Use: Habits or routines, general actions, permanente Adverbs and time expressions: Usually, often, always, Spelling rules
Spelling rules for third person singular (he/she/it) in the present simple
situations, definitions…..
PRESENT SIMPLE
Subject + main verb (present)+complements
+ I (you/we/they) drive a car every day
He (she/it) drives a car every day
Use: Actions happening now, at the momento of
speaking, temporary actions; actions happening at
abour this time but not necessarily at the momento of
speaking.
PRESENT CONTINUOS
Subj.+to be (present) + m.verb (infinitive+ing) +
+ compl.
I am driving a car at the moment
You/we/they are driving a car at the moment
He/she/it is driving a car at the moment
PAST SIMPLE
never, sometimes, every day, every week, every month,
every year, every 2 years, in the morning, in the afternoon, Most verbs add -s at the end of the verb in infinitive: play---plays, eat--eats, run---runs
in the evening, at the weekend, on Mondays, on Fridays,
Excpetions:
twice a year, since 1998
 Verbs ending in -ch, -ss, -sh, -x and -o: These verbs add -es at the end: watch—watches, miss---
misses, wash---washes, mix---mixes, do---does, go---goes.
 Verbs ending in consonant +y, change the -y into -i and add -es: Study---studies, cry---cries.
Subj.+ do/does (aux) + not + m.verb (infinitive)+ comp. (QW)+do/does (aux) + subj. + verb (infinit) + compl.?
- I (You/We/They) do not (don’t) frive a car every day. ¿ (where) do you/we/they drive a car every day?
He (she/it) does not (doesn’t) drive a car every day. (Where) does he/she/it drive a car every day?
Adverbs and time expressions: Now, Spelling rules for adding -ing to the verb in present continuos
right now, at the moment, today, this
morning, this afternoon, tonight, in Most verbs add -ing at the end of verb in infinitive: Play-playing, eat-eating, go-going
this moment, at present, these days,
Exceptions:
this week…
Verbs ending in single -e, drop it before adding -ing: drive-driving, come-coming
Short verbs ending in a vowel + a single consonant, double the ocnsonant before adding -ing: sit-sitting, swim-swimming,
eat-eatting.
Stative verbs: verbs of senses (feel, hear, see ….), verbs expressing emotions and feelings (love, hage, like….) and verbs of
mental activity (understand, think….) are NOT normally used in the present continuous.
Sub.+ to be (present)+ not+verb (infinitive+ing) (QW)+ to be (present) + subj. + verb (inf. + ing) + compl.?
- + compl
¿
I am not driving a car at the moment (Why) am i driving a car at the moment?
You/we/they are not friving a car at the (why) are you/we/they driving a car at the moment?
moment (why) is he/she/it driving a car at the moment
He/she/it is not driving a car at the moment