VERB TENSES PRESENT SIMPLE

Present Simple

✖We use Present Simple to talk about things

that are generally true or that habitually

happen (routines).

○British people like animals.

○I live in a flat.

○My husband works from 9 to 9.

○Ann has three children.

present simple - affirmative

✖I work

✖You work

✖He / She / It works

✖We work

✖You work

✖They work

present simple - affirmative

✖Always –s in THIRD PERSON SINGULAR.

○He is.

○She has.

○She works.

○She likes.

○He goes.

○She does.

○He says.

○He studies.

○She watches.

FIRST PERSON THIRD PERSON SPELLING

am is IRREGULAR

have has IRREGULAR

work / like works / likes Consonant/vowel → -s

go goes O → -es

say says vowel + Y → -s

study studies consonant + y → ies

watch watches ch, s, sh, x → -es

(Pronounced /iz/)

present simple - negative

✖I DO NOT work.

✖You DO NOT work.

✖He / She / It DOES NOT work.

✖We DO NOT work.

✖You DO NOT work.

✖They DO NOT work.

✖DON’T + INFINITIVE

✖DOESN’T + INFINITIVE

LET’S PRACTISE Correct the mistakes.

Corregeix les errades.

✖The Browns goes to the seaside every summer. ○GO

✖I doesn’t understand the word “peacock”. ○DON’T

✖British people drinks a lot of tea. ○DRINK

✖To start the programme, first you clicks on the icon on the desktop. ○CLICK

✖She leave the house at 09.30 everyday and takes the bus to work at 10. ○LEAVES

✖We usually plays football but sometimes we

plays volleyball or tennis. ○PLAY

✖Water freeze at 0°C. ○FREEZES

✖Maria don’t like to play tennis. ○DOESN’T

✖John and Mark enjoys eating pizza. ○ENJOY

✖My mother always tell me what to do. ○TELLS

LET’S PRACTISE Order the sentence.

Ordena la frase.

✖(play, she, tennis, everyday) ○She plays tennis everyday.

✖(they, not, eat, vegetables) ○They don’t eat vegetables.

✖(Maria, work, in, supermarket, a, not) ○Maria doesn’t work in a supermarket.

✖(My, live, in, sister, with, boyfriend, her, Barcelona) ○My sister lives in Barcelona with her boyfriend.

✖(Friends, be, my, German) ○My friends are German.

✖(blue, have, Aina, eyes) ○Aina has blue eyes.

present simple - questions

✖To ask questions in English, we need an

auxiliary verb: DO and DOES.

✖The word order for present simple

questions is ASI = Auxiliary verb (do,

does), Subject (I, you, he, she, etc.),

Infinitive (work, live, etc.).

! do and does

Do and does can be:

1 the auxiliary verb to make present simple questions.

Do you speak English? Does she live here?

2 a normal verb.

I do my homework in the evening. He does exercise every day.

present simple - questions

✖AUXILIAR SUBJECT INFINITIVE ……….. ?

✖DO YOU LIKE FOOTBALL? ○Yes, I DO.

○No, I DON’T.

✖DOES SHE LIKE PIZZA? ○Yes, she DOES.

○No, she DOESN’T.

? + -

Do I work? Yes, I do No, I don’t

Do you work? Yes, I do No, I don’t

DOES he/she/it work? Yes, he/she/it DOES No, he/she/it DOESN’T

Do we work? Yes, we do No, we don’t

Do you work? Yes, we do No, we don’t

Do they work? Yes, they do No, they don’t

LET’S PRACTISE Create questions.

Fes preguntes.

✖ you / mineral water? (to drink) ○Do you drink mineral water?

✖ Sarah and Linda / their pets? (to feed) ○Do Sarah and Linda feed their pets?

✖ your teacher / your homework? (to check) ○Does your teacher check your homework?

✖ they / in the old house? (to live) ○Do they live in the old house?

✖ the cat / on the wall in the mornings? (to

sit) ○Does the cat sit on the wall in the mornings?

✖your parents / TV in the afternoon? (to watch) ○Do your parents watch TV in the afternoon?

✖ your grandmother / the phone? (to answer) ○Does your grandmother answer the phone?

✖ Andy / the shopping? (to do) ○Does Andy do the shopping?

✖ Garry and Ken / a cup of tea in the afternoon? (to have) ○Do Garry and Ken have a cup of tea in the afternoon?

✖ Nina / computer games? (to play) ○Does Nina play computer games?