SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
MEANING Activities or events that occurring in the present. Summarizing pieces of writing, films, plays. Stating ongoing opinions, beliefs, habits, and facts. Ex: I ride a bike to school everyday.
USE Use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.
ENGLISH PRESENT SIMPLE AFIRMATIVE SuBJECT+ Infinitive sin “to” I live in London. Lions eat meat. You like reading comics. In THIRD person singular we add “S” to the verb He plays football.Alice comes to school by bus. My dog sleeps in the garden. If the verb ends in "s"-"sh"-"ch"-"x" o "z" We add "es". If the verb ends in "y" after a consonant We chabge “y” into “i” and we add "es". My brother watches TV at night. His kite flies very high.
ENGLISH PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE Suject+ don't + Infinitive without “to” I don't live in London. Lions don't eat grass. You don't like reading books. In THIRD person singular we have : Suject+ doesn't + Infinitive without “to” He doesn't play football. Alice doesn't come to school by car. doesn't = does not My dog doesn't sleep in the kitchen. don't = do not
ENGLISH PRESENT SIMPLE INTERROGATIVE Do + Subject +Infinitive without “to” +? Do I live in London? Do lions eat grass? Do you like reading books? Does + Subject+ Infinitive sin “to” +...? Does he play football? Does my dog sleep in the kitchen? Does Alice come to school by car?
ENGLISH PRESENT SIMPLE ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY always > siempre often > a menudo, con frecuencia usually > generalmente sometimes > algunas veces never > nunca THEY GO BEFORE THE MAIN VERB THEY GO AFTER THE VERB TO BE I always live in London. She isn't usually sad. Do you often study at night? They are usually at home.