40 questions to master all four present tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Continuous, with key time expressions and adverbs.
Present Simple covers habits, routines, permanent situations and facts. Present Continuous covers what is happening right now, temporary arrangements and situations that are changing.
| Tense | Form | Main uses | Key time signals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | work / works | Habits, routines, permanent states, general truths, instructions | always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day, on Mondays |
| Present Continuous | am/is/are working | Actions now, temporary situations, changing trends, plans (near future) | now, at the moment, right now, today, this week, these days, Look! |
| Present Perfect | have/has worked | Completed actions with present relevance, life experience, recent news | just, already, yet, ever, never, recently, since, for, today (unfinished period) |
| Present Perfect Continuous | have/has been working | Ongoing actions with duration, visible present results, recently stopped actions | for (duration), since (point), all day/morning, lately, recently, How long? |