This document provides a summary of the present simple tense in English. It discusses that the present simple tense is used to talk about habitual or repeated actions. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentence structures in this tense. It also discusses question formation and irregular verbs. Exercises are included to practice filling in blanks and forming sentences in the present simple tense.

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Temas: Present simple tense
Question words
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Present simple
El presente simple se utiliza para poder hablar de acciones que ocurren todos los dias
.((cotidianeidad
.Ej: I go to school every day
En este tense, el verbo debe ir en infinitivo, sin embargo para los pronombres he she it, todos
.(los verbos deben conjugarse (solo en modo afirmativo
Si el verbo termina en "y" cuando antes de ésta se sitúa una consonante se cambia ésta
por una "i" y se le agrega la desinencia "es" en la tercera persona del singular.
to carry
to study to copy
'llevar a'
I carry study copy
You carry study copy
He/She/It carries studies copies
We carry study copy
They carry study copy
Ejemplos
He flies an airplane.
She studies for the test of tomorrow.

2. En cambio, si el verbo termina en O, CH, SH, X, SS o Z no se cambian estas
terminaciones y se le agrega la terminación -es en la tercera persona del singular.
to wash to watch fix
I wash watch fix
You wash watch fix
He/She/It washes watches fixes
We wash watch fix
They wash watch fix
Ejemplos:
- She goes to the theater.
- He watches T.V.
Y por ultimo para el resto de los verbos se debe agregar una "s" al final de la tercera
persona del singular. Al resto de las personas, no se le agrega nada.
to eat to talk to play to drink
'comer' 'hablar' 'jugar' 'beber'
I eat talk play drink
You eat talk play drink
He/She/It eats talks plays drinks
We eat talk play drink
They eat talk play drink
Ejemplos:
You work in a company 'Tú trabajas en una empresa'
He drinks a lot of water 'Él toma mucha agua'
En el caso de las formas Negativas de este tense, no es necesario hacerle modificacion
alguna al verbo, debido a que el AUX (auxiliar) deja en claro en que tense, estamos
hablando, por lo que tener un AUX y un verbo conjugado, seria redundante.
EJ: I don't eat vegetables
She doesn't work at weekends
En el caso de las preguntas lo que hay que hacer es utilizar los AUX en su forma
.infinitiva ( do, does) y ubicarlos al principio de la oracion
:Ej de la transicion
I don't eat vegetables > I do eat vegetables > Do I eat vegetables? ( y se le añade el
(question mark

3. She doesn’t work at weekends > She does work at weekends > Does she work at
?weekends
Ejercicios
1) Fill in the blanks
1. Water ...................... at 100 degrees centigrade (boil)
2. George ......................................... to the cinema very often (not/go)
3. How many languages ........................................ ? (you/speak)
4. The swimming pools ...................... at 9.00 and ................. at 18.30 every day
(open; it/close)
5. How many cigarettes .................................... a day? (you/smoke)
6. I have a car but I .................................... it very often (not/use)
7. She .............. the piano but she .......................... the flute (play; not/play)
8. What ...................................? ("often"/mean)
9. What ...................................? I'm an engineer (you/do)
10. Mice ......................... cats; cats ................... mice (not/catch; catch)
2) Write down the missing sentences.
affirmative negative questions
I I play.
you You help.
he He does not answer.
she Does she sing?
it It rains.
we Do we dream?
you You do not read.
they Do they work?
Circle the correct answer (3
1. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.
1. try
2. trys
3. tries
2. My best friend ________ to me every week.
1. write
2. writies
3. writes
3. I ________ in a bank.
1. work
2. works
3. workes

4. 4. We ________ to Spain every summer.
1. fly
2. flys
3. flies
5. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
1. close
2. closies
3. closes
6. She ________ in Florida.
1. live
2. lives
3. livees
7. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.
1. pass
2. passies
3. passes
8. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
1. rain
2. rains
3. raines
9. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
1. fry
2. frys
3. fries
10. My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV every night.
1. watch
2. watchies
3. watches.