SIMPLE PRESENT

By Carmen Luz Maldonado H.

SIMPLE PRESENT
USE: * Habits and routines.
* Permanent truths/situations.
* Timetables.
:
EXAMPLES
:
* I get up at 6:30 a.m. every day.
* My mother is Brazilian.
* The plane leaves tomorrow at
3:00 p.m.
OTHER VERBS: WORK
(TRABAJ AR)
AFFIRMATIVE
I
You
We
They
work
He
She
It
works
I work in Escipol
Mary works in a bank
INTERROGATIVE (Q) + A + S+ I ?
question
word
auxiliary:
do / does
subject
infinitive
Where do I
you
we
they
work?
Where does
he
she
it
work?
NEGATIVE
I
You
We
They

He
She
It

dont
doesnt
work
FREQUENCY ADVERBS:
always
usually
often
sometimes
hardly ever
never
________________________

100%
___________________
80%
______________
60%
_________
40%
20%
0%
FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS:
every
twice a
three times a
four times a
day
week
month
year
on
+
days of the week (on Fridays)
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
She ___________ at 7:30
every day. (get up)
gets up
Our sister ___________ to the
supermarket on Saturdays. (go)
goes
My parents _____________.
(smoke)
dont smoke
When _______ Meg and Tom
_________? (study)
do
study
My niece Patty _____________
on Mondays. (not / work)
doesnt work
When ________ Paul ________
football? (play)
does
play