ENGLISH

E. Secundaria
GRAMMAR

PRESENT SIMPLE
(SIMPLE PRESENT)

Estefanía
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USOS

Para expresar acciones que ocurren habitualmente,

con una determinada frecuencia (hábitos, rutinas...).
Me levanto a las 8 todas las mañanas.
I get up at eight o'clock every morning.

Para expresar hechos o verdades generales.

La tierra gira alrededor del sol.
The Earth goes around the Sun.

Para expresar situaciones permanentes.

Él vive en Londres.
He lives in London.

Para hablar de acciones futuras ya planificadas.

Me voy de Madrid mañana por la mañana.
I leave Madrid tomorrow morning.
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FORMACIÓN

AFIRMATIVO

ADVERBIOS
DE
NEGATIVO FRECUENCIA

INTERROGATIVO
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AFIRMATIVO

Sujeto + Infinitivo sin “to”

I live in London. Lions eat meat.

You like reading comics.

En las terceras personas del singular añade una “s” al verbo

He plays football. Alice comes to school by bus.

My dog sleeps in the garden.

Si el verbo acaba en "s"-"sh"-"ch"-"x" o "z" Si el verbo acaba en "y" precedida de

en las terceras persona del singular añade "es". consonante cambia la “y” en “i” y añade "es".

My brother watches TV at night. His kite flies very high.

Go back to “FORMACIÓN” Go to “NEGATIVO”

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NEGATIVO

Sujeto + don't + Infinitivo sin “to”

I don't live in London. Lions don't eat grass.

You don't like reading books.
don't = do not

En las terceras personas del singular:

Sujeto + doesn't + infinitivo sin “to”

He doesn't play football. doesn't = does not

Alice doesn't come to school by car.

My dog doesn't sleep in the kitchen.

Go back to “FORMACIÓN” Go to “INTERROGATIVO”

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INTERROGATIVO

Do + Sujeto + Infinitivo sin “to” + ...?

Do I live in London? Do lions eat grass?

Do you like reading books?

En las terceras personas del singular:

Does + Sujeto + infinitivo sin “to” + ...?

Does he play football?

Does Alice come to school by car?

Does my dog sleep in the kitchen?

Go back to “FORMACIÓN” Go to “ADVERBIOS”

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DE
FRECUENCIA

Se colocan siempre delante always > siempre

del verbo principal.
often > a menudo, con frecuencia
Si el verbo es “to be”, usually > generalmente
van detrás de él. sometimes > algunas veces
never > nunca

I always live in London. She never walks alone.

Do you often study at night?

They are usually at home.

Go back to “FORMACIÓN” Go to ACTIVITIES

Arrange the words to make sentences in simple present

1. I / to collect stamps -
2. we / to play card games -
3. he / to read comics -
4. Chris / to sing in a band -
5. we / to have a hamster -
6. Andy and John / to like cola -
7. she / to be nice -
8. they / to help their parents -
9. the children / to speak English -
10. I / to buy a newspaper every Saturday -
 WRITE THE FOLLOWING VERBS IN PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)____________her kids to football practice.

2. I (work) ___________as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)
___________French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
3. John (sleep) ____________
4. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) _________
5. Justin (write, currently)_______________a book about his adventures in Tibet. I
hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished
6. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) _______________to a movie tonight with some
friends
7. The business cards (be, normally ) ______________printed by a company in New
York. Their prices (be) ____________inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is
quite good.
8. This delicious chocolate (be) ____________made by a small chocolatier in Zurich,
Switzerland.