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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

The simple Present Tense describes general facts, repeated actions and habits, and
things that are always true.
 General facts
I like milk. They speak Turkish.
Mary plays basketball. we live in Australia.
 Repeated actions and habits
Harry often arrives late. I usually get up at 7:30.
I walk to school every day. My brother usually walks with me.
 Things that are always true
The sun rises in the east. The Earth goes round the sun.

I walk We walk BUT He walks

You walk They walk She walks
It walks
Spelling: Verbs ending in o, s, ch, sh, x add –es for the he / she / it form.

Go goes
Miss misses
Watch watche
Wash s
Relax
washes
relaxes
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
We often use the Present Simple with these frequency adverbs.

Always 100% Tim always wears jeans.

Usually 80% I usually go to bed at 9:30.
Often 60% Sue often goes to the cinema.
Sometime 40% Sam sometimes walks to
s school.
Hardly 20% We hardly ever eat pizza.
ever
Never 0% It never rains here in August.

The frequency adverb goes between the subject and the verb.
 Monday always comes after Sunday.
 I never sing in public.
NEGATIVE FORM
 We use do not or don’t with I, you, we and they when we make negatives
in the simple present.
 We use does not or doesn’t with he, she and it.
 We put do not / don’t and does not / doesn’t after the pronoun and before the
verb. I don’t like ice cream. She doesn’t eat chocolate.

I do not walk. He does not walk. We do not

walk.
I don’t walk. He doesn’t walk. We don’t walk.

You do not walk. She does not walk. They do not

walk.
You don’t walk. She doesn’t walk. They don’t
walk.
It does not
walk. It
doesn’t walk.

I don’t drink coffee. They don’t speak

Italian. Tom doesn’t play tennis. We don’t live in
France.

YES / NO QUESTIONS
 We use do with I, you, we and they when we make questions in the simple present.
 We use does with he, she and it.
 We put do or does before the pronoun.
Do you walk to school or do you take the bus?
Does he eat vegetables for lunch?

Do I walk? Does she walk? Do we walk?

Do you walk? Does she walk? Do they walk?
Does it walk?
Does Anna play basketball? Do they speak Italian?
Does Harry often arrive late? Do you live in Australia?
WH QUESTIONS
We use a question word to look for specific information in the question.

Where do you work? What does she do on Sundays?

Where does Anna play basketball? When do you usually get up?
How do you do it? How often does he travel to Lima?
Why does she study English? What time do they arrive?
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SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT

PROGRESSIVE TENSE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

 Use the Present Progressive to talk about things happening

now or around now. She is preparing for the Sunrise
dance.
In this photo the girl isn’t
wearing special clothes. What
are these girls doing?
 Use time expressions such as now, right now, at the moment, and these
days with the present progressive.
My sister’s preparing the food for the party at the moment.
 You can also use the present progressive to talk about
temporary situations. My brother has gotten a
summer job. He’s working in a café.
SIMPLE PRESENT

 Use the Simple Present to talk about habits, routines, and things
that are generally true. The celebration starts with a ceremony.
 Use adverbs and expressions of frequency such as always, usually, often,
sometimes, hardly ever, never or every day, once a week, twice a month
with the present simple.
They girls usually wear special clothes for the parties.
Stative Verbs
Don’t use the present progressive with stative verbs. Use the simple present.
Stative verbs often express mental states and opinions (e.g. believe, know,
remember, think, understand, forget) and preferences (e.g. hate, like, love,
need, want).
She wants a big party. (not She is wanting...)
I don’t understand what she’s saying. (not I am
not understanding…) Spelling of –ing Forms

 If a verb ends in –e, remove the final –e before adding –ing: Take – taking, use –
using
 If a verb ends in a vowel (e.g. a, i, o) and a consonant (e.g. m, p, t)
double the consonant before adding –ing: swim – swimming,
hit – hitting
 If a verb ends in –ie, change the –ie to –ying: lie – lying
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WAS / WERE – REGULAR / IRREGULAR VERBS
STATEMENTS

I wasI not
was He was not we were We were
I wasn´t he was
He wasn’t not We
you they weren’t
she was
werenot
You were She was not were They were not
it was
You weren´t She wasn’t They weren’t
 I was at home at 8:00 last night.
 Dave and sue were at theIt was notyesterday night.
cinema
It wasn’t
 It was very cold yesterday.
 You were ill two days ago.
NEGATIVES
We put not after was / were to make negatives. We also use the contractions wasn’t /
weren’t.

