Assignment - Infographics - 143

A Note on What Makes This an Infographic

A conjugation table is a study tool, not an infographic. An infographic about the present tense shows a student not just how to form each structure, but when to use it and what it communicates. Why do we use the present simple for habits but the present continuous for something happening right now? Why does the present perfect connect a past action to the present? These meanings are what the infographic must make clear.

Objective

Create a structured infographic in Canva showing the three main present tenses in their affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms, with the structure formula and a clear example for each cell, and a “when to use it” note for each tense.

Content to Cover

The Three Present Tenses and When to Use Them

Present Simple

• Use: habits and routines, general truths and facts, permanent situations, timetabled future events.
• “She teaches at a primary school.” / “Water freezes at 0°C.” / “The train leaves at 8 am.”

Present Continuous

• Use: actions happening right now, temporary situations, planned future events, changing or developing situations.
• “She is teaching a lesson right now.” / “I am staying with my aunt this week.” / “They are getting better at it.”

Present Perfect

• Use: actions completed at an unspecified time before now (with present relevance), experiences, changes over time, actions that started in the past and continue now.
• “She has taught in three schools.” / “I have never visited Lahore.” / “He has worked here since 2018.”

The Grid: Three Tenses × Three Structures

Present each tense across three rows: Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative.

Present Simple:

• Affirmative: Subject + base verb (+ -s/-es for he/she/it). “He reads every day.”
• Negative: Subject + do/does + not + base verb. “He does not read every day.”
• Interrogative: Do/Does + subject + base verb? “Does he read every day?”

Present Continuous:

• Affirmative: Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing. “She is reading now.”
• Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not + verb-ing. “She is not reading now.”
• Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb-ing? “Is she reading now?”

Present Perfect:

• Affirmative: Subject + have/has + past participle. “They have finished the task.”
• Negative: Subject + have/has + not + past participle. “They have not finished the task.”
• Interrogative: Have/Has + subject + past participle? “Have they finished the task?”

Short Forms Panel

Add a contractions reference box:

• do not → don’t / does not → doesn’t
• is not → isn’t / are not → aren’t / am not → (no standard contraction in affirmative; “aren’t I?” in questions)
• have not → haven’t / has not → hasn’t

Design in Canva

• A 3×3 grid: three tenses (columns) × three structures (rows).
• Each cell shows the structure formula in bold and an example sentence in italics.
• “When to use” note for each tense displayed above its column.
• Short forms panel at the bottom.
• Color code: one color per tense, applied consistently across all three rows.

Required Elements

• All nine cells (3 tenses × 3 structures) with formula and example.
• “When to use” explanation for each tense.
• Short forms reference panel.
• Title: “The Present Tense: Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative.”