Presentation on the use of the present simple in English

1. PRESENT SIMPLE

2. FORMS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
I WORK
YOU WORK
HE WORKS
SHE WORKS
IT WORKS
WE WORK
YOU WORK
THEY WORK
I DON’T WORK
YOU DON’T WORK
HE DOESN’T WORK
SHE DOESN’T WORK
IT DOESN’T WORK
WE DON’T WORK
YOU DON’T WORK
THEY DON’T WORK
DO I WORK?
DO YOU WORK?
DOES HE WORK?
DOES SHE WORK?
DOES IT WORK?
DO WE WORK?
DO YOU WORK?
DO THEY WORK?

3. SHORT ANSWERS
● Do you like football?
○ Yes, I do/ No, I don’t
● Does he play football?
○ Yes, he does/ No, he doesn’t
● Do your parents live in Madrid?
○ Yes, they do/ No, they don’t

4. FORMS
● El presente simple en inglés sólo tiene dos
formas:
○ la del infinitivo: work, play
○ infinitivo + s en tercera persona singular: works,
plays
● Para hacer negaciones y preguntas siempre
necesitamos el auxiliar “do”

5. THIRD PERSON SINGULAR
● En general, se añade “-s”
○ Mary reads a book
○ John rides a bicycle
● Si el verbo acaba en -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o, se
añade “-es”
○ She misses her parents
○ he washes the dirty clothes
○ James watches TV
○ Rachel fixes the computer
○ She goes home

6. THIRD PERSON SINGULAR
● Verbos que acaban en “-y”
○ Si el verbo acaba en vocal + y se añade “-s”
■ he plays football ( play--- plays)
■ she buys bread (buy--- buys)
○ si el verbo acaba en consonante + y se
transforma en “-ies”
■ Mary studies English (study --- studies)
■ Paul never cries (cry --- cries)

7. USE
● El presente simple en inglés se usa para
expresar:
○ lo que hacemos habitualmente
■ We come to school from Monday to Friday
○ lo que nos gusta y lo que no
■ I like pizza
■ I don’t like horror films
○ opiniones
■ He thinks that maths is easy

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9. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
● Se colocan delante del verbo, exceptuando
el verbo “to be”
○ We always come to class on time
○ My parents usually go to the cinema
○ John often plays tennis
○ They sometimes eat pizza
○ We are never late

10. EXPRESSIONS OF FREQUENCY
● La pregunta es How often?
○ How often do you go to the cinema?
● Se colocan al final de la frase
○ We have English class five times a week
○ He plays football at the weekends
○ We celebrate Christmas once a year
○ My parents see me every day

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