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SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PRESENT
What activities do you do during your week?
For instance:
_ I play soccer
- I read a book
- I study english
- I do exercise
- I take a shower.
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SIMPLE PRESENT
- I take a shower every day.
- I travel to acapulco every summer.
- Close the door
When do we use it?
-To express routines, habits or customs.
- Events and repeated actions.
- General facts ( The earth revolves around the sun) (My mother is mexican)
- Instructions or indications
- Scheduled events ( My mother arrives tomorrow)
STRUCTURE (+)
Subject + Verb in simple present + C + T.E
- Maria works as a teacher. (work)
- The bird flies too high. (fly)
- The dog plays with the ball every sunday. (play)
- Pedro watches the tv on saturday at 3:00 o'clock (watch)
- Alice goes to school very quickly. (go)
- Rob has a beatiful cat. (have)
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-Most of the verbs we have to add - s
- If the verb ends in y, we have to change the "y" for- ies
BUT there is an exception: if the verb ends in y but before there is a vowel, we have to add only-s
- If the verb ends in s,ch o x, we have to add- es
- If the verb ends in o, we have to add-es
exceptions: have- has
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
-Always (siempre), usually (usualmente), generally (generalmente), often (seguido), sometimes ( algunas veces), ocasionally (ocasionalmente), seldom (pocas veces), rarely (raramente), hardly ever (casi nunca), never (nunca).
IN SIMPLE PRESENT (+)
SUBJECT + ADV + VERB SIMP PRESENT + C + T.E
.
ex: Maria always listens to music in the evening.
- On (days of the week in plural)
- Every Monday, Friday, etc.
-Times of the day (morning, afternoon, evening, at night)
- At (specific hours)
- In (months)
- Once a week, twice a week, three times a week, etc..
Adverbs of frequency
IN VERB TO BE (+)
SUBJECT+ VERB TO BE+ ADVERB+ COMPLEMENT
EX: PEDRO IS ALWAYS HAPPY ABOUT HIS JOB.
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Aux: Do / Does (?)
Do not /Don´t
Does not /Doesn´t
SIMPLE PRESENT (-)
(-)
Subject + Aux (-) + Verb in simple form + C + T.E
I ------- DON´T
YOU ----- DON´T
HE ------- DOESN´T
SHE -------- DOESN´T
IT -------- DOESN´T
WE ------ DON´T
YOU ------ DON´T
THEY ------ DON´T
- Maria does not/ doesn´t sing in a group every saturday
- My brothers do not/ don´t play football soccer very well.
SIMPLE PRESENT WITH ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY. (-)
Subject + Aux (-) + Adverb + Verb in simple form +C + T.E
Ex: - Maria doesn´t always study english in her house-.
- I don´t usually eat hamburguers, i don´t like them.
Subject + Verb to be (-) + Adverb + Adjective + C + T.E
Ex: - Peter is not/ isn´t always interested in his job.
- My parents are not/ aren´t usually good at cooking.
DON'T USE NEVER/HARDLY EVER/SELDOM OR RARELY IN NEGATIVE SENTENCES BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU WOULD BE DOING DOUBLE NEGATION
EX: I DON'T NEVER PLAY VIDEOGAMES
SIMPLE PRESENT (?) Yes/no questions.
possible answers:
Yes i/you/we/they do
No i/you/we/they don´t
Yes he/she/it does
No he/she/it doesn´t
Aux (?) + Subject + Verb in simple form + C + T.E + ?
Ex: - Does your mother cooks very well?
- Do you sing at concerts?
SIMPLE PRESENT WITH ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY (?)
Aux + subject + adverb of freq + Verb. simple form + C + T.E + ?
Ex: - Do you sometimes watch tv on saturdays?
Simple present wh questions
Simple present Wh questions.
Are used to give extra information.
Structure: wh + aux + subject + verb simple form + C
Structure: Wh + Aux + Subject+ Verb simple form +C
Ex: What do you do during your week?
Wh: What, where, when . who,
Wh: What, When, Where, Who,
Verb to be with adverbs of frequency in questions
Structure: Verb to be + Subject + Adverb + Adj + C
Ex: Are you interested in the job?