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PRESEN
T
What is the
present
simple?
SUBJECT + VERB
AFIRMATIVE
SENTENCES
I TALK (YO HABLO)
HE EATS (EL COME)
THEY LEARN (ELLOS
APRENDEN)
SUBJECT + AUXILIARY
VERB (to do) + NEGATIVE
AUXILIARY (“not”) + VERB
NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
I always talk to my mother on Sunday.(Siempre
He never eats vegetables.(Nunca hablo con mi madre el domingo.)
come las verduras.)
I do not [don’t] talk.(Yo no hablo.)
He does not [doesn’t] eat.(Él no come.)
They do not [don’t] learn.(Ellos no aprenden.)
AUXILIARY VERB (to do) +
SUBJECT + MAIN VERB?
INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES
Do you talk?(¿Hablas tú?)
I always talk to my mother on Sunday.(Siempre
He never eats vegetables.(Nunca hablo con mi madre el domingo.)
come las verduras.)
PRESEN
T
What is the
present
continuous?
Subject + auxiliary verb
(to be) + verb+ing
AFIRMATIVE
SENTENCES
I TALKING (ESTOY HABLANDO)
HE EATING (ESTA COMIENDO)
THEY LEARNING (ESTAN
APRENDIENDO)
Subject + auxiliary verb (to be)
+ negative auxiliary (not) +
verb+ing.
NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
I always talk to my mother on Sunday.(Siempre
He never eats vegetables.(Nunca hablo con mi madre el domingo.)
come las verduras.)
I’m not talking.(No estoy hablando.)
He’s not [He isn’t] eating.(No está comiendo.)
Auxiliary verb (to be) +
subject + verb+ing?
INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES
Are you talking? (¿Estás hablando?)
I always talk to my mother on Sunday.(Siempre
He never eats vegetables.(Nunca hablo con mi madre el domingo.)
come las verduras.)