Thepresent continuous (or present progressive) is one of the English verb tenses. You can learn more English online by visiting our free English grammar lessons, which include other verb tenses and more grammar points. You can also find more grammar, vocabulary and communication tasks for each English level: Wecan also use the present continuous for future arrangements, usually with a time expression. Present Continuous - activities that are happening now, temporary situations, activities in Givean example of using the present continuous tense for future plans. "We are going to the movies tonight." How can you use the present continuous tense to describe annoyance? Adding phrases like "always," "constantly," or "continually" can show annoyance (e.g., "He is always interrupting me."). شرحpresent continuous. شرح present continuous (الحاضر المستمر)، أهم ما يميز زمن الحاضر المستمر present progressive، حسب ما يكتب بالعربي برزنت كونتينيوس أو برزنت كنتنيواس، سهولته في الاستخدام من حيث تشكيل صيغتي النفي PresentPerfect Passive: usage. We use the Present Perfect in the passive form for all the same reasons we use it in the active form — to talk about (1) experiences and achievements, (2) changes over time, (3) incomplete actions with expected ends, (4) continuous actions started in the past, (5) past actions with results in present, and (6 Whenwe want to talk about the future we can use these tenses/structures: We can use the Present Simple when we want to talk about scheduled events; The movies starts at 8.30 p.m. We can use the Present Continuous when we want to talk about future arrangements; I'm meeting my friend Jack for beer on Friday. PresentSimple (for non-action verbs). Some verbs, like want, need, believe or know are described as "non-action verbs" or "stative verbs" because they don't describe actions, they describe states.We generally avoid these verbs in the continuous tenses and leave them in the simple tense.. Use these questions to practise using stative verbs / non-action verbs in conversation. Thereare four types of present tense: the present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. Let's take a look at the present simple tense first. 1. Present Simple Tense. Use this form of the tense when describing general, constant and regular everyday events. For example: The boy swims; The monkey sleeps fAAs9.