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Nancy León Pereyra

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PRESENT SIMPLE

El presente simple se usa :

para expresar acciones habituales:
Example: I get up at six o’clock
Para expresar verdades universales:
Example: The sun rises in the east.

Grammar

subject auxiliary verb main verb

I, you, we, they like coffee.

+
He, she, it likes coffee.

I, you, we, they Don’t like coffee.

-
He, she, it Doesn’t like coffee.

Do I, you, we, they like coffee?

?
Does he, she, it like coffee?

I speak French She speaks French

Do you speak Italian?

Does he speak Italian?

Rules :

1. . We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive (without the
TO). In general, in the third person we add 'S' at the verb.

 He speaks three languages.

 She drinks coffee every morning.
 My dog hates my cat.

2. If the verb ends in SS, X, CH, SH or the letter O, we add + ES in the third person:
 A mechanic fixes cars.
 She watches soap operas every afternoon.
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 He kisses his wife before he goes to work.
3. If the verb ends in a Consonant + Y, we remove the Y and + IES in the third person:

 Isabel studies every night.

 The baby cries all the time.

I. Make sentences in affirmative form with the following verbs:

Study – go –buy – clean- live - read – do - watch – live – work -

1. Mary _______________ in The USA.

2. My parents _____________________ in a small house.
3. I ________________ to the university at seven o´clock.
4. My best friend Luis ________________ in a big company.
5. Sara and Raul __________ television every day.
6. He _____________ Spanish in a public university.
7. That woman _____________ magazines in the office.
8. My sister ____________ fruit at the supermarket.
9. They _____________ the house in the morning.
10. I ___________ my homework at home.

Daily routines

1. Get up 2. wash your face 3. have breakfast

4. Go to work 5. have lunch 6. watch TV

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7. Play at the computer 8. Have dinner 9. Go to bed

10. Leave home 11. Get to school

II. Make sentences according to the pictures:

1. He gets up at six o’clock.

2. _______________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________
6. _________________________________
7. _________________________________
8. _________________________________
9. _________________________________

Negative Sentence

To form the negative we use the auxiliary don’t or doesn’t.

I don’t talk She doesn’t talk

You don’t talk She doesn’t talk

You don’t sleep She doesn’t sleep.

Questions in the Simple Present Tense

To make a question in English we use Do or Does.

Affirmative: You speak English.

Question: Do you speak English?
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Affirmative: He speaks French.

Question: Does he speak French?

 Do you need a dictionary?

 Does Mary need a dictionary?
 Do we have a meeting now?
 Does it rain a lot in winter?
 Do they want to go to the party?
 Does he like pizza?

Short Answers with Do and Does

Answer:

1, Does she live in New York? Yes, _____________

2. Do you work in Lima? No, __________________

3. Do they study at the university? _________________
4. Does your sister drive a car? No, ________________
5. Do your parents get up at six? Yes, _______________