Lydia Amparo Medina Martínez SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Lydia Amparo Medina Martínez

ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS Understand texts about daily activities, family, friends and environment. Ask and answer simple questions in simple present tense. Use correct grammar structures in simple present tense.

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION

El tiempo presente simple indica una acción habitual. Examples: I SING: yo canto THEY ROW: ellos reman

He plays basketball Para formar este tiempo se debe tener en cuenta: Las oraciones afirmativas no usan verbo auxiliar. Las oraciones afirmativas que estén en tercera persona del singular (he, she, it) agregan “s” al verbo principal. Example: He plays basketball

Los verbos que terminan en: ch Sh S X o añaden es para formar el presente en la tercera persona del singular.

EXAMPLES

Wash She washes Go He goes Teach She teaches Box He boxes

Los verbos que terminan en y precedida de consonante, hacen la tercera persona del singular cambiando la y por ies.

EXAMPLES

Study He studies Cry He cries Fly It flies

A los verbos que terminan en y precedida de vocal, no se les hace ningún cambio. Simplemente se le agrega la s.

EXAMPLES

Play He plays Buy She buys

El verbo have (tener) en tiempo presente simple, cuando esté en tercera persona del singular (he, she, it) y en forma afirmativa no es have sino has.

EXAMPLE

SHE HAS A LOT OF MONEY Ella tiene mucho dinero

Las oraciones negativas e interrogativas usan do - does como verbo auxiliar.

EXAMPLES

¿Ellas trabajan todos los días? DO THEY WORK EVERY DAY? ¿Ellas trabajan todos los días?

Él no se levanta temprano HE DOES NOT GET UP EARLY Él no se levanta temprano

do does I He We She You It They Do va acompañado de los pronombres I, you, we, they. Does va acompañado de los pronombres he, she, it. I He We do does She You It They

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES La estructura para formar oraciones afirmativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: subject (sujeto) + verb (verbo) + complement (complemento). subject + verb + complement I rest on sundays Yo descanso los domingos

EXAMPLES

subject verb complement I live in Colombia You drink beer We prepare the meal You dance very well They travel every weekends

subject verb complement He rides a bike She washes her clothing It has several colors

NEGATIVE SENTENCES S + AV + NOT + PV + C I do not rest on sundays Yo La estructura para formar oraciones negativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: subject (sujeto) + auxiliary verb (verbo auxiliar: do or does) + not + principal verb (verbo principal ) + complement (complemento). S + AV + NOT + PV + C do does I do not rest on sundays Yo no descanso los domingos

EXAMPLES

S AV NOT PV C I do not live in Colombia You do not drink beer We do does I do not live in Colombia You do not drink beer We do not prepare the meal You do not dance very well They do not travel every weekends

S AV NOT PV C He does not ride a motorcycle She does not iron her clothing It does not have several colors

CONTRACTED FORMS Si se desea, puede usarse la forma larga do not/ does not o la forma corta (contracta o abreviada) don’t/ doesn’t. Examples: DO NOT DON’T DOES NOT DOESN’T I do not I don’t He does not He doesn’t You do not You don’t She does not She doesn’t We do not We don’t It does not It doesn’t They do not They don’t

EXAMPLES

S AV NOT PV C I do not play soccer in the stadium I don’t play soccer does Long form I do not play soccer in the stadium Short form I don’t play soccer in the stadium You not iron Long form do your clothes You don’t your clothes Short form iron Long form We do not study on weekends We don’t study on weekends Short form Long form They do not open the windows Short form They don’t open the windows

S AV NOT PV C He does not get up at 5:00 a.m. He doesn’t get up Long form He does not get up at 5:00 a.m. He doesn’t get up at 5:00 a.m. Short form She does not take a bath at night Long form She doesn’t take a bath at night Short form It does not Long form sleep on my bed It doesn’t sleep on my bed Short form

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES La estructura para formar oraciones interrogativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: auxiliary verb (verbo auxiliar: do or does) subject (sujeto) + principal verb (verbo principal ) + complement (complemento) + interrogation (interrogación - ?). AV + S + PV + C + ? do does do I rest on sundays ? ¿ Yo descanso los domingos ?

EXAMPLES

AV S PV C ? ? Do I live in Colombia Do you drink beer ? ? Do we does ? Do I live in Colombia Do you drink beer ? ? Do we prepare the meal Do you dance very well ? Do they travel every weekends ?

