SIMPLE PRESENT

We use the Simple Present to

talk about:
❖Activities that we repeat regularly (actividades
cotidianas, rutinas).

❖Permanent situations and states. (situaciones

permanentes)

❖General truths (verdades generales)

 STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + verb + complement
(I, you, we, they)

Subject + verb + s + complement

(he, she, it)
.

EXAMPLES:
1. We like rock music.
2. She likes rock music 3ª persona singular se le
agrega s al verbo. (He, She, it)
NEGATIVE
Subject + don’t + verb (infinitive) + complement
(I, you, we, they)

Subject + doesn’t + verb (infinitive) + complement

(he, she, it)

EXAMPLES
1. They don’t play rugby all the time. Ellos no
juegan rugby todo el tiempo.
2. He doesn’t play rugby all the time. Él no juega
rugby todo el tiempo.
INTERROGATIVE
DO + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE VERB + COMPLEMENT?
(I, you, we, they)

DOES + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE VERB + COMPLEMENT?

(he, she, it)

EXAMPLES:
1. Do you live in Chillan?
2. Does Paul live in Chillan?
 Spelling
3a persona singular (he, she, it)
• Usamos –es con los verbos que terminan en -s, -z, -
sh, -ch, -s, -x, -o:
watches, teaches, washes, fixes, goes …
Example:
1. Tom teaches math to his children.
• La letra Y cambia cuando hay una consonante
antes de ella, cambia a i
fly – flies study – studies
Example:
1. Jenny studies a lot.
Frequency adverbs are used with Simple Present.
Los adverbios de frecuencia se usan con el presente
simple.
Always – Usually – Regularly - Often – Sometimes -
Seldom – rarely - Never

Se usan antes del verbo en oraciones afirmativas y

después del auxiliar en oraciones negativas.
Example:
1. Sue sometimes runs in the morning. Sue corre a
veces en la mañana.
2. John doesn’t often cry. John no llora a menudo.
Do not forget. No olvidar

▪ En afirmativo he, she, it (3ª persona singular)

lleva s o es el verbo.
▪ En negación he, she, it va con el auxiliar doesn’t
(does not)
▪ En interrogación he, she, it va con el auxiliar Does