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The document discusses the simple present tense in English. There are four main present tense forms: the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. The simple present is used to talk about habitual or repeated actions, permanent states, and schedules in the future. It discusses the forms of positive and negative sentences and questions in the simple present tense, including using "do/does" for questions and negatives. The verb "to be" has the forms "am, is, are" in the simple present tense.
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- 2. - See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense#sthash.HgvNO0iH.dpuf THERE ARE FOUR PRESENT TENSE FORMS IN ENGLISH: Present simple: I work Present continuous: I am working Present perfect: I have worked Present perfect continuous: I have been working
- 3. WE WORK AT A CALL CENTER
- 4. HE WORKS AT THE HOSPITAL
- 5. I DON’T PLAY CANDY CRUSH
- 6. SHE DOESN’T EAT MEAT
- 7. DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
- 8. DOES HE LIKE BROCCOLI?
- 9. SIMPLE PRESENT We use the present tense to talk about: • Something that is true in the present: I’m nineteen years old. He lives in London. I’m a student. • Something that happens again and again in the present: I play football every weekend. • Something that is always true: The adult human body contains 206 bones. Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second. • Something that is fixed in the future. The school term starts next week. The train leaves at 19:45 this evening. We fly to Paris next week. We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency) with the present tense: I sometimes go to the cinema. She never plays football.
- 10. FORM AND SPELLING SUBJECT + VERB I run You run He runs She runs It runs We run You run They run
- 11. FORM AND SPELLING SUBJECT + DON`T + VERB OR SUBJECT + DOESN`T + VERB I don’t run You don’t run He doesn’t run She doesn’t run It doesn’t run We don’t run You don’t run They don’t run don’t = do not doesn’t = does not The “doesn’t” replaces the “s” in 3rd person.
- 12. FORM AND SPELLING ?D O + SUBJECT + VERB ? OR DOES + SUBJECT + VERB ? Do I run ? Do you run ? Does he run ? Does she run ? Does it run ? Do we run ? Do you run ? Do they run ? don’t = do not doesn’t = does not The “doesn’t” replaces the “s” in 3rd person.
- 13. QUESTIONS Look at these questions: Do you play the piano? Where do you live? Does Jack play football? Where does he come from? Do Rita and Angela live in Where do they work? Manchester? With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions. We use does for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others. We use do and does with question words like where, what and why
- 14. But look at these questions with who: Who lives in London? Who plays football at the weekend? Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?
- 15. NEGATIVES Look at these sentences: I like tennis, but I don’t like football. (don’t = do not) I don’t live in London now. I don’t play the piano, but I play the guitar. They don’t work at the weekend. John doesn’t live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not) Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus. With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives. We use does not (doesn’t) for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do not (don’t) for the others.
- 16. SUMMARY
- 17. VERB TO BE The verb “To be” in simple present is not used in its base form, it has three forms: Am Is Are
- 18. AFFIRMATIVE FULL FORM CONTRACTED I am a student. He is a teacher. She is a journalist. It is a book. We are mechanics. You are pilots. They are policemen. FORM I’m a student. He’s a teacher. She’s a journalist. It’s a book. We`re mechanics. You’r e pilots. They’r e policemen.
- 19. NEGATIVE FULL FORM CONTRACTED I am not a singer. He is not a receptionist. She is not a nurse. It is not my book. We are not not musicians. You are not a shop assistant. They are not taxi drivers. FORM I'm not a singer. He isn't a receptionist. She isn't a nurse. It isn't my book. We aren't not musicians. You aren't a shop assistant. They aren't taxi drivers.
- 20. QUESTIONS Am I right? Is he here? Is she a nurse? Is it second-hand? Are we wrong? Are you Alan Parker? Are they American?