UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS

PROGRAMA DE SEGUNDA LENGUA-FACULTADES

PROFESOR: ANDRÉS PARRA

Action verbs: Routines and habits. Grammar: Present

simple.

Present simple positive-negative-interrogative.

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Material created/designed/adapted from own- or third-party resources for academic purposes by English teacher Andrés Parra 2020
 Present simple: I/ you/ we/ they: we use the present simple to talk about habits and routines:
Things that are constant or permanent (facts).

Pronoun: POSITIVE + Negative - Interrogative?

1st
{verb infinitive {auxiliary do not (don’t) {auxiliary do + pronoun + verb infin.
person + complement} + verb infinitive. + complement + ?}
+ complement.}
plurals

I WORK in the bank. Don’t work in the bank. Do I-we-you-they work in the bank?
WE STUDY very hard.
Don’t study very hard. Do I-we-you-they study very hard?
YOU
GO to the park.
THEY Don’t go to the park. Do I-we-you-they go to the park?

Present simple: he/she/it: we use the present simple to talk about habits and routines:
Things that are constantly permanent. (facts).
Pronoun POSITIVE + Negative - Interrogative?
3rd
{verb modified {auxiliary does not {auxiliary does + pronoun+ verb
person + complement} (doesn’t) + verb infinitive. inf. + complement+?}
+ complement.}

WORKS in the Doesn’t work in the Does he-she-it work in the

HE
bank.
bank. bank?
SHE Doesn’t study very hard.
STUDIES very hard. Does he-she-it study very hard?
IT Doesn’t go to the park.
GOES to the park. Does he-she-it play in the park?

Wh- words: Where does he/she/it live? / When does she work? Etc.

what-when-where-
who-why-how Where do I/we/you/they work? / When do I/we/you/they study? etc.
 UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS
PROGRAMA DE SEGUNDA LENGUA-FACULTADES
PROFESOR: ANDRÉS PARRA
Present simple positive (affirmative) conjugation verbs for
third person (He/She/it)

PRESENT SIMPLE Third person (HE/SHE/IT) verbs conjugations Modifying rules

Modal verbs: (verbs

We add <s> We add <es> We add <ies> to Verbs Irregular
that need another
to most to Verbs ending in <Y> but only verbs: they
verb to be
. verbs at the ending: preceded by a change
complemented in the
end of the <-s, -z, -x, - consonant letter we completely
meaning) we don’t
verb sh, -ch-o> change the <Y> for <i>. form
modify verbs

To be = is
Misses Rely =Relies
Have = has Can + verb infinitive
Walks Buzzes Worry =worries
HE Must + verb infinitive
Likes Fixes Study= Studies
SHE Should I verb infinitive
Cleans Pushes NOTE:
IT
He/she/it is
Works Catches Plays*
happy. He/she/it can study
Runs Does* Stays*
He/she/it has He/she/it must study
*Do is verb *They finish in <Y> but
and is they have a vowel He/she/it should study
dinner
auxiliary before the <Y>

Practice: 1. Turn the next verbs into the third person form:

a) I sing a song→ she…

b) we don’t play in the park→ it…
c) you read a book→ he…
d) They don’t go to work → she…
e) Do I ask a question? → he …
f) we carry a ball→ it…
g) Do you enjoy the party→ she…
h) They wash the dishes→ he…
i) I call my family→ she…
j) we don’t cry a lot → it…

Material creado/diseñado/adaptado de fuentes propias o de terceros con fines académicos por Lic. Andrés Parra. 2020
Material created/designed/adapted from own- or third-party resources for academic purposes by English teacher Andrés Parra 2020
2. Read the texts and answer the next questions:

3. Look at some examples taken from the text in red. Pay attention to the subjects in bold and
then choose the correct option for the verbs in the next sentences:

Example: Jeanette cleans the tank and another diver waits/washes for her.

1. Where does Jeanette Work? a. John works/invents at a theme park.

2. Who works in a museum? b. Jo have/has an interesting job

3. Who does Jo check in the museum? c. Jo doesn’t/don´t work at a hair dresser’s

4. Where does John work? d. She goes/go to work at 7:30

5. When does Jo start work?. e. In the morning she check/checks models.

6. Where do the sharks live? f. In the afternoon she wash/washes and dry/dries their
hair

7. Who Is very careful at work? g. She clean/cleans the shark thank

8. What does Jeanette feed? h. The sharks don’t/doesn’t leave the tank

9. What do the people talk about in the park? i. The people at the park talks/talk about the rides.

j. They have/has fun on the rides.