Present simple

Para entender mejor la estructura del present simple necesitamos hacer una pausa y
revisar cómo cambia el verbo dependiendo del pronombre:

Appending s/es depending on the pronoun

Pronoun Verbs

First I Have Love Work Like

person

First
person We Have Love Work Like
plural

Second You Have Love Work Like

person

He Has Loves Works Likes

Third
She Has Loves Works Likes
Person

It Has Loves Works Likes

Third
person They Have Love Work Like
plural

Tabla 0.1 Uso de los verbos

Pronoun Verbs Example

First I have a friend.

I Do Have Love Work Like
person I love to cook.
 First
We have a Gameboy.
person We Do Have Love Work Like
We love to cook.
plural

Second You have a dog.

You Do Have Love Work Like
person You love to cook.

He has a friend.
He Does Has Loves Works Likes
He loves to cook.

She has a friend.

Third She Does Has Loves Works Likes
She loves to cook.
Person

(Hablando de una mascota)

It Does Has Loves Works Likes It has a friend.

It loves its food.

Third
They have a friend.
person They Do Have Love Work Like
They love to cook.
plural

Ahora debemos observar la estructura del present simple

Forma afirmativa
Proper noun /
Verb Present simple Object
Pronoun

Ex. They drink a lot of milk.

She likes cats a lot.

For the negative and question form we need to study the auxiliary
verb do/does
 Tabla 0.2 Uso de los
verbos

Pronoun Aux. Verb

First
I Do
person

First
person We Do
plural

Second
You Do
person

He Does

Third
She Does
Person

It Does

Third
person They Do
plural

Para las forma negativas y pregunta necesitamos estudiar el verbo auxiliar do/does:
Forma negative
Proper
noun / Do/Does + not Verb Present simple Object.
Pronoun

Ex. They don’t drink milk

He doesn’t like to work.

Question form
 Proper noun /
Do/Does Verb Present simple Object ?
Pronoun

Ex. Do they drink milk?

Does she like his work?

Ahora necesitamos saber para qué se usa el presente simple… Aquí les dejo
sus usos más comunes:
1. Dar a conocer acciones o estados permanentes:

Ie. Guadalajara is the capital of Jalisco.

2. Comunicar acciones o estados que se repiten en el tiempo, rutinas:

Ie. Every four days I have to cook.

3. Transmitir rutinas, hechos continuos y que se repiten de forma diaria o con periodicidad
determinada.

Ie. I walk to my work.

4. Dar instrucciones o indicaciones o señales.

Ie. First, smash the potatoes and then pour some milk.

5. Mencionar hechos, compromisos o citas que ocurrirán en el futuro en una hora y días
determinados.

Ie. Next Saturday is my wedding!

Exercises
1. Mexico // she // Does // like //?
_____________Does she like México?__________________________
2. doesn’t // He // his // like // job.
_____________He doesn´t like his job__________________________
3. its // likes // food. // It
_________It like its food_____________________________
4. is // friend.// She //my
__________She is my firend_____________________________
5. like //Do // icecream // you //?
___________Do you like icecream ____________________________