Present Tense - Tense - English - Lecture
Subject: English
Subject Code: HUM 4101
Topic: Presen Tense
Lecturer: Md. Arif Moinuddin Chy
A
conversation between two friends…
John:
Hello Mark.
Mark:
Hi, John. What’s up, mate?
John:
umm… are you free now?
Mark:
Yea… a kind of… why?
John:
err.. I am just thinking about going out now. What do you think?
Mark:
Now? What do you mean NOW? Well, You know I usually stay at home in the evening.
John:
Yeeeeea,
I know that… come on, mate… I’m not gonna
get time tomorrow.
Mark:
hmm… Okay, just wait… I am now playing an online video game. let me finish it.
John:
Wow, cool. What’s that?
Mark:
‘Two Dumb Friends Fooling Around’.
John:
What? You are kidding? Alright, mate. See you soon.
A conversation between a
teacher and a student…
T:
Can you pass me your Geography book, please?
S:
Here you go, sir.[ Handing the book]
T:
hmm… why are these blank? what about the answers to these questions?
S:
I’m sorry. I have not written the answers. But I have finished the essay.
T:
OK fine, but why haven’t you finished the answers?
S:
I haven’t got time to finish those.
T:
What?.... Haven’t got time? Why?
S:
I have been watching ‘Star Jalsha’ for 6 hours. So I didn’t get time. Sorry,
sir.
Let’s have a look at some
sentences
I
usually stay at home in the evening.
I
am now playing an online video game.
But
I have finished the essay.
I
have been watching ‘Star Jalsha’
for 6 hours.
Use
üthoughts
and feelings: I think
so, I like it.
üstates,
things staying the same, facts and things that are true for a long time: We live
in our house.
ürepeated
actions: We come
here every week.
üin
phrases like I promise, I agree, etc: I promise
I'll pay you back.
üin
a negative question with why to make a
suggestion: Why don't
we go out?
üFor
the future meaning of the present simple:
The
new term starts
next week.
USE
üTo
mean in the middle of an action.
-I'm
waiting for the train. (I'm at the station now.) I'm getting the lunch ready.
(I'm in the kitchen now.)
üTo
mean in the middle of something but not actually doing it at the moment of
speaking.
-I must
get back to the office. We're working
on a new project.
-I'm
quite busy these days. I'm
doing a course at uni.
We can use the present continuous
when things are changing over a long period.
-The
number of cars on the road is
increasing. The earth is slowly getting warmer.
For the future meaning of the
present continuous.
- I'm
playing chess with Matthew tomorrow.
üthings
happened in the past but having a result in the present:
We've washed the dishes. (They're clean now.)
The aircraft has landed.
(It's on the ground now.)
We've eaten all the eggs. (There aren't any left.) They've learnt the
words. (They know the words.)
üThese
words takes Present Perfect :In recent years , already, ever, just, never, yet,
not yet, so far, till now, up to now, recently.
Most people have already gone home.
üan
action running over a period of time and still running up to the present. The
action is still going on…
We've
been waiting here for twenty minutes. (We're waiting now.)
üto
talk about repeated actions up to now.
Natasha
has
been playing the piano since she was four.
These words In recent years , already,
ever, just, never, yet, not yet, so far, till now, up to now, recently
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