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NANCY IDALY CAMARGO VARGAS GABRIEL BETANCOURT MEJIA SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE Afirmativeclause / Frase afirmativa  Sujeto + verbo principal --> I talk (Yo hablo)  Negativeclause / Frase negativa Sujeto + auxiliar negativo + verbo principal --> I don'ttalk (Yo no hablo) Interrogativeclause/ Frase interrogativa Auxiliar + sujeto + verbo principal? --> Do I talk? (¿Hablo yo?)  AFFIRMATIVE: Fíjate en la         final de tercera persona del singular. Si el verbo termina en "O" o en "CH",debemos añadir
NEGATIVE: La conjugación negativa se hace con el verbo "to do" en negativo más el verbo en cuestión, que no sufre desinencia alguna. Se coloca don't (do not)después del sujeto y antes del verbo en todas las conjugaciones, excepto con la de la tercera persona del singular, cuyo auxiliar es doesn't (doesnot) TO sleep Idon't  sleep Youdon't  sleep  He/She/Itdoesn'tsleep We don't  sleep Theydon't sleep You don´t eat Wedon´tplay
INTERROGATIVE: Wehave to use theauxiliarsD0 /DOES to makequestions, according to thesubject. Don´t forgetthequestionmark:    ? Dotheyplay? Yes,  theydo Does he sing in a concert? No, he doesn´t. He cooks Doyoueat? Yes. I do COMPLETE: DOES/DO  1._____ youspeakenglish? No, I ____ 3.____ Juan and Jhonpracticejoking? No, _____ don´t 2._____ yoursisterwritepoems? Yes, ____  ______
Examples :Note how the present tenseis used in the following paragraph.  Mr. Lee is a bus driver. Every day he gets up at 7:00 a.m. and prepares for his day. He takes a shower, eats his breakfast, and puts on his uniform. His wife driveshim to the station where he checksin with his supervisor. Then, he getson Bus #405 and starts the engine. He pulls out of the parking lot and begins his route. At his first stop, he picks up Mrs. Miller, who livesin a red house on the corner of Main Street and Seventh Avenue. She worksat the post office and has to be to work by 9:00. At the next stop, the Bartlett twins get on the bus. They attend class at Bayside Elementary. More children get on at the next three stops, and they ride until the bus reaches their school. Mr. Lee enjoys seeing the kids every day and is happy to see them again in the afternoon when he drives them safely back home.
. Exercises : Choose the best option 1. Jerry (come/comes) to school on time.  2. Jerry and Linda (come/comes) to school on time.  3. Ms. Jones (teach/teaches) geography.  4. The cat (sleep/sleeps) on the sofa every day.  5. Milk (cost/costs) two dollars a quart. 2. Tell whether the present tense is appropriate in the following sentences.  Yesterday I go to Washington D.C.                      Correct    Incorrect  2.   Everyday, Mr. Johnson cleans his room.              Correct    Incorrect 3.   They usually take the bus to the office.              Correct    Incorrect  4.   Right now Susan eats her breakfast.                   Correct    Incorrect  5.   Melinda and Harry work in the bank.                  Correct   Incorrect
BIBLIOGRAPHY Warriner, John E y Mersand, Joseph (1977).Warriners’ Englishgrammar and Composition.New York: HarcourtBraceJovanovich. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/learnenglish-central-grammar-past-simple.html RebeccaESLhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M7xIwAqy9I

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  • 1. NANCY IDALY CAMARGO VARGAS GABRIEL BETANCOURT MEJIA SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
  • 2. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE Afirmativeclause / Frase afirmativa Sujeto + verbo principal --> I talk (Yo hablo) Negativeclause / Frase negativa Sujeto + auxiliar negativo + verbo principal --> I don'ttalk (Yo no hablo) Interrogativeclause/ Frase interrogativa Auxiliar + sujeto + verbo principal? --> Do I talk? (¿Hablo yo?) AFFIRMATIVE: Fíjate en la final de tercera persona del singular. Si el verbo termina en "O" o en "CH",debemos añadir
  • 3. NEGATIVE: La conjugación negativa se hace con el verbo "to do" en negativo más el verbo en cuestión, que no sufre desinencia alguna. Se coloca don't (do not)después del sujeto y antes del verbo en todas las conjugaciones, excepto con la de la tercera persona del singular, cuyo auxiliar es doesn't (doesnot) TO sleep Idon't sleep Youdon't sleep He/She/Itdoesn'tsleep We don't sleep Theydon't sleep You don´t eat Wedon´tplay
  • 4. INTERROGATIVE: Wehave to use theauxiliarsD0 /DOES to makequestions, according to thesubject. Don´t forgetthequestionmark: ? Dotheyplay? Yes, theydo Does he sing in a concert? No, he doesn´t. He cooks Doyoueat? Yes. I do COMPLETE: DOES/DO 1._____ youspeakenglish? No, I ____ 3.____ Juan and Jhonpracticejoking? No, _____ don´t 2._____ yoursisterwritepoems? Yes, ____ ______
  • 5. Examples :Note how the present tenseis used in the following paragraph. Mr. Lee is a bus driver. Every day he gets up at 7:00 a.m. and prepares for his day. He takes a shower, eats his breakfast, and puts on his uniform. His wife driveshim to the station where he checksin with his supervisor. Then, he getson Bus #405 and starts the engine. He pulls out of the parking lot and begins his route. At his first stop, he picks up Mrs. Miller, who livesin a red house on the corner of Main Street and Seventh Avenue. She worksat the post office and has to be to work by 9:00. At the next stop, the Bartlett twins get on the bus. They attend class at Bayside Elementary. More children get on at the next three stops, and they ride until the bus reaches their school. Mr. Lee enjoys seeing the kids every day and is happy to see them again in the afternoon when he drives them safely back home.
  • 6.
  • 7. . Exercises : Choose the best option 1. Jerry (come/comes) to school on time. 2. Jerry and Linda (come/comes) to school on time. 3. Ms. Jones (teach/teaches) geography. 4. The cat (sleep/sleeps) on the sofa every day. 5. Milk (cost/costs) two dollars a quart. 2. Tell whether the present tense is appropriate in the following sentences. Yesterday I go to Washington D.C. Correct Incorrect 2. Everyday, Mr. Johnson cleans his room. Correct Incorrect 3. They usually take the bus to the office. Correct Incorrect 4. Right now Susan eats her breakfast. Correct Incorrect 5. Melinda and Harry work in the bank. Correct Incorrect
  • 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY Warriner, John E y Mersand, Joseph (1977).Warriners’ Englishgrammar and Composition.New York: HarcourtBraceJovanovich. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/learnenglish-central-grammar-past-simple.html RebeccaESLhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M7xIwAqy9I