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Unit 4 focused on the four different aspects of the present tense in the English language grammar. The present simple is the easiest to grasp in that the forms (affirmative, negative and question) use a subject and a base form verb (with "s" or "es" at the end for third person singular), and they are used when describing habits/routines, facts, commentaries, directions, headlines, and present stories. The present continuous is the next easiest to retain because the affirmative, negative and question forms require a subject, auxiliary verb "be," a verb plus "ing." However, unlike the present simple, the present continuous is used when an action is in progress at the time of speaking, a temporary action occurring at the time of speaking, emphasis on frequent actions, background events in a present story, developing situations, and reference to a regular action around a point of time. The present perfect is more complex because the affirmative, negative and question forms use subject, auxiliary verb "have" and a past participle. It gets complicated for English language learners because there are many verbs with irregular past participles that must be memorized. Furthermore, the present perfect is used for completed actions that happened at an indefinite time, completed past actions that occurred at an unfinished time period at the time of speaking, something that began in the past and is still happening at the time of speaking, and past actions with present results. Finally, the present perfect continuous is structured with a subject, auxiliary verb "have," "been," verb plus "ing." This is used to convey an incomplete and ongoing activity and how long it has continued, and a recently completed, uninterrupted activity with a present result.
