Present Tense

Present Tense indicates that the work of a sentence is usually done in present time, something is happening, something has just finished or started in a past time and since then the work is still going on.

Let's see the examples below:
The sun rises in the East. (Universal Truth)
He usually goes to school at 8.00 am. (Usual work)
He is playing with his grandchild. (Still doing)
He has just gone outside New York. (Just gone)
It has been raining since morning. (Started before and since then it is going on)

Types of Present Tense:
Present Tenses are of four kinds. They are

• Present Indefinite Tense
• Present Continuous Tense
• Present Perfect Tense
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense