Present Tense

• Permanent condition /fact
• Repeated action
• Mental or emotional state

• She lives in Chicago.
• He goes skiing every winter.
• I understand how you feel.

• Temporary condition
• Activity in progress

• He is staying with us for a few days.
• We are revising the plans.

• Activity completed before now
• Time measurement until now

• We have installed the unit.
• They have lived here for 10 years.

• Activity that began in the past and is still continuing

• I've been waiting for two hours.

• Activity that began and ended in the past

• She took a vacation last month.

• Activity in progress at a certain time in the past

• Since he was talking on his cell phone, he didn't hear me.

• Activity completed before another past event

• He decided to re-take the test because he had missed so many questions the first time.

• Activity that will happen in the future

• I will review it tomorrow.
• I am going to review it tomorrow.

• Activity that will be in progress in the future

• They will be traveling next month so they won't be able to come.

• Completion of an action before a set time in the future

• They will have finished the inventory by June 30th.