[header] How to change a sentence from active voice to passive voice [title] Identify different types of present tenses. [step] The present tense describes action being done in the present moment-not future, not past, and not a hypothetical action. The english language has a simple present tense, a present continuous tense, a present perfect tense, and present perfect continuous tense.
All indicate action in the present, but differ in their descriptions of how long the action has been taking place. [substeps] Simple present tense combines a subject + verb.