Simple Present

Simple present
Her name is Jennifer López and she is a singer.
She sings pop music and dances really well.
She lives in the US with her twins.
She has a beautiful house in L.A.

She doesn´t cook very well.

She doesn´t like waking up early.

Her twins are very smart.

They like videogames and Marvel movies.
They don´t like eating vegetables.
They play the piano and they don´t like math.
 Use the Simple present:
01. 02. 03. 04.
With adverbs and
To Talk about With the auxiliaries With the auxiliaries expresions of
routines, habits, don´t /doesn´t to do/does to make frequency:
hobbies, likes and make negatives questions usually, sometimes,
dislikes never, once a week,
twice a month, etc.
POSITIVE SENTENCES

He works We need an S for the

She likes
verbs in third person:
He, She, It.

it runs
Examples:

I work I work in a bank twice

a week.

You like She loves sushi.

We run It rains a lot in

England.
They live They run in the
afternoons.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES

He Contractions :

She doesn´t + verb in simple form does not = doesn´t

it do not = don´t

I
Examples:

She doesn´t play

You soccer on the
weekends.

We don´t + verb in simple form I don´t like reading

They
magazines.

They don´t have a

car.
Does Jennifer like doing exercise?

Yes, she does

Does she play a musical instrument?

No, she doesn´t

Where does she live?

What does she do on the weekends?

What sports do her kids like?

 YES/NO Questions

Answers:
Auxiliary + subject + verb … ?

He Yes, I do
Does She live in México City?
It No, I don´t

Do I
Yes, she does
We No, she doesn´t
You live in México City?
They
Yes, we do
No, We don´t
 OPEN Questions

What, When, Where

Why, How, Who + Auxiliary + subject + verb … ?

He
Where does She work ?
It

What do I
We
You like doing on the weekend?
They
 Online exercises
Watch these https://www.englishcl
videos 1 ub.com/grammar/ver
b-tenses_present-
1 simple_quiz.htm
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=g
ZTb7lK6eJg
2 https://speakspeak.co
m/english-grammar-
2 https://www.youtu exercises/elementary/
present-simple-2
be.com/watch?v=
mEj7Y1cjALs
 Present
continuous
 Look at the picture
What are Jennifer and her friends doing?
What is Jen wearing?

They are having coffee and cookies.

They are posing for the picture.
They are smiling.
They are wearing elegant clothes.
They´re celebrating Jen´s birthday.
 Use the present continuous:
01. 02. 03.
To Talk about To describe a picture For temporary
things that are things
happening now
Affirmative Negative

I am/´m I am not/´m not

You are/´re You are not/ aren´t
He is/´s He is not/isn´t
She is/ ´s _______ing She is not/ isn´t ________ing
It is/’s verb It is not/isn´t verb
We are/´re We are not/aren´t
They are/´re They are not/aren´t

Contractions: am=´m
is= ´s Contractions: am not=´m not
are= ´re is not = isn´t
are not= aren´t
 Questions

Am I Examples:

Are You Is he playing the

guitar now?
Is He
Are they eating
Is She __________ing …………………? pizza?
Is It verb Are you studying
Are We for the exam?

Are They Am I doing it

correctly?
Simple form rule Verb+ing
Cook
Play + ing
Cooking
Playing
Spelling
listen listening
Dance -Verbs ending in “e” Dancing
rules for
have
smile
-Eliminate the “e”
+ Ing
Baking
smiling the –ing
Get
Shop
-One vowel and one
consonant
Getting
Shopping
form
sit -Double the consonant sitting
+ ing
 Online exercises
Watch this https://test-
video 1 english.com/gramma
r-points/b1/present-
1 https://www.youtube.com/watc simple-present-
h?v=UdEasleUc54 continuous/

2 https://www.english-
4u.de/en/grammar-
tests/present-
progressive.htm
 To finish, watch this video about:
Present Simple VS Present continuous

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9
ImXyvL-E