Simple Present

                                                   SIMPLE PRESENT

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.

Examples:

• I play tennis.
• She does not play tennis.
• Does he play tennis?
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
• The train does not leave at 9 AM.

Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.

Examples:

• The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
• The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
• When do we board the plane?

Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.

Examples:

• I am here now.
• She is not here now.

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Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continous

We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continous however, the duration does not continue until now, it stops before something else in the past.

for eg.

when I got up my alarm had been ringin for 10 minutes

when I arrived to the cinema the film had been on for 30 minutes