LESSON 4: THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

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INTERROGATIVE FORM

How about the question form of the present simple tense?

We use 'do' or 'does' before the subject to make the 'yes / no' question:

Yes / No questions
do I play ?
do you play ?
does he play ?
does she play ?
does it play ?
do we play ?
do they play ?

EXAMPLES

1.- Does she go to school every day?

2.- Does she drink coffee in the morning?

3.- Does he work with his father?

4.- Does Peter like to play the guitar?

5.- Does Alice have two kids?

6.- Do you live here?

7.- Does Mary want to learn to play the piano?

Short Answers with Do and Does

Sample Questions Short Answer (Affirmative) Short Answer (Negative)

Do you both speak English? Yes, we do. No, we don't.

Do they need help? Yes, they do. No, they don't.

Does he like chocolate? Yes, he does. No, he doesn't.

Does she want to come? Yes, she does. No, she doesn't.
Make present simple questions

1) (you / like cake)?

Do you like cake?

2) (she / live in London)?

Does she live in London?

3) (they / hate studying)?

Do they hate studying?

4) (you / drink tea every morning)?

Do you drink tea every morning?

5) (you / smoke)?
Do you smoke?

6) (he / play tennis on Saturdays)?

Does he play tennis on Saturdays?

7) (you / go shopping at the weekend)?

Do you go shopping at the weekend?

8) (you / drink alcohol)?

Do you drink alcohol?

9) (she / work in an office?)?

Does she work in a office?

10) (they / study French?)?

Do they study French?

11) (you / meet your friends on Fridays?)?

Do you meet your Friends on Fridays?

12) (you / read a lot?)?

Do you read a lot?}
Just like with 'be', if you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just
put the question word at the front:

Wh Questions
where do I play ?
what do you play ?
why does he play ?
who does she play ?
when do we play ?
how do they play ?

1) (why / I / have to clean up)?

why do I have to clean up?

2) (she / love studying languages)?

Does she love studying languages?

3) (you / understand the question)?

Do you understand the question?

4) (he / like trying new kinds of food)

Does he like trying new kinds of food?

5) (what / Lucy / do at the weekends)?

What does she do at the weekeends?

6) (where / Alicia / work)?

Where does she work?

7) (when / she / go to her Chinese class)?

When does she go to her chinese class?

LISTENING

Likes

Listen to four conversations about foods people like.

Conversation #1

Man: So what foods do you like?

Woman: I like ice cream, and pizza and apples.
Man: Oh, I like those foods too.
Woman: What foods do you like?
Man: I like fish, vegetables, and bananas.
Woman: Together!
Man: No, not together!

Conversation #2

Man: What drinks do you like?

Woman: I like tea, and I like juice.
Man: Hot tea or cold tea?
Woman: Both. What about you?
Man: I like coffee and hot chocolate.
Woman: Ooh, I like both too!

Conversation #3
Man: What desserts do you like?
Woman: I really like ice-cream.
Man: Ooh! What flavor do you like?
Woman: I like strawberry. I like vanilla too.
Man: Nice! I like cake and I like pie!
Woman: What kind of pie?
Man: I really like apple pie with ice cream!
Woman: Yum!

Conversation #4

Man: What snacks do you like?

Woman: I like to eat fruit.
Man: Oh yeah, what fruits do you like?
Woman: I like apples and oranges. And you?
Man: I like strawberries and watermelon!
Woman: Do you like to eat cookies?
Man: Of course! I love chocolate chip cookies!
Woman: Me too!

Exercises for the Present Simple

Fill in the correct form of the verb as in the examples.

1. Mark and Sara play squash twice a week. (play)

2. Sheila doesn’t do the family accounts. (not do) Her husband does them.

3. Does Gillian usually meet clients so late at night? (meet)

1. Every year his family ___go____ to Europe for two weeks. (go)

2. Tammy and Jen ____take_____ a Pilates class on Wednesday

mornings.(take)

3. ___Do_______ that airline ___fly_______ to Paris? (fly)

4. The semester _don´t finish____ until the end of June. (not finish)

5. Tony usually __tries_______ to call his mother in the mornings. (try)

6. _who pay___ for your car expenses? (Who/pay)

7. The shops _don´t close___ until 21:00. (not close)

8. Gerard _receives__the ball and __kicks__ it into the net. (receive/kick)

 9. __How______times a day _do____ you _take____ your dogs for a walk?
(take)

10. _Does _______ he always __use______ his cell phone for long distance
calls? (use)

What is accounting?

Accounting is the recording of financial transactions along with storing, sorting,

retrieving, summarizing, and presenting the results in various reports and
analyses. Accounting is also a field of study and profession dedicated to
carrying out those tasks.

¿Qué es contabilidad?

La contabilidad es el registro de transacciones financieras junto con el

almacenamiento, clasificación, recuperación, resumen y presentación de los
resultados en varios informes y análisis. La contabilidad es también un campo
de estudio y profesión dedicado a llevar a cabo esas tareas.

ACTIVITY

Translate / traducir

Examples of Financial Accounting

 ¿QUE ES LA CONTABILIDAD?
TRANSACCIÓN
La contabilidad es un sistema que
ENTIDAD DE NEGOCIOS
proporciona información sobre
transacciones comerciales a

Los usuarios de la información contable con base en la decisión y los

juicios que se hacen.

One part of accounting focuses on presenting the financial information in the

form of general-purpose financial statements (balance sheet, income statement,
etc.) that are distributed to people outside of the company. These external
reports must be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles often referred to as GAAP or US GAAP.

Una parte de la contabilidad se centra en presentar

la información financiera en forma de estados
financieros de propósito general (balance, estado de
resultados, etc.) que se distribuyen a personas
ajenas a la empresa. Estos informes externos deben
prepararse de acuerdo con los principios de
contabilidad generalmente aceptados, a menudo
denominados PCGE o PCGE de Estados Unidos.