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Simple Present Tense

Simple PresentTense

Uses

• My parents give me presents for my birthday.

• I get up at 7 o´clock• I go to school everyday

Habitual actions/

routines

• Lisa works in the University• I live in New York.• I love my boyfriend.• I hate Chinese food

Status

Feelings

• My phone beeps when I receive a message.

• The sky is blue.• Lisa speaks four languages.

General Truths

Form of Simple Present

Subject Verb Predicate

I, you, we, you, they

Work At home

He, she, it WorkS At home

El infinitivo del verbo es “To work, to live…), para formar la frase en presente se le añade el verbo sin to al sujeto.

A la 3ª persona del singular se le añade una –s.

We add –es for verbs thatend in :

We add –ies or –s when:

-o Go-> goesDo-> does

-ch Catch -> catchesWatch -> watches

-sh Wash -> washesPush -> pushes

-ss Kiss -> kissesMiss -> misses

-x Fix -> fixesMix -> mixes

-z Buzz -> buzzesWaltz -> waltzes

For verbs thatend in a consonant + y, we add -ies

Marry -> marriesCarry -> carriesStudy -> studiesWorry -> worriesCry -> criesHurry -> hurriesReply -> repliesFly -> flies

But for verbsthat end in a vowel + y, weadd -s

Play -> playsEnjoy -> enjoysSay -> saysStay -> stays

Spelling Rules for Simple Present Tense Verbs

Negative and question

Affirmative Negative Question

I work I don´t work Do I work…?

You work You don´t work Do you work…?

He / She / It works He /she / it doesn´t work Does he /she/ it work…?

We work We don´t work Do we work…?

You work You don´t work Do you work…?

They works They don´t work Do they work…?

- Como vemos al hacer la negativa y la pregunta el verbo principal pierde la terminación –s de la tercera persona ya que la adquiere el auxiliar does.

Form of Simple PresentTense

Question

Negativa:

Sujeto + do/does+not+ verbo

Pregunta:

Do/does + sujeto + verbo + complemento?

Cuando añadimos una Question Word (what, who, why, when...) está siempre se pone al principio en la pregunta y la estructura se mantiene igual.

Where do you work?

Los verbos más comunes en inglés

to be: ser o estar

to go: ir

to come: venir

to have: tener

to love: amar

to like: gustar

to miss: extrañar

to do: hacer

to take: tomar, coger

to want: querer

to get: conseguir

to leave: salir, irse

to become: convertirse

to work: trabajar

to find: encontrar

to meet: conocer

to say: decir

to eat: comer

to speak: hablar

to write: escribir

Más verbos

Y más verbos

IN ON AT

Prepositions of place

ATWe use at for a point in space

At the bus stop

At the top

At the back

At the station

At the seaside

At school

At a party

ONWe use on fora surfaces orlines…

On the table

On the wall

On the border

On the coast

INWe use IN when someone or something is inside a space

In a building

In a field

In the water

In South America

But! On an island

Más preposiciones

Prepositions of place

Exercises