英语语法--关于现在的几个时态精要.ppt

Present simple and continuous Present simple Form: He/she/it works. I work. They work He doesn’t work. They don’t work. Does he work? Do they work? Use: we use the present simple tense to: -give information about permanent activities (Valentino makes luxury chocolates.) describe a state that doesn’t change: (He looks like his father.) -talk about routine activities, repeated actions or habits: (I often travel abroad on business.) -some verbs are always used in the present simple (not with –ing): What do you mean? I remember her name. Present continuous Form: I am going. He/she/it is going. They are going. I am not going. Am I going? Use: We use the present continuous to: -describe activities in progress at the moment of speaking (She is talking to him on the phone right now.) -describe temporary situations: (The delegation is staying at the Hilton until Friday.) - refer to future arrangements: (He is starting a new job next week.) - describe changing situation: (We are developing a new marketing strategy.) Complete these sentences with either the present simple or the present continuous We normally _______ (hold) ous sales conference in Spain, but this year we _______ (hold) it in Poland. Although we ________ (use) our own sales representative at the moment, we generally _________ (use) agents in Japan. It normally _______ (take) us two years to develop a new product. We don’t often ______ (raise) our prices more than 5%, but this time we __________ (raise) them 10%. Usually our Sales Director _________ (deal) with important customers. We usually ________ (recruit) from within the company, but this time we _________ (advertise) externally. We _______ (rent) offices until our new headquarters are ready. The company ________ (want) to achieve record sales this year. Present perfect simple and continuous Present perfect - simple Form : I/you/we/they have worked he/she/