Past Simple Tense

1. CETis 109 Ulises bautista MaldonadoEduardo cabrera Christian Trejo Gutiérrez Ramos Vázquez Arnol Rodolfo 4º. “L” Informática English 4 Teacher: María del Pilar Aguilar Hernández Work: simple present tense, simple past tense and

2. Simple Present Tense Is the tense of this (and not perfective aspect) expressing habitual action, that is, habits, routines in daily life. It differs from the present perfect in the latter has perfective aspect, and the present continuous in that the other is progressive aspect.

3. Examples: I play tennis. She does not play tennis. Does he play tennis? The train leaves every morning at 8 AM. The train does not leave at 9 AM. When does the train usually leave? She always forgets her purse. He never forgets his wallet. Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun. Does the Sun circle the Earth?

4. Structure FORM [VERB] + s/es in third person Examples: You speak English. Do you speak English? You do not speak English.

7. He does not [doesn't] eat. (Él no come.)

9. Does he eat? (¿Come él?)

11. Examples: want -> wanted learn -> learned stay -> stayed walk -> walked show -> showed

12. Exceptions 1. For verbs ending in "e ", just add "-d. * Examples: * change -> changed * Believe -> Believed 2. If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant (except “y " or "w "), we double the final consonant. * Examples: * stop -> stopped * Commit -> Committed 3. With verbs that end in a consonant and a "y ", change the "y "to an "i ". * Examples: * Study -> studied * try -> tried

13. Structure Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas)Sujeto + verbo principal. Examples: I wanted to dance. (Quería bailar.) Shewas a doctor. (Era doctora.) They learnedEnglish. (Aprendieron inglés.) Webelievedhim. (Le creímos.)

14. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to do") + "not" + verbo principal. Examples: I didn'twant to dance. (No quería bailar.) Shewasn't a doctor. (No era doctora.) They didn't learn English. (No aprendieron inglés) Wedidn'tbelievehim. (No le creímos.)

15. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)Verbo auxiliar ("to do") + sujeto + verbo principal? Examples: Did you want to dance? (¿Querías bailar?) Wasshe a doctor? (¿Era doctora?) Did they learn English? (¿Aprendieron ingles?) Did you believehim? (¿Le creíste?)

16. Present Continuous The English present continuous is used for actions that are being made at the time in which we speak.

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18. Structure: Affirmative Sentences Estructura Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to be") + participio presente. Examples: I'm talking. (Estoy hablando.) He's eating. (Está comiendo.) They're learning. (Están aprendiendo.)

19. Negative Sentences Estructura Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to be") + auxiliar negativo ("not") + participio presente. Examples: I'm not talking. (No estoy hablando.) He's not [He isn't] eating. (No está comiendo.) They're not [They aren't] learning. (No están aprendiendo.)

20. Interrogative Sentences Verbo auxiliar ("to be") + sujeto + participio presente? Examples: Are you talking? (¿Estás hablando?) Is he eating? (¿Está comiendo?) Are they learning? (¿Están aprendiendo?)