GESTIÓN DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INTEGRAL

PROCEDIMIENTO DESARROLLO CURRICULAR

GUÍA DE APRENDIZAJE

INFORMATION TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN USING SIMPLE PRESENT

1. RULES FOR VERBS IN AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT.

The chart below will show you the rules at the moment of writing a verb in present simple; it is
important to keep in mind that these rules are used only in affirmative statements and the noun or
subject must be HE – SHE – IT.

Ending Rules Example

My sister washes her clothes on weekend.
CH – SH – X + es Paola watches every night.
S–O Freddy goes to the gym in the morning.
Reynaldo fixes my car in his garage.
Jonathan studies at SENA in the morning.
Consonant + Y Y (is) Victor flies from Colombia to London every month.
The baby cries when he is hungry.
Julian notifies that the door was damaged
Brayan plays soccer on Saturdays.
Vowel + Y +S Laura buys clothes every month.
Wilmer always says the true.
I spend the weekends with my friends.
Julian spends the weekends with my friends.
Other endings +S
Janeth likes chocolate and coffee.
Janeth and I like chocolate and coffee.

Janet likes to eat nachos on Saturdays.

TO BE: (AM – IS – ARE)
Ana ……is………… (be) at home in the morning.

Special cases TO HAVE:

I – you – we – they have
He – she – it has

Ana ……has………... (have) two children.

2. For negative statements: there are two auxiliaries for present simple, but the verb is not
modified, it doesn’t matter the noun.

Do not / don’t (I – YOU – WE – THEY)

Does not / doesn’t (HE – SHE – IT)

Example:
I watch TV at night. I don’t watch TV at night.
Laura watches TV at night. Laura doesn’t watch TV at night

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Exercise 1.

Complete the statements with the verb in brackets, use simple present rules in affirmative
statements.

1. I (be) am sixteen years old.

2. Tommy (live) lives at 107 Pine Lane.
3. Juana (cook) cooks dinner for her family.
4. They (eat) eats lunch at 12:00.
5. Nina (take)takes medicine when she is sick.
6. I (like) likes chocolate.
7. He (drive) drives a nice car.
8. We (want) wants to see a movie tonight.
9. Mr. Anderson (teach) teachs chemistry at Hill High School.
10. They (study) studies English at school.
11. I (want) wants to go home now.
12. Bill and Carolina (drive) drives to the mountains every year.
13. We (eat) eats pasta once a week.
14. It (snow) snows here in December.
15. When Dax (take) takes a shower, he (wash)washes his hair with shampoo.

Exercise 2:
Make the sentences negative using the correct verbs form the list below

speak – know – go – need – want – drink – love – be – move – smoke – wear – sell - have -
get up - serve

Ex. 1. She is Japanese. She doesn’t speak French.

1. I don’t want / do not want any dinner because I’m not hungry.
2. Jerry and Beth are strangers. They don’t know / do not know each other.
3. We don’t go / do not go to school on the weekend.
4. Mrs. Smith wants a divorce. She doesn’t love / does not love her husband anymore.
5. Turtles don’t move / do not move quickly.
6. Children don’t drink / do not drink coffee.
7. You don’t wear / do not wear jeans to a wedding.
8. Poor people don’t have / do not have a lot of money.
9. It’s warm today. You don’t need / do not need to wear a coat.
10. Jessica is very healthy. She doesn’t smoke / does not smoke cigarettes.
11. The students are from China. They don’t need / do not need English.
12. The shoe store doesn’t sell / does not sell hats.
13. That restaurant doesn’t serve / does not serve breakfast.
14. The children don’t get up / do not get up early on the weekend.

Exercise 3. Simple Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs

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Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Use the correct
form of the simple present tense.

Eat – Travel – Play - Listen to – Help – Shop – Drink – Rain – Take - Do

1. I never drink coffee before I go to bed.

2. She always Help her mother with the housework.
3. Her husband never Do the laundry.
4. They usually Take the bus to school.
5. We seldom Eat dinner in a restaurant.
6. They rarely Travel. to different countries.
7. She usually Shop at the supermarket near her home.
8. We sometimes Play cards on the weekend.
9. It often Rain in April.
10. Teenagers seldom Listen to their parents.

BY: PAOLA ANDREA CASTRO REYES. 2204096