https://www.vocabulary.

cl/Basic/Personal_
Information.htm
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/ingles-1/inicio
Pronouns / Verb to be/
Possessive adjectives
VERB TO BE = SER / ESTAR
AM - IS - ARE
3 STRUCTURES:
POSITIVE/ AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE/ QUESTION
structures:
Positive:

Subject+ am/ is/ are + complement

Negative

Subject + am/ is/ are + not + complement

Question:
Am/ Is/ Are + subject + complement + ? ←---- QUESTION MARK.
POSITIVE:
I AM A TEACHER.
NEGATIVE:
I AM NOT A TEACHER
QUESTION:
AM I A TEACHER?
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be.htm
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PROFESSIONS
A / AN
So, always include either “a” or “an” (“an” comes before a vowel sound)
before talking about a person’s profession or job (or saying that
someone is a student).

Note: when talking about multiple people or using the plural form a
profession, we DON’T use an article.
https://www.vocabulary.cl/Game
s/Professions.htm
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Simple Present
When do we use the simple present?

Things we do all the days. ROUTINES.

 WHAT ARE DO
AUXILIARIES
THE
AUXILIARIES? DOES
 PRONOUNS PRONOUNS

HE I
Does
SHE YOU DO
Negative:
DOES+NOT:
DOESN’T Negative:
IT WE DO+NOT:
DON’T

THEY
3 sentences we can use:
->positive
-> NEGATIVE
-> QUESTION
 STRUCTURES
POSITIVE:
SUBJECT + VERB+ COMPLEMENT
HE-SHE-IT: S TO THE VERB.
THEY-WE-YOU- I: VERB IN BF. (BF: BASE FORM)

NEGATIVE:
DOESN´T
SUBJECT+DON´T + verb in bf+ complement

QUESTION:
DO + SUBJECT + VERB IN BF + COMPLEMENT+ ?
DOES
EXAMPLE:
MARIA WRITE A LETTER FOR MARTIN.

Positive: MARIA WRITES A LETTER FOR MARTIN.

NEGATIVE: maría doesn’t write a letter for martin.

Question: DOES MARIA WRITE A LETTER FOR MARTIN?

ANSWER: YES, SHE DOES ------- 🡪 POSITIVE
NO, SHE DOESN’T ------ 🡪 NEGATIVE
Maria and pedro write a letter for oscar.
Positive: Maria and pedro write a letter for oscar.

Negative: Maria and pedro don’t write a letter for

oscar.

QUESTION: DO THEY WRITE A LETTER FOR OSCAR?

ANSWER: YES, THEY DO ---🡪 POSITIVE

NO, THEY DON’T --- 🡪 NEGATIVE
https://www.englishgrammar.org/simple-
present-tense-exercise-3/
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QUESTIONS IN SIMPLE
PRESENT
 STRUCTURES
POSITIVE:
SUBJECT + VERB+ COMPLEMENT
HE-SHE-IT: S TO THE VERB.
THEY-WE-YOU- I: VERB IN BF. (BF: BASE FORM)

NEGATIVE:
SUBJECT+ + verb in bf+ complement

QUESTION:
DO + SUBJECT + VERB IN BF + COMPLEMENT+ ?
DOES
 YES/ NO QUESTIONS

Yes / No questions are also called closed

questions because there are only two
possible responses: Yes or No.
YES, SUBJECT+ AUX.
NO, SUBJECT+ AUX+NOT
 STRUCTURE:

WH + DO/ DOES+ SUBJECT+ VERB BF+

COMPLEMENT+ ?
1. (you / eat / cake?)
2. (what time / you / go to the cinema?)
3. (you / smoke?)
4. (why / you / study?)
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REVIEW OF SIMPLE
PRESENT
SHE PLAY THE PIANO ALL THE DAYS.
+ SHE PLAYS THE PIANO ALL THE DAYS.
- SHE DOESN’T PLAY THE PIANO ALL THE DAYS.
? DOES SHE PLAY THE PIANO ALL THE DAYS?

YES/ NO: YES, SHE DOES / NO, SHE DOESN’T

WH: WHAT DOES SHE PLAY?
THE PIANO.
WHEN DOES SHE PLAY THE PIANO?
ALL THE DAYS.
THEY WORK IN THE OFFICE EVERY MONDAY.
+ THEY WORK IN THE OFFICE EVERY MONDAY.
- THEY DON’T WORK IN THE OFFICE EVERY MONDAY.
? DO THEY WORK IN THE OFFICE EVERY MONDAY?

YES/ NO: YES, THEY DO / NO, THEY DON’T

WH: WHO WORK IN THE OFFICE EVERY MONDAY? THEY.
WHERE THEY WORK EVERY MONDAY? IN THE OFFICE.