'Talk' in the past and present tense, any suggestions?

[jollyma]

Ds has to write a sentence w 'talk' as the verb. We are struggling with one for the present tense, any suggestions?

[MardyBra]

I talk to my neighbours every day.

[MardyBra]

I talk to the trees.

[MardyBra]

Mums talk a lot of shite on Mumsnet.

[MardyBra]

Which one do you think the teacher would like best?

[MrsBadger]

I am talking to my dog.

[Bonsoir]

I talk to my sister.

I am talking to my sister.

I have talked to my sister.

I talked to my sister.

I was talking to my sister.

I had talked to my sister.

Which present tense? Which past tense?

[MardyBra]

Present is something you are doing now.

So: " I talk" and "I am talking"

[jollyma]

If you say I talk to ... is this still considered present tense as you have done it before and more than once?

[jollyma]

It had to be talk as he had talking as another word to put into sentances.

[MardyBra]

Yes. I think it called the present continuous tense.

[MardyBra]

Sorry - just looked it up and present continuous is "I am sitting" or similar.

[plantsitter]

Yes - it is he present tense for something you do habitually.

[jollyma]

Thanks. I just didn't want to give him the wrong guidance. Maybe not the best word to give a 7 year old!

[prism]

"He didn't want to talk to me about grammar."

[MrsBadger]

prism that is past

[LoopyLoops]

I talk nonsense - present

I am talking nonsense - present continuous (gerund)

[prism]

I think you'll find it's the infinitive, Mrs Badger.

[asbolutelyfabulous]

The present simple - I talk, you talk, he/she talks, etc - is used to refer to routine, such as 'I talk to my mum every week' or 'Children always talk during class.'

The present continuous, or present progressive as it's sometimes called, is used to describe things happening now, like 'She's talking on the phone' or 'we're talking about a bloke at work who we can't stand.'

The name belies the function, but the present simple is not used for things that we are doing now - that's the job of the present continuous.

Funnily enough, we can also use the present continuous to talk about the future. For example, 'I'm talking to him tomorrow about my raise' or 'at the conference, he's talking about the latest mobile phone technology.'

Yes, I'm a language teacher!

[ColdComfortFarm]

'I am TALKING to you! Will you kids listen to me when I a talking to you!'
Sample from my own life there.

[jollyma]

abfab, i think i was trying to over simplify it for him and think about a sentance that was happening right now! Glad it can be used in the way you describe as thats what we ended up with.