present simple by adry

USE 1: Repeated Actions (ACCIONES REPETITIVAS)   

USE 2: Facts or Generalizations  (HECHOS O GENERALIZACIONES)  

The Usages of Present SimpleThe Usages of Present SimpleUsos del Presente SimpleUsos del Presente Simple

Use 1

Use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled

event or something that often happens .

El uso del Presente Simple es para expresar la idea que una acción es repetida o usual. Puede ser hábitos, pasatiempos, eventos diarios o algo

que a menudo sucede .

USE 1: Repeated Actions(ACCIONES REPETITIVAS)   

Grammar Rule

Affirmative Examples

- I tennis every day.

- You in the morning.

- We TV at 9pm on Fridays.

-They shopping at night.

Subject + (Verb) + Object

play

work

watch

go

Negative Examples

- I tennis every day.

- You in the morning.

- We TV at 9pm on Fridays.

-They shopping at night.

Subject + don’t (Verb) + Object

don’t play

don’t work

don’t watch

don’t go

Present Simple, third person singular )Tercera Persona(

Note:

he, she, ithe, she, itin the third person singular the verb, always ends in : ss

he want ss she need ss

Grammatical ViewGrammatical View

A:

it like ss

Add eses to verbs ending in:

ssx sh

ch

he pass

she catch

he fix it push

B.

o

eses eses eses

eses He go eses

Verbs ending inyy ;the third person changes the to iesies

fly fl cry

C: yy

iesies cr iesies

Exception:If there is a vowelvowel before the: yy

s prayplay play prays

Affirmative Examples 3rd Person

- She a bike at the weekends.

- He the house on Sundays.

- The bus every afternoon at 4 pm.

Subject + (Verb) [–s/-es/-ies] + Object

rides

cleans

leaves

Negative Examples 3rd Person

- She a bike at the weekends.

- He the house on Sundays.

- The bus every afternoon at 4 pm.

Subject + doesn’t (Verb) + Object

doesn’t ride

doesn’t clean

doesn’t leave

USE 2: USE 2: Facts or GeneralizationsFacts or Generalizations

)Hechos o Generalizaciones(    

The Present SimplePresent Simple can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future.

El Presente Simple puede también indicar lo que el hablante cree que fue un hecho verdadero, lo es y lo seguirá siendo.

INTERROGATIVE

DO DO + + )I/WE/YOU/THEY()I/WE/YOU/THEY( + VERB )base form( ? + VERB )base form( ?

DOES DOES + + )HE/SHE/IT( )HE/SHE/IT( ++ VERB )base form(VERB )base form(? ?

Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I think Do I think? I do not think

You think Do you think? You don't think

thinks He, She, It Does he, she, it think? He, she, it doesn't think

We think Do we think? We don't think

You think Do you think? You don't think

2 .Present Simple, form:

Example: to think, present simple

Time expressions Expresiones de Tiempo

1.Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer, every month, every year, always, usually, etc.

. 2.All the time

There are time expressions that we use only with the Present Simple and they are:

I go to school every day.

He visits me every summer.

Write the questions for the following answers. )Present Simple(

                .?__________________________________1.

I work in a bank.

_____________________________________?2.

My brother is an engineer. 3?___________________________________.

He lives in an apartment building.

.Put in : do/don't/does/doesn't

1.Excuse me, _____________ you speak English?

               ..Where's Ann? I _____________ know.2

3.George is a good tennis player but he ___________ play very often.

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