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Simple and continuous verbs, Present perfect, Examples:, Present, Past,…
Simple and continuous verbs
CONTINUOUS VERBS
are for ongoing actions or temporary situations.
SIMPLE VERBS
are for completed actions or permanent situations.
Present perfect
Examples:
Have you ever lived in another country?
No, I've never lived anywhere else.
not an ongoing situation
Examples:
I love Latin music
I listen to it a lot.
Present
a permanent situation
Past
a completed action
Structure
S+Verb+C.
Examples:
I went home and had a big party.
Structure
S + Verb in past + C.
Present
a temporary situation
Past
an ongoing action
Present perfect
an ongoing situation
Examples:
I'm listening to a lot of Latin Jazz right now.
Structure
S+ Verb to be in past + V-ing+ C
Examples:
I was sitting on a bus.
Structure
S+ have/has+ been+ Verb-ing +C
Examples:
I've been living here for five years
Structure
Structure
S+ have/has+ verb in past participle + C
S+ to be Verb+ V-ing+C
