The document discusses the present simple tense in English. It outlines its uses for habits, regular activities, and generally true statements. It provides examples of affirmative and negative forms, including how the verb changes in the third person singular. Questions are formed using do/does plus the subject and infinitive verb. Examples are given of completing sentences and questions in the present simple. [/SUMMARY]

1. PRESENT SIMPLE
Uses
 Habits or regular activities and situations: I get up at seven / She works as a
waitress
 Acts or attitudes that are generally or always true: Samuel likes riding his
motorbike/ Life isn`t easy for young people
 We don’t use it to talk about things that are in progress now, which are
temporary: It rains now It’s raining now
Affirmative/positive forms
 We use the form as the infinitive (without to) in all persons except for the 3rd
person singular.
 With verbs that end in –o, -sh, -ch or –ss, we add –es instead of –s in the third
person singular: She kisses/ He watches/ He washes/It goes
 Verbs that end in –y:
a) Consonant + y > -i es:hurries (hurry)/ flies (fly)
b) Vowel+y>ys: plays(play) /says (say)
Negative and questionsforms
 To form the negative we use don’t (do not) for all persons except for the 3rd
person singular.
 In the third person singular we use doesn’t (does not). We don’t add –s to
the verb that follows doesn’t:
We don’t like Chinese She doesn’t likes Chinese
food food
She doesn´t like Chinese
food
 To form questions we use do /does + subject+ infinitive without to:
Do you like ice-cream? Do we wake up early?
Does it look interesting? Does she love shopping?
We can use short answers for this kind of questions: Yes, (subject) + do/ does or No,
(subject)+don’t/ doesn’t.
1. Complete the sentences using the present simple:
a. Paul (play) football.
b. Paul sometimes (miss) the bus to work.
c. Sarah (study) Spanish in her spare time.
d. My sister often (do) her shopping on Saturdays.
e. Where (live) Paul?
f. Paul (not work) on Sundays.
g. Nurses (have) a good social life?
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2. 2. Complete each question, using the correct form of present simple, and give your short
answer:
a. You/watch/much TV?
b. TV in your country/have/many American programmes?
c. You and your friend/ play/ much sport?
d. The place where you live/ have/ a sports centre?
3. Use the correct form:
Mary (play the piano)-
Mary (like fish)-
Andy (play the piano)-
Andy (like fish)-
Andy (go to school)
Sally + Ben (go to school)
Sally + Ben (play the piano)-
Sally + Ben (like fish)-
You (play the piano)-
You (like fish)-
You(go to school)-
4. Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box below.
Rellena los huecos con los verbos que te damos.
Be – love- clean- have- have- meet – go – sleep- teach – learn – come – visit
1. Mary is a teacher. She …………….French. The children ……………her and they ………..a lot
from her. Mary ……………..home at 3:00 and ……………..lunch. Then she ……………..for an hour. In
the afternoons she …………………….shopping or she …………………her house. Sometimes she
……………….her aunt and …………….tea with her. Every Sunday she ………….her friends.
5. Write the third person singular
Escribe la tercera persona del singular
I cook He ……..……... They fly It ……………... You like He …….……...
We study She ……….…... I read She …………... I do He …………....
You teach He ………..…... I buy He ………….... We walk She …………...

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