Present Tense Revision Guide

Present Tense Revision Guide

The present tense in English is categorized into four types:

1. Simple Present Tense
2. Present Continuous Tense
3. Present Perfect Tense
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Examples of Present Tense:

Simple Present Tense

The simple present tense is used for habitual actions, general truths, and fixed arrangements.

1. He reads books.
   • (ही रीड्स बुक्स.)
2. She goes to school.
   • (शी गोज़ टू स्कूल.)

Present Continuous Tense

The present continuous tense is used for actions that are happening right now or for future planned actions.

1. I am eating dinner.
   • (आई ऐम ईटिंग डिनर.)
2. They are playing football.
   • (दे आर प्लेइंग फुटबॉल.)

Present Perfect Tense

The present perfect tense is used for actions that happened at an unspecified time in the past and have relevance to the present moment.

1. I have finished my homework.
   • (आई हैव फिनिश्ड माय होमवर्क.)
2. She has traveled to Paris.
   • (शी हैज़ ट्रैवेल्ड टू पेरिस.)

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

The present perfect continuous tense is used for actions that started in the past and are still continuing.

1. I have been studying for two hours.
   • (आई हैव बीन स्टडीइंग फॉर टू आवर्स.)
2. He has been working here since April.
   • (ही हैज बीन वर्किंग हियर सिंस अप्रैल.)

(Extended Examples)

(Simple Present Tense)

1. The sun rises in the east.
   • (द सन राइजस इन द ईस्ट.)
2. Birds sing in the morning.
   • (बर्ड्स सिंग इन द मॉर्निंग.)

(Present Continuous Tense)

1. She is reading a novel.
   • (शी इज़ रीडिंग अ नॉवेल.)
2. The children are playing in the garden.
   • (द चिल्ड्रेन आर प्लेइंग इन द गार्डन.)

(Present Perfect Tense)

1. We have seen that movie.
   • (वी हैव सीन दैट मूवी.)
2. He has just left the office.
   • (ही हैज़ जस्ट लेफ्ट द ऑफिस.)

(Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

1. They have been living here for five years.
   • (दे हैव बीन लिविंग हियर फॉर फाइव इयर्स.)
2. She has been practicing the piano for an hour.
   • (शी हैज़ बीन प्रैक्टिसिंग द पियानो फॉर एन आवर.)

Vocabulary Table

English Word	Meaning in English	Pronunciation (in Devanagari)
Reads	the act of reading	रीड्स
Goes	the act of going	गोज़
Eating	the act of consuming food	ईटिंग
Playing	the act of playing	प्लेइंग
Finished	completed	फिनिश्ड
Traveled	traveled	ट्रैवेल्ड
Studying	the act of studying	स्टडीइंग
Working	the act of working	वर्किंग
Rises	ascends	राइजस
Sing	to produce melody	सिंग
Reading	the act of reading	रीडिंग
Garden	area with plants	गार्डन
Seen	viewed	सीन
Just left	recently exited	जस्ट लेफ्ट
Living	the act of residing	लिविंग
Practicing	the act of rehearsing	प्रैक्टिसिंग
Meal	food	मील
Homework	school assignments	होमवर्क
Novel	long written story	नॉवेल
Office	workplace	ऑफिस

This vocabulary table helps you understand the different types of present tense and their usage by providing Hindi pronunciations. It will enhance your bilingual proficiency and accuracy in using the present tense.