PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present simple AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT I study for two hours every night. I Study For two hours every night Jenny studies for two hours every night. Jenny studies My classes begin at six My classes begin At six My english class begins at six. My english class begins Henry needs a new mouse right now. Henry needs A new mouse right now

The present simple is used to express habits or daily routines, it also indicates a situation or action in the moment. the verb has -s- after third singular person (he, she, it) Reglas para la formación del presente simple: 1. En la mayoría de los verbos se hace agregando S a la forma simple del verbo: Ejemplo: Get: Gets Live: Lives - Buy: Buys 2. Cuando la forma simple del verbo termina en Y precedida por una consonante, la Y se cambia por i, y se agrega es. Ejemplo: Study: Studies - Hurry: Hurries - Dry: Dries 3. Cuando la forma simple del verbo termina en /o/, /ch/, /sh/,/ss/, /x/, /zz/, se agrega es a la forma simple del verbo. Ejemplo: Go: Goes - Do: Does - Miss: Misses - Watch: Watches 4. Be y Have son irregulares: Be: is - Have: Has

Negative form use do not / don`t does not / doesn`t I / WE / YOU / THEY DO NOT / DON`T PRINT COLOR PICTURES RUN HTML PROGRAMS HE / SHE / IT DOES NOT / DOESN`T SAVE THE LAST CHANGES SCAN THE NEW DISK

Yes/No question with short affirmative and negative answers. AUXILIAR SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT SHORT ANSWERS DO YOU PRINT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS? YES, I DO NO, I DON`T THEY SEND THE INFORMATION BY E-MAIL? YES, THEY DO NO THEY DON`T DOES SHE VISIT HER GRANDPARENTS ON SUNDAYS? YES, SHE DOES NO, SHE DOESN`T HE PLAYS BASKETBALL TWO DAYS A WEEK? YES, HE DOES NO, HE DOESN`T

PRESENT CONTINOUS El present progressive o present continuous (presente continuo) es la forma continua del presente. En inglés se utiliza principalmente para acciones que están teniendo lugar en el momento en que se habla o que solo están sucediendo temporalmente. Camilo is listening to music. Diego is crying because his knee got hurt. Luis is running so fast. They are dancing salsa music.

Formación Se utiliza el verbo auxiliar be y el verbo principal en gerundio, es decir, añadiendo la terminación -ing al infinitivo. NOUN / PRONOUN AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I I AM SPEAKING I AM NOT SPEAKING AM I SPEAKING? HE, SHE IT HE IS SPEAKING HE IS NOT SPEAKING IS HE SPEAKING? YOU WE THEY YOU ARE SPEAKIN YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING ARE YOU SPEAKING?

ING RULES CUANDO EL VERBO TIENE DOS SÌLABAS Y TERMINA EN E SE LE QUITA LA E Y SE AGREGA ING EJEMPLOS: LIVE-LIVING MAKE-MAKING WRITE-ING CUANDO EL VERBO TERMINA EN IE SE CAMBIAN ESTAS VOCALES POR YING EJEMPLOS: LIE-LYING DIE-DYING CUANDO EL VERBO TIENE SOLO UNA SILABA Y TERMINA EN UNA CONSONANTE PRECEDIDA DE UNA VOCAL ESTA ÙLTIMA SE DUPLICA Y SE AGREGA ING EJEMPLO: RUN-RUNNING STOP-STOPPING CUT-CUTTING SWIM- SWIMMING. LOS DEMAS VERBOS QUE NO CUMPLAN NINGUNA DE LAS REGLAS ANTERIORES SE LES AGREGA ING: PLAYING, READING, KEEPING, STUDYING, THINKING, CALLING. EXCEPCIONES: COME-COMING BOX-BOXING FIX-FIXING

ACTIVITY Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive). Look! He (leave)________________ the house. Quiet please! I (write)________________ a test. She usually (walk)________________ to school. But look! Today she (go)_____________ by bike. Every Sunday we (go)________________ to see my grandparents. He often (go)______________ to the cinema. We (play)_______________ Monopoly at the moment. The child seldom (cry)__________________ . I (not / do)________________ anything at the moment. (watch / he) __________________ the news regularly?