 I wasn’t here yesterday

 Kate wasn´t happy at work last year.
 We weren’t at home three hours ago.
 My brother wasn’t late last night.
QUESTIONS
we put was before I, he, she, it, and were before you, we, they to make questions.

Was I? Were we? was?

Was he?
Were you? Were Wh-word
Was she? they?
Was it? were
 Was it cold yesterday?
 Were you at home at 6:00 last night?
 Was Harry in London two months ago?
 Were they at school last Tuesday?
 How was the day?
 Why were they sad?
 Where were you yesterday night?
REGULAR VERBS
To form the simple past of regular verbs, add –ed to the base form.

Spelling
One syllable verbs: double the final consonant.
fitfittedstop stoppe
One syllable verbs ending consonant + y: change y to i. crycriedtrytried
d
One syllable verbs ending vowel + y do not change.
playplayedstaystayed
Two syllable verbs: double the final consonant when the stress is on the last syllable.
admitadmitted
Two syllable verbs with the stress on the first syllable do not double the final
consonant.
answeranswered

IRREGULAR VERBS
Irregular verbs do not have –ed endings for the past simple. Each verb has its own form and
we have to learn these forms.

go went
come came
have had
take took
eat ate did
do got
brough
get
t
bring gave
give
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
 We use the Simple Past Tense to describe or to talk about finished or completed
actions or events in the past.
Felix planted his first time two months later.
 We also use Simple Past Tense to refer actions that happened at a specific time in the
past.
Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
 You often use past time phrases or expressions with the simple past.

X = The action at a specific point in the past (I went there in 2006)

When we form affirmative sentences in Simple Past Tense, we must use the verb
(regular or irregular) in simple past.
 Everybody enjoyed the party last Saturday night.
 I ate a delicious chicken sandwich two days ago.
 My mother wanted to travel abroad last year.
 We forgot our homework at home yesterday.
 It rained a lot here last January.
 He told us the truth about the problem ten minutes ago.
NEGATIVE FORM
 We use auxiliary did not or didn’t with all the personal pronouns.
 We put did not / didn’t after the pronoun and before the verb.
I didn’t live in Cusco ten years ago. She didn’t eat chocolate yesterday
Regular
Verbs: I did He did not walk. We did not
not walk. walk.
I didn’t walk. He didn’t walk. We didn’t walk.

You did not walk. She did not walk. They did not
walk.
You didn’t walk. She didn’t walk. They didn’t
walk.
It did not
walk. It
didn’t walk.
 Irregular
Verbs: I did He did not eat. We did not
not eat. eat.
I didn’t eat. He didn’t eat. We didn’t eat.

You did not eat. She did not eat. They did not
eat.
You didn’t eat. She didn’t eat. They didn’t
eat.
It did not
eat. It
didn’t eat.
We didn’t go to school last week. They didn’t give Jack a present yesterday night.
I didn’t start English lessons last year. Mary didn’t remember this lesson last
Monday Sam didn’t eat ice cream yesterday. You didn’t have breakfast twenty minutes ago.
It didn’t rain three days ago.
YES / NO QUESTIONS
 We use did with all the personal pronouns.
 We put did before the pronoun. (at the begin of the question).
Did you walk to school yesterday? Did he eat vegetables for lunch?

Regular
Verbs: Did I Did she Did we
walk? walk? Did walk? Did
Did you walk? she walk? they walk?
Did it
walk?
Irregular Verbs:
Did I eat? Did she eat? Did we eat?
Did you eat? Did she eat? Did they eat?
Did it eat?
Did she play basketball yesterday? Did you sleep 8 hours last Saturday?
Yes, she did / No, she didn’t Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
Did they know the correct answer? Did I call you last week?
Yes, they did / No, they didn’t Yes, you did / No, you
didn’t
Did he talk to you two hours ago? Did they find my driver’s license?
Yes, he did / No, he didn’t Yes, they did / No, they didn’t

WH QUESTIONS
We use a question word + did to look for specific information in the question.

Where did you work last year? What did she do last Sunday? When did
Why did Anna quit her job? Sam arrive in Cusco? Who did he go to the
How did you do it? party with?
Why did she call you? What time did they finish the homework?
PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS:
YESTERDAY: yesterday night, yesterday after class, yesterday at 10 o’clock, etc……
LAST: last winter, last week, last year, etc…….
AGO: ten minutes ago, a hundred years ago, three days ago, etc……