Positive Simple a lot in English, so it's really Form important to understand it well. I am I'm Many students have problems with the form (or how to make it). you are you're The verb 'be' is different from the he is he's other verbs in this tense. Let's look at 'be' first: she is she's
Here's the positive form (positive it is it's
means a normal sentence, not a we are we're negative or a question. This is sometimes called 'affirmative') they are they're Negative Negative short form
Next is the negative. I am not I'm not
It's very easy. You only add 'not'. you are not you aren't he is not he isn't she is not she isn't it is not it isn't we are not we aren't they are not they aren't And finally let's talk Firstly, here's the 'yes / no' question form: about the question form Yes / No Questions of the present am I ? simple with 'be'. are you ? is he ? is she ? is it ? are we ? are they ? If you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just put the question word at the front:
Wh Questions
where am I ?
what are you ?
why is he ?
who is she ?
when are we ?
how are they ?
Ahora vamos a investigarlo al detalle, para poder entender todas las excepciones a las reglas. Present simple El present simple o el presente simple hace parte de los tiempos verbales del inglés y con este artículo aprenderás a usarlo adecuadamente en diferentes situaciones. Encontrarás cómo se conforman (estructura), cuáles son sus principales usos, la manera correcta de conjugar los verbos del inglés en presente simple, ejemplos claros y algunos casos excepcionales que harán tu comunicación más natural y precisa. Claves para utilizar el present simple 1. Cuando quieres comunicar estados o acciones Establezcamos algunas condiciones permanentes. claves para que puedas usar y Ejemplo: The earth is the third expresarte correctamente con el planet from the sun. presente simple: 2. Al manifestar estados o 3. Para hablar de hábitos, situaciones que son rutinarias o rutinas o hechos que se acciones que tienen repiten en lapsos de tiempo periodicidad. determinado. Ejemplo: Every ten years is a Ejemplo: I drink coffee every decade. morning. 4. Cuando das indicaciones, 5. Para transmitir citas, hechos o instrucciones y señales. compromisos que pasarán en un Ejemplo: You go down this street tiempo determinado. to the cinema, then you turn Ejemplo: Tomorrow is my birthday! right .
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¡Atención! Ten en cuenta que el presente simple nunca debe ser usado para describir estados, situaciones o acciones que pasan al instante mismo en el que se está hablando. Esto es un error común y el tiempo verbal que debe ser usado en estas situaciones es el presente continuo. ¿Cuál es la estructura del presente simple en la formación de oraciones? Veamos con cuidado la estructura básica que se utiliza para para la formación de oraciones afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas según este tiempo verbal. En esta tabla puedes ver cada uno de sus componentes para entenderlo mejor. El presente simple y su estructura
Afirmativa Sujeto + verbo + complemento
Negativa Sujeto + auxiliar do/does not + verbo + complemento
Interrogativa Auxiliar do/does + sujeto + verbo + complemento
La conjugación del present simple en ejemplos
Present Simple: to drink (tomar)
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa I drink too much coffee I do not drink too much coffee Do I drink too much coffee? You drink too much coffee You do not drink too much coffee Do you drink too much coffee? He drinks too much coffee He does not drink too much coffee Does he drink too much coffee?
She drinks too much coffee She does not drink too much Does she drink too much coffee? coffee It drinks too much coffee It does not drink too much coffee Does it drink too much coffee? We drink too much coffee We do not drink too much coffee Do we drink too much coffee? They drink too much coffee They do not drink too much coffee Do they drink too much coffee? El present simple y la tercera persona
Para entender mejor el presente
simple en inglés, veremos 4 reglas para su uso correcto: en las dos primeras podremos observar cómo el present simple influye únicamente en la tercera persona, mientras en la tercera y cuarta reglas se afecta directamente a los sujetos y las conjugaciones. Por ejemplo: Regla 1: En las oraciones afirmativas del present Tercera Verbo simple a todos los verbos se persona les adiciona una -s al final. No olvides que, al To go He goes encontrarse en oraciones To wish She wishes negativas e interrogativas, la -s no debe ponerse. To catch He catches
Cuando los verbos finalizan To kiss She kisses
en -o, -sh, -ch, -ss, -x y -z debes añadirles -es al final. To mix He mixes
To whiz She whizzes
Para los verbos finalizados Existe otra excepción para en -y, debes reemplazar la los verbos terminados en -y. -y por i y luego adicionar Cuando hay una vocal -es. antes de la -y, debes conservar esta y adicionar la -s.
Tercera Verbo Tercera persona Verbo persona To cry He cries To pay She pays
To spy She spies To say He says
To worry He worries To lay She lays
1. My sister ______ (read) a book.
2. Frank _______ (like)
dogs.
3. My parents ___ (do) the
shopping.
4. We sometimes _______(meet) in front of the cinema.
5. Uncle George ___ (go)
to the doctors. 6. Our friends ______ (play) football in the park.
7. She ______ (go) to the park
every Friday.
8. He ______ (ride) his bike every
day.
9. We _______(have) the best
ideas.
10. Carol _______ (say) goodbye.
11. She ______ (be) the best singer in our class.
12. My sister _______ (live) in a big
house.
13. The children ______ (eat)
hamburgers.
14. Bill _______ (have) got two
notebooks.
15. I _______ (be) at home.
Regla 2: En la Oraciones afirmativas tercera persona, He does es el auxiliar She DOES que debes usar; sin It embargo, do se usa para la primera y Oraciones negativas segunda persona He del singular y plural She DOES NOT It
Oraciones interrogativas he DOES she it Do Does I sing well?
Do Does you play football?
Do Does he read books?
Do Does she speak English?
Do Does it eat bananas?
Do Does we play video games?
Do Does you travel by bus?
Do Does they go to school?
Do Does your teacher live in London?
Do Does dogs like cats?
Regla 3: To be es el Oraciones afirmativas verbo irregular más usado en el inglés, Pronombre Verbo To be por lo que te I am recomendamos estudiar y aprender You are todas sus formas de He is conjugación: She is
It is
We are
They are I doesn't don't play the guitar.
You doesn't don't tidy your room.
She doesn't don't buy meat.
He doesn't don't sing rock.
A snail doesn't don't fly.
We doesn't don't live in Egypt.
You doesn't don't have a boat.
They doesn't don't clean the bathroom.
This girl doesn't don't go to the disco.
Bats doesn't don't lay eggs.
Oraciones negativas Oraciones interrogativas del verbo To be Pronombre Verbo To be Auxiliar Sujeto I am not Am I? You are not Are you? He is not Is he? She is not Is she? It is not Is it? We are not Are we? They are not Are they? Regla 4: Para usar el Nunca debes agregarles -s ni -es. presente simple con los modal verbs (can, Incorrecto Correcto must, may), debes tener en cuenta que Your dog cans play in Your dog can play in existen dos this place this place excepciones.
He musts be back by He must be back by
Tuesday Tuesday
She mays past the She may past the IELTS
IELTS test test Al usar el present simple Negativo Interrogativo en oraciones de negación e interrogación, Your dog cannot Can your dog play los verbos modales play in this place in this place? jamás deben tener el auxiliar do/does, por ejemplo: He must not be Must he be back by back by Tuesday Tuesday?
