PRESENT SIMPLE

Colegio Santa Victoria

Almudena Canela Moreno

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

USES OF PRESENT SIMPLE

SPELLING OF THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR AFFIRMATIVE FORM

ADVERBS OF FRECUENCY

USE OF PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

USES OF PRESENT SIMPLE

Regular habits and routines (e.g. He watches TV every weekend)

Permanent states (e.g. The Sun rises in the morning)

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM

AFFIRMATIVE

I drink

Singular You drink

He/She/It drinks kisses, fixes, goes, washes, watches TV 3rd person singular

We drink

Plural You drink

They drink

SPELLING OF THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

GENERAL RULE:

We usually add –s to the verb (like-likes, walk-walks, speak-speaks)

EXCEPTIONS:

1st exception:

We add –es to verbs that end by –s, -sh, -ch, -x , -o (wash-washes, watch-

watches, kiss-kisses, mix-mixes, go-goes)

2nd exception:

Verbs ending by consonant + y, we omit “y” and add –ies (study-studies, cry-

cries)

BE CAREFUL:

Verbs ending in vowel + y, we add –s (play-plays, say-says)

EXAMPLES

I drink a litre of water every day, but my brother drinks 2

litres a day.

My father kisses my mother when he leaves home .

Your friend always washes her hands before the meals.

Our grandfather usually watches the news on television.

My cousin goes to extra activities in the afternnon.

Your mum always mixes the salad with oil.

Ana studies mathts on Mondays and Thirsdays.

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM

NEGATIVE

I don´t/do not drink

Singular You don´t/ do not drink

He/She/It doesn´t/does not drink 3rd person singular

We don´t/ do not drink

Plural You don´t/ do not drink

They don´t/ do not drink AUXILIARIES

DON´T / DOESN´T

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE:

I drink a litre of water eery day, but my brother drinks 2 litres a day.

NEGATIVE:

I don’t drink a litre of water every day.

AFFIRMATIVE:

My father kisses my mother when he leaves home .

NEGATIVE:

My father doesn’t kiss my mothre when he leaves home.

AFFIRMATIVE:

Your friend always washes her hands before the meals.

NEGATIVE:

Your friend doesn’t wash her hands before the meals.

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE:

Your mum always mixes the salad with oil.

NEGATIVE:

Your mum doesn’t mix the salad with oil.

AFFIRMATIVE:

Ana studies mathts on Mondays and Thursdays.

NEGATIVE:

Ana doesn’t study mathts on Mondays and Thursdays.

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE:

Our grandfather usually watches the news on television.

NEGATIVE:

Our grandfather doesn’t watch the news on television.

AFFIRMATIVE:

My cousin goes to extra activities in the afternnon.

NEGATIVE:

My cousin doesn’t go to extra activities in the afternoon.

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE

The students always play in the play ground.

NEGATIVE:

The students don’t play in the classroom.

AFFIRMATIVE:

We read comics and magazines at weekends.

NEGATIVE:

We don’t read comics and magazines at weekends.

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM

INTERROGATIVE

Do I drink…?

Singular Do you drink…?

Does he/she/it drink…? 3rd person singular

Do we drink…?

Plural Do you drink…?

Do they drink…?

Yes, I do/No, I don´t.

ANSWERS

Yes, he does/No, he doesn´t

AUXILIARIES

DO / DOES

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM

BE CAREFUL !

In the negative and the interrogative form, we DON´T have to add “-

s”,”es” or “ies” to the 3rd person singular because the auxiliar

DOESN´T or DOES marks it.

USE OF PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

IN

With parts of the day (in the morning/afternoon/evening)

With months (in September, in December)

With years (in 1996, in 2017)

ON

With days (on Monday, on Saturday)

With dates (on 20th January, on 30th March)

AT

with times (at six o´clock, at ten to eleven)

With NIGHT and THE WEEKEND (at night, at the weekend)

TIME EXPRESSIONS

•At the weekend.

•At weekends.

• On Monday ( days of the week)

•In January (months of the year)

•In spring ( seasons of the year)

•In the morning, afternoon, evening.

•At midday, night.

•Every day, week, month, year, etc.

ADVERBS OF FRECUENCY

100%

ALWAYS

NEARLY ALWAYS

GENERALLY, NORMALLY, USUALLY

OFTEN

SOMETIMES

RARELLY

HARDLY EVER

NEVER 0%

POSITION

Before the main verb

(e.g. I always brush my teeth

after luch)

Adverbs of frecuency go after the verb TO BE

(e.g. You are never at home)