Present Continuous Tense: is/am/are
1. For an action going on at the time of speaking:
I am typing this mail(now).
2. For a temporary action which may not be actually happening at the time of speaking:
I am reading "Psychology of Aggression".
3. An action that has already been arranged to take place in near future:
I am going to reply to this post.
The following verbs are normally not used in Continious form:
a. Verb of perception: see, hear, smell etc.
b. verb of appearing: appear, look, seem
c. verb of emotion: want wish desire etc.
d. verb of thinking: think, suppose, believe, agree etc..
Present Perfect: has/have:
1. To indicate completed activities in near future:
He has just gone out
2. To describe past actions when we think of more of their effects:
I have cut my finger( and it is bleeding now)
3. To denote an action begining at some time in past and still continuing:
I have known him for long time.
hope it helps..
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