AV S PV C ? Does he ride a motorcycle ? ? Does she wash her clothing ? it have several colors

INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES La estructura para formar oraciones interrogativas negativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: auxiliary verb+not (verbo auxiliar: do or does + negation) subject (sujeto) + principal verb (verbo principal ) + complement (complemento) + interrogation (interrogación - ?). AV+not + S + PV + C + ? Don’t Doesn’t Don’t I rest on sundays ? ¿ Yo no descanso los domingos ?

EXAMPLES

AV+NOT S PV C ? Don’t I live in Colombia ? Don’t you drink beer ? ? Doesn’t Don’t I live in Colombia ? Don’t you drink beer ? ? Don’t we prepare the meal Don’t you dance very well ? Don’t they travel every weekends ?

S AV PV C ? Does he ride a motorcycle ? ? Does she wash her clothing ? it have several colors

Attention!!

Cuando no desees mencionar el pronombre personal dentro de la oración, puedes remplazarlo por cualquier nombre o sujeto (persona, animal, lugar, cosa).

EXAMPLES

SINGULAR PRONOUNS He She It David Katherine dog Charles Viviana elephant David mother notebook father sister pencil brother girl Puente Nacional boy woman Colombia lawyer babysitter school engineer nurse life

PLURAL PRONOUNS We They You and I the girls My friends and I the women Daniel, Cristian, and I Valentina, Sara and Lina My students and I Oscar, John, Alex and Elkin Karoll, Diana and I Sebastian and Elizabeth Joseph, Andrew, Lucy and I the tenth grade students My parents and I the dog and the tiger The workers and I the book and the eraser

PRACTICE 1 Remplaza el sujeto de la oración por el pronombre personal correspondiente. Example: Does the pig eat chicken? Does it eat chicken? David fishes a big shark. ____ fishes a big shark.

My mother cooks in the kitchen. You and I love each other. ____love each other. Karen and Felipe sleep in the hammock. ____ sleep in the hammock.

The bow ties have different colors. The firemen don’t produce fires. ____don’t produce fires. Does the sun play with the ball? Does ____ play with the ball?

Do the rabbits eat carrots? Do ____ eat carrots? The butterflies fly in the sky. ____fly in the sky. Do Santa Claus and his reindeers fly in the sky? Do ____ fly in the sky?

PRACTICE 2 Escribe el verbo auxiliar correspondiente y la forma correcta del verbo principal. Example: I (eat - eats) eat chicken. The cat (don’t – doesn’t) ________ (sleep-sleeps) ______on the sofa.

(Do – Does) _______he (work – works) ______in the mine? (Do – does)_________ the camera man (run – runs) _________? My father (repair- repairs) _____________ his car.

My brother (skate – skates) __________ in the park. Mary (don’t - doesn’t) ______(sing - sings)_______in Bogotá on Sundays. (Do – does) ________she (sew –sews) _______your clothes?

Your boss (trample – tramples) ________ the newspaper. She (go – goes)_______ to bed at ten at night. My little sister (don’t – doesn’t)______(get up - gets up) __________ early on Mondays.

Jesus Christ (love – loves) ___________ you. The twins (study - studies)_____________everyday. I (take – takes) ____________ a shower at six in the morning.

My younger brother (cry – cries) ____________ for his toys. (Do – does) _______ he (kick – kicks)________ the soccer ball? Your grandmother (make – makes) ____________ the cake.

(Do – does) ________ we (sell – sells) _________ popcorn? He (smoke – smokes) _____________ cigarettes. (Do – does) _________ they (read – reads) __________ a book?

PRACTICE 3 Reading and translate the paragraph Karen and Danna swim in the swimming pool every Monday and they eat hot dog, but Sara visits to her grandparents because they are sick. Fredy runs in the park every Saturday and Lena skates on Main Street. Laura and Andrea go to eat at Corral Paisa restaurant every Friday. My partners make different activities. They are very interesting.

TRANSLATION

PRACTICE 4 Find the verbs O K A E P S W I M L H C N D R T G V U B Y

Now, write ten verbs that you found ENGLISH SPANISH

Now, choose some verbs and write five sentences ENGLISH SPANISH I go to bed at eleven at night. Me acuesto a las once de la noche.

PRACTICE 5 Unscramble the sentences and translate them into Spanish. EXAMPLE: read/ do/ book/ I/ not/ an/English I do not read an English book. Yo no leo un libro de inglés soccer/Duvan/play/not/does ___________________________________. ___________________________________. The/ on/ the/ sleeps/ cat/ sofa ___________________________________. ___________________________________. Do/ mop/ We/ the/ classroom/ not ___________________________________. ___________________________________.

