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PRESENT

SIMPLE
SIMPLE PRESENT
1. The first use of this tense is to
talk about general truths and
facts:

 The Earth circles the sun every 12


months
 His mother is Brazilian
 Cows don’t only eat grass
 Susan works in a bank
 Bogotá is a small city for some people
 My brother drives very well
SIMPLE PRESENT
2. The second use is to talk about habits, routines and repetitive actions
 We have English classes every
Saturday

 Jhon runs in the park from Friday


to Sunday

 I go to the cinema twice a month

 My sister doesn’t play tennis


regularly

 First I wake up and then I brush


my teeth
SIMPLE PRESENT
3. Another use for Simple Present is when we talk about scheduled events that are
part of the future or our regular timetable
Some examples are:

 The class starts at 7 A.M

 The Mio arrives to the station at 8


PM

 The concert isn’t on Sunday!

 I have work shifts from 8 AM to 6


PM
PERSONAL PRONOUNS

We are going to focus on Personal Pronouns for now:

PERSONAL PERSONAL
SUBJECT PRONOUN PRONOUN
SINGULAR PLURAL
First Person
(The person Speaking) I We

Second Person
(The person spoken to) You You

Third Person
(The person or thing being He, She, It They
spoken about)
SIMPLE PRESENT: AFFIRMATIVE
The structure for affirmative sentences in Simple present is:

Subject + Verb + Complement


- I like action movies
- She speaks French fluently
- All my friends practice a sport
- Her best friend studies chemistry
- The flowers grow thanks to the sunlight and water
- The bee buzzes when it flies
NOTE: Remember that the third person of singular (he, she, it) has a special rule for the verbs, you have to
add an –S. But…
1. If the verb ends in CONSONANT+Y, change the –Y for –IES: Cry - Cries
2. If the verb ends in -o, -sh, -ch, -x, -s, -z add –ES: Do - Does, Fix – Fixes

- EXCEPTIONS: CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, SHOULD, WILL, WOULD, MUST, BE, HAVE
He cans can speak- she bes (is, am, are)- she musts must go, She haves has a car
,z

She reads a book


He studies English
The boy watches TV
My cat eats special food
Teaches Buzzes
Flies Watches
Runs Sits
Pushes Guesses
Fixes Stops
Does Worries
Dances Finishes
Goes Has
SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
The structure for negative sentences in Simple present is:

Subject + Do not (don’t) or does not (doesn’t) + Verb in infinitive + Complement

- I do not like horror movies


- He doesn’t want to be an accountant
- My parents don’t live with me
- Our teacher does not have a car
- The animals don’t rationalize as humans
- The singer does not come today

NOTE: For negative sentences we use the auxiliar verb Do. Pay attention to the third person variation:
Do Does
Remember: the verbs that are
I, you, we, they He, she, it exceptions don’t follow this rule:
Do not, Don’t Does not, Doesn’t I am not, She can not, We must not .
SIMPLE PRESENT PRACTICE
SUBJECT+ AUXILIAR VERB DO/DOES IN NEGATIVE + VERB + COMPLEMENT
Put the following sentences in negative:
1. -I work in a school 1. I don’t work in a school
2. -Dania has a great job 2. Dania doesn’t have a great job
3. The dog doesn’t sleep all day
3. -The dog sleeps all day
4. Charles and Sue don’t run together
4. -Charles and Sue run together every morning every morning
5. -We go to the school on Mondays 5. We don’t go to the school on Mondays
6. -Julio drives a beautiful car 6. Julio doesn’t drive a beautiful car
7. -We play professional soccer 7. We don’t play professional soccer
8. - She is the best lawyer in the city 8. She isn’t the best lawyer in the city
9. -My parents live in Hawaii 9. My parents don’t live in Hawaii

10. -My classmates are very friendly 10. My classmates aren’t very friendly
QUESTIONS IN SIMPLE PRESENT
CLOSED QUESTIONS OR YES / NO QUESTIONS OPEN QUESTIONS OR WH- QUESTIONS
Structure: AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT + VERB + Structure: WH- QUESTION + AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT + ? + VERB + COMPLEMENT + ?
Examples: Examples:

• Do you study English? Yes, I do / No, I don’t • What do you study? I study literature at Univalle

• Does he live near the school? Yes, he • When does the class start? The class starts at 8
does / No, he doesn’t o’clock
• Do you work in a mall? Yes, I work in • Why do you need a new computer? Because the one
Unicentro mall I have is not working.
• Does she need something for the exposition? • Where does she go on vacation? She usually goes to
No, she is fine. San Andrés island.
Adverbs of frequency are often used with the simple present tense, because they indicate repeated or
routine actions and activities

Structures: subject +verb to be + adverb + complemente subject+ adverb + verb (NOT TO BE)

Ex: I am always happy I always wake


up early
Other time expressions for simple present For indicating frequency we can also
She always goes to bed late
are: EVERY (At the end of the sentence) use the how many times IN a period of
time:
I work every day
They study every morning You have English class once A WEEK
We have English class every Wednesday I brush my teeth three times A DAY
My parents go to Bogota twice A YEAR

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