The document outlines the uses of the present simple tense in English, focusing on expressing repeated actions, facts, and generalizations. It includes grammar rules for constructing affirmative and negative sentences, especially in the third person singular, along with examples. Additionally, it describes time expressions commonly associated with the present simple tense.

2. USE 1: Repeated Actions
)ACCIONES REPETITIVAS(
USE 2: Facts or Generalizations
)HECHOS O GENERALIZACIONES(
The Usages of Present SimpleThe Usages of Present Simple
Usos del Presente SimpleUsos del Presente Simple

3. Use 1
Use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or
usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled
event or something that often happens.
El uso del Presente Simple es para expresar la idea que una acción es
repetida o usual. Puede ser hábitos, pasatiempos, eventos diarios o algo
que a menudo sucede.
USE 1: Repeated Actions
)ACCIONES REPETITIVAS(

4. Grammar Rule

5. Affirmative Examples
- I tennis every day.
- You in the morning.
- We TV at 9pm on Fridays.
-They shopping at night.
Subject + (Verb) + Object
play
work
watch
go

6. Negative Examples
- I tennis every day.
- You in the morning.
- We TV at 9pm on Fridays.
-They shopping at night.
Subject + don’t (Verb) + Object
don’t play
don’t work
don’t watch
don’t go

7. Present Simple, third person singular (Tercera Persona(
Note:
he, she, it
in the third person singular the verb, always ends in: ss
he want ss she need ss
Grammatical ViewGrammatical View
A:
it like ss

8. Add eses to verbs ending in:
ssx sh
ch
he pass
she catch
he fix it push
B.
o
eses eses eses
eses He go eses

9. Verbs ending in yy ;the third person changes the to iesies
fly fl cry
C: yy
iesies criesies
Exception:
If there is a vowelvowel before the: yy
s prayplay play prays

10. Affirmative Examples 3rd
Person
- She a bike at the weekends.
- He the house on Sundays.
- The bus every afternoon at 4 pm.
Subject + (Verb) [–s/-es/-ies] + Object
rides
cleans
leaves

11. Negative Examples 3rd
Person
- She a bike at the weekends.
- He the house on Sundays.
- The bus every afternoon at 4 pm.
Subject + doesn’t (Verb) + Object
doesn’t ride
doesn’t clean
doesn’t leave

12. USE 2:USE 2: Facts or GeneralizationsFacts or Generalizations
(Hechos o Generalizaciones(
The Present SimplePresent Simple can also indicate the speaker
believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and
will be true in the future.
El Presente Simple puede también indicar lo que el
hablante cree que fue un hecho verdadero, lo es y lo
seguirá siendo.

13. INTERROGATIVE
DODO ++ (I/WE/YOU/THEY((I/WE/YOU/THEY( + VERB (base form( ?+ VERB (base form( ?
DOESDOES ++ (HE/SHE/IT((HE/SHE/IT( ++ VERB (base formVERB (base form( ?( ?

14. Affirmative Interrogative Negative
I think Do I think? I do not think
You think Do you think? You don't think
thinks He, She, It Does he, she, it think? He, she, it doesn't think
We think Do we think? We don't think
You think Do you think? You don't think
2.Present Simple, form:
Example: to think, present simple

15. Time expressions
Expresiones de Tiempo
1.Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer,
every month, every year, always, usually, etc.
.2.All the time
There are time expressions that we use only with the
Present Simple and they are:
I go to school every day.
He visits me every summer.

16. Write the questions for the following answers. (Present Simple(
.?
__________________________________1.
I work in a bank.
_____________________________________?2.
My brother is an engineer.
3?___________________________________.
He lives in an apartment building.

17. .Put in : do/don't/does/doesn't
1.Excuse me, _____________ you speak English?
..Where's Ann? I _____________ know.2
3.George is a good tennis player but he ___________ play very
often.

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