Presente simple Present Simple

ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS
Pronombre + verbo
I/WE/YOU/THEY + VERBO
I/WE/YOU THEY eat food.
*Remember!
Con HE/SHE/IT el verbo en oraciones
afirmativas va con S
He/She/It eats food.
ORACIONES NEGATIVAS
I/WE/YOU/THEY + DON’T + VERBO
I/WE/YOU/THEY don’t like broccoli.
*Remember!
Con HE/SHE/IT el verbo en oraciones
negativas va con DOESN’T y el verbo SIN S
(porque en el DOESN’T ya está la S)
HE/SHE/IS doesn’t like broccoli.
PREGUNTAS : Do/does- hacer
DO + I/WE/YOU/THEY + VERBO
DOES + HE/SHE/IT + VERBO SIN S
Do you like broccoli? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does she like broccoli? Yes, she does. / No, she
doesn’t.
So… en oraciones negativas y en preguntas
HE/SHE/IT el verbo no lleva S, solo en
oraciones afirmativas.
¿Cuándo usamos presente simple?
 Cosas que son verdad. Ej: Water boils at
100ºC.
 Situaciones permanentes. Ej: You live in La
Plata.
 Describir opinión o ideas. Ej: I think New
York is beautiful.
 Para describir cosas que nos gustan o no.
Ej: I like dogs. She likes dogs.
 Acciones regulares, hábitos y rutinas: cosas
que usualmente se repiten o pasan
regularmente.
Ej: He works there once a month.
I go to the dentist once a month.
 Para describer peliculas, libros y obras.
The story (IT- cosas, objetos animales)
takes place…
Ej: cuando se describe un juego de futbol o
cualquier deporte en la tele, el presentador
usa presente simple para las acciones
rápidas
Giggs passes to Rooney. Rooney shoots- he
scores!

A. I eat / eats vegetables every day.

B. You rarely drink / drinks coke.
C. Pamela like / likes strawberries.
D. Richard and Paul like / likes watermelon.
E. Peter adore / adores chicken.
F. Susan never have / has breakfast.
G. I like / likes dogs
H. They study / studies English
I. We swim / swims
J. Alice watch / watches TV

K. • I drink coffee (Pasala a negativa)

L. • We don’t watch televisión (Positiva)
M. • Tom eats pasta (Pasala a negativa)
N. • Sue drinks tea (Pasala a negativa)
O. • It doesn’t rain (Positiva)
P. • You don’t work hard (Positiva)
Q. • Jane and Nicole don’t play soccer (Positiva)
PRESENTE CONTINUO - PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS
PRONOMBRE + VERBO TO BE (AM, ARE, IS) + VERBO-ING
I AM EATING right now.
YOU ARE EATING right now.
THEY ARE EATING right now.
WE ARE EATING right now.
YOU ARE EATING right now.
SHE IS EATING right now.
HE IS EATING right now.
IT IS EATING right now.
-PLAYING
- DRINKING
-WALKING
-LISTENING
*Algunos verbos cambian su forma al escribirlos
EJ: Run – running
WRITE- WRITING
CUT- CUTTING
ORACIONES NEGATIVAS
PRONOMBRE + VERBO TO BE EN NEGATIVO + VERBO-ING
I AM NOT EATING right now.
YOU ARE NOT EATING right now.
THEY ARE NOT EATING right now.
WE ARE NOT EATING right now.
YOU ARE NOT EATING right now.
SHE IS NOT EATING right now.
HE IS NOT EATING right now.
IT IS NOT EATING right now.

PREGUNTAS
VERBO TO BE + PRONOMBRE + VERBO-ING
AM I EATING right now?
ARE YOU EATING right now?
ARE THEY EATING right now?
ARE WE EATING right now?
ARE YOU EATING right now?
IS SHE EATING right now?
IS HE EATING right now?
IS IT EATING right now?

¿Cuándo utilizamos el presente continuo?

 Acciones que están pasando mientras hablamos
Ej: Hurry up! The taxi is waiting.
 Acciones que estan pasando cerca cuando estamos hablando.
Ej: My sister is studying.
  Acciones temporales
Ej: We’re staying at my mother’s while the builders are repairing the
roof of our house.
 Acciones que estan cambiando mientras hablamos
Ej: Prices are going up again.
 Describir fotos
Ej: In the photo on page 8, the scientists are tasting food.

PASADO SIMPLE Past Simple

DID- HACER

ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS
Pronombre + verbo en pasado
I/WE/YOU/THEY/HE/SHE/IT + VERBO EN PASADO
I/WE/YOU THEY/HE/SHE/IT lived (live) in San Francisco.

ORACIONES NEGATIVAS
I/WE/YOU/THEY/HE/SHE/IT + DIDN’T + VERBO EN SIMPLE FORM
I/WE/YOU/THEY/HE/SHE/IT didn’t learn any languages.
Afirmativa: I/WE/YOU/THEY/HE/SHE/IT learned English.
*Solo en oraciones afirmativas el verbo va en su forma
pasada.

