Mastering present tenses is essential for accuracy in English at 2nde level. 🔹 Present Simple (I work) : • Habits and routines : I go to school every day. • General truths : Water boils at 100°C. • Scheduled events : The train leaves at 7am. • Signal words : always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day 🔹 Present Continuous (I am working) : • Actions happening right now : She is reading a book. • Temporary situations : He is staying with his cousins this week. • Future arrangements : We are meeting tomorrow. • Signal words : now, at the moment, currently, this week 🔹 Present Perfect (I have worked) : • Past actions with a present result : I have lost my keys. (= I don't have them now) • Experiences : She has never been to Paris. • Recent actions : He has just arrived. • With since/for : I have lived here for five years. 🔹 Present Perfect vs Past Simple : • Present Perfect : no specific time / link to present • Past Simple : specific finished time (yesterday, in 2020, last year) Ex : I have seen that film. (unspecified) vs I saw it last night. (specific)

📝 Choose the correct tense : 1. She _______ (study) right now. → is studying 2. I _______ (never / eat) sushi. → have never eaten 3. He _______ (finish) his homework an hour ago. → finished 4. They _______ (live) in Dakar for ten years. → have lived 5. Water _______ (freeze) at 0°C. → freezes 6. We _______ (leave) at 8am tomorrow. → are leaving 📝 Correct the errors : 1. ✗ 'She is knowing the answer.' → ✓ 'She knows the answer.' (state verb, no continuous) 2. ✗ 'I have seen him yesterday.' → ✓ 'I saw him yesterday.' (specific time → past simple) 3. ✗ 'He works here since 2020.' → ✓ 'He has worked here since 2020.' (since → present perfect)