Present (the Present Simple) of the verb "to stay" is: I stay, you stay, he stays, she stays, it stays, we stay, you stay, they say, whereas the Continuous Present (or the Present Continuous) is: I am staying, you are staying, he is staying, .... they are staying. The Simple Past (the Past Tense): I stayed (I was staying = the Past Continuous); the Simple Future: I will/shall stay (The Future Continuous = I will/shall be staying); the Simple Present Perfect = We have stayed (the Present Perfect Continuous = We have been staying); the Simple Past Perfect = They had stayed (the Past Perfect Continuous = They had been staying).
There is only one tense in the present tense, but within that tense, there are four aspects that includes simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous.
Present simple -- I live in Ekatahuna Present continuous -- I am living in Ekatahuna Present perfect -- I have lived in Ekatahuna Present perfect continuous -- I have been living in Ekatahuna Present simple passive -- The butter is kept in the fridge. Present continuous passive -- The butter is being kept in the fridge. Present perfect passive -- The butter has been kept in the fridge.
A simple continuous distribution can take any value between two other values whereas a discrete distribution cannot.
"Have" can be in various verb tenses based on the context, such as present simple (have), present continuous (having), past simple (had), past continuous (was/were having), present perfect (have had), and past perfect (had had).