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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)