PREGUNTAS
DID + I/WE/YOU/THEY/HE/SHE/IT + VERBO EN SIMPLE FORM + ?
DID + I/WE/YOU/THEY/HE/SHE/IT + learn something?
*Muchos verbos son irregulares, es decir que su forma en
pasado cambia.
 be (ser estar) – were/was
 *WERE – WE/YOU/THEY *WAS- I/HE/SHE/IT
 do (hacer) – did
 go (ir) – went
 have (tener) – had
 make (hacer) – made
 say (decir) – said
 see (ver) – saw
 take (agarrar) – took
 tell (decir) – told
¿Cuándo usamos pasado simple?
- Una acción completada en el pasado
Ej: He died in 2000.
- Acciones repetidas en pasado
Ej: Caroline phoned her family every day when she was on
holiday.
- Una serie de acciones (cuando una pasa atras de otra) en el
pasado:
Ej: We arrived in Rome at eleven o’clock and took a taxi to
Franco’s apartment.
- Acciones que terminaron en el pasado:
Ej: He lived from 1998 to 2005.
Past simple + adverbs of time; when (cuando), after (después)
- A veces utilizamos adverbios de tiempo cuando hablamos
de una acción que pasó.
Ej:
 Ago (hace) I was born 22 years ago.
 For (por) I walked for two hours yesterday.
 Last/week/month/year. Last week, I went to the
supermarket.
- También podemos usar when/after + pasado simple
When they arrived, they went for a walk.
After she left home that morning, she had breakfast.

Pasado continuo Past continuous

ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS
Pronombre + was/were + verbo con -ing
WE/YOU/THEY (PLURALES) + WERE + VERBO CON -ING
I/HE/SHE/IT (SINGULAR)+ WAS + VERBO CON -ING
I /HE/SHE/IT WAS WAITING FOR YOU. – Yo/El/Ella/El perro(it) te
estaba esperando.
WE/ THEY WERE WAITING FOR YOU. – Nosotros/Ellos te estaban
esperando.
YOU WERE WAITING FOR THE BUS. – Vos estabas esperando el
colectivo.
YOU WERE WAITING FOR THE BUS – Ustedes estaban esperando
el colectivo.

ORACIONES NEGATIVAS
WE/YOU/THEY + WERE NOT (WEREN’T)+ VERBO CON -ING
I/HE/SHE/IT + WAS NOT (WASN’T) + VERBO CON -ING
I /HE/SHE/IT WASN’T / WAS NOT WAITING LONG. – Yo/El/Ella/El
perro (it) no estaba esperando tanto.
WE/ THEY WEREN’T/ WERE NOT LIVING THERE. – Nosotros/ Ellos
no estabamos viviendo ahi.
YOU WERE NOT LIVING THERE – Vos no estabas viviendo ahi.
YOU WERE NOT LIVING THERE – Ustedes no estaban viviendo
ahi.

PREGUNTAS
WAS + I/ HE/SHE/IT + VERBO CON -ING + ?
WERE+ WE/YOU/THEY + VERBO CON –ING +?
WERE WE/THEY WAITING LONG?- Estaban ellos (they)
esperando mucho?
Estabamos nosotros (we) esperando mucho?
WERE YOU WAITING LONG? – Estabas vos esperando mucho?
WERE YOU WAITING LONG?- Estaban ustedes esperando
mucho?
WAS I/HE/SHE/IT TRAVELLING? - Estaba yo/el/ella/el perro
viajando?
¿Cuando usamos past continuous?
- Describir acciones que están pasando en cierto tiempo o
cerca de cierto tiempo en el pasado.
Ej: I wasn’t feeling well that day, so I didn’t go out with the
others.

- Acciones temporales en el pasado

Ej: We were living in Argentina at that time of the 2009. (We
don’t live there now)
- Para dos acciones o situaciones que estan pasando al
mismo tiempo
Ej: While Rob was playing his match, I was waiting in the car
outside.
 Usamos el pasado continuo y el pasado simple juntos
para mostrar que una accion (pasado simple) interrumpe
otra acción (Pasado continuo)
Ej: The bus was going too fast and hit a car. (La accion
continua para)
Ej: We were having dinner when she arrived. (La accion
continua no para)
- Pasado continuo + verbos como plan, hope, intend:
muestran que la acción no pasó
We were planning to come to your party, but Michael was
ill so we couldn’t make it.
- También utilizamos el pasado continuo para describir
“backround” en una situación pasada
Ej: When we arrived to the beach, the sun was shining.
- A su vez, se puede utilizar para mostrar la escena para una
historia o suceso de algo que pasó, las acciones que siguen
van en pasado simple.
- Ej: Dana was living in Istanbul that summer. Isik was
working at the same school as her. As soon as they met,
they immediately got on with each other.