SHORT ANSWERS Cuando respondas a preguntas cortas en tiempo presente simple, es necesario que tengas en cuenta la siguiente estructura: AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS DOES YES, SUBJECT PRONOUN DOES Yes, he does Yes, she does Yes, it does

AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS DO YES, SUBJECT PRONOUN DO Yes, we do Yes, you do Yes, they do

NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS DOES NO, SUBJECT PRONOUN DOESN’T No, he doesn’t No, she doesn’t No, it doesn’t

NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS DO NO, SUBJECT PRONOUN DON’T No, we don’t No, you don’t No, they don’t

EXAMPLE

Do I drink coffee? Yes, you do. Do I need a pair of gloves? No, you don’t. Do you play tennis? Yes, I do. Do you have a tiger in your house? No, I don’t Does he have breakfast at six in the morning? Yes, he does. Does Peter go to bed at seven at night? No, he doesn’t.

Does she speak English? Yes, she does. Does Mary forget her son? No, she doesn’t. Does it bite? Yes, it does. Does the tiger eat lemon pie? No, it doesn’t. Do we travel to United States? Yes, you do. Do we lose the time? No, you don’t. Do my friends and I do homework everyday?

Do you clean the windows every weekend? Yes we do. Do you cook serpents? No, you don’t. Do they make bread? Yes, they do. Do they kill mice? No, they don’t. Do Jaime and Erika go to the theater?

ATTENTION!! Cuando la pregunta se formula con el pronombre I (yo), se responde con you (tú, usted). Cuando se formula con you (tú, usted), se responde con I (yo). Si la pregunta se formula con el pronombre we (nosotros), se responde con you (ustedes), y si se formula con you (ustedes) se responde con we (nosotros).

También se debe tener en cuenta que cuando se pregunta con un nombre de persona animal o cosa, no se responde con el mismo nombre sino con el pronombre correspondiente. Example: does your father drive his new car? Yes, he does. Does Betty travel to Paris on Sunday? No, she doesn’t. Does your dog bite? Yes, it does. Do the children play in the park? Yes, they do. Do Charles and I brake the glasses? No, you don’t.

PRACTICE 6 Example: Answer these questions. Does he cry? No, he doesn’t. Does your boss have money? Yes, he does.

Do they talk? _____, _____ ______. Does your grandmother clean the window? _____, _____ ______. Does your sister iron the clothes? _____, _____ ______. Do they hate each other? _____, _____ ______.

Does Jesus pray? _____, _____ ______. Does the soldier mop with a broom? _____, _____ ______. Does your father drive a train? _____, _____ ______. Does Santiago walk in the swimming pool? _____, _____ ______.

Does she hang the clothes? _____, _____ ______. Do I clap? _____, _____ ______. Do they fish in the river? _____, _____ ______. Does your brother fight bulls? _____, _____ ______.

Does the girl jump the wall? _____, _____ ______. Do they row in the river? _____, _____ ______. Do I take a bath only Mondays? _____, _____ ______. Do they travel by bus? _____, _____ ______.

Does your uncle ride a horse? _____, _____ ______. Does the rabbit hide? _____, _____ ______. Do we love each other? _____, _____ ______. Does the fish smile? _____, _____ ______.

CAMILA’S DAILY ROUTINE Camila gets up at half past five in the morning. She prays and she has a shower. Next, she has breakfast. She goes to school at half past six, because she starts school at seven o’clock. She likes study and her favourite subjects are English, Spanish, Geography and Music but she doesn’t like Biology. She finish School at half past one in the afternoon, and she goes home on foot. she has lunch at two o’clock. Then she meets with her friends and plays basketball with them. At five o’clock she goes home and does her homework with Wilmar and Mauricio. She has dinner at half past seven. Finally, she watches TV and goes to bed at about ten o’clock.

PRACTICE 7 Answer these questions. Does Camila get up at ten in the morning? _____, _____ ______. Do Camila and her friends play basketball? _____, _____ ______. Does Camila never pray? _____, _____ ______. Does Camila go home by bus? _____, _____ ______.

Does Camila go to school at seven o’clock? _____, _____ ______. Does Camila like Biology? _____, _____ ______. Does Camila finish school at three p.m.? _____, _____ ______. Do Camila and David do their homework? _____, _____ ______.

Now write your daily routine and read it to your partners. MY DAILY ROUTINE

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