This document provides an overview of the present simple tense in English. It discusses the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the present simple tense for statements about habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations. Examples are provided to illustrate how to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the present simple tense for the first, second, third person singular and plural subjects. Bibliographic references are also included at the end.

3. English I
UNIT 2

4. Week 4: Present simple
(affirmative, negative, Interrogative)
02| Present simple

5. Pie de foto.
To express habits, general truths,
repeated actions or unchanging
situations, emotions and wishes.
Pexels: Parejaamorsentados
02| Present simple

6. Pie de foto.
Affirmative
I + simple verb
I work in the morning.
I study at the BUAP.
I live in Puebla.
You, we, they + simple verb
You live in Cholula.
We study English.
They teach English.
02| Present simple

7. Pie de foto.
Affirmative
He, she, it + verb s, es,
ies
02| Present simple
-s -es
(-0/ -sh/ -ch/ -ss/ -x)
x)
Ies
(consonant + y)
Walks, loves, needs,
reads
Washes, watches,
fixes, does
Studies, fries, tries
He walks to school.
She watches TV every night.

8. Pie de foto.
Negative: do not / don’t
I + do not + simple
verb
I don’t work in the morning.
I don’t study at the BUAP.
I don’t live in Puebla.
You, we, they + don’t + simple
verb
You don’t live in Cholula.
We don’t study English.
They don’t teach English.
02| Present simple

9. Pie de foto.
Negative: does not/ doesn’t
He, she, it + doesn’t + simple
02| Present simple
He doesn’t walk to school.
She doesn’t watch TV every night.

10. Pie de foto.
Interrogative:
02| Present simple
(Wh question) Auxiliar Subject Verb (simple) Complement?
Where do you live?
Do you live in Puebla?
Who does she come with?
Does she come with you?
Do you live in Puebla? Yes, I do.
Does she come with you? Yes, she does.

11. Pie de foto.
Bibliografía
•Doff, A., Thaine, C., Puchta, H., Stranks, J., & Lewis-Jones, P. (2017).
Cambridge English Empower: A2 Student's Book. Elementary. Cambridge
University Press.
•Murphy, R., & Čhakramāt, S. (2002). Essential grammar in use (Vol. 20010).
Cambridge University Press.
Título de la sección 1 | Título de la presentación 01

12. Thanks
©2020
Es responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores el respeto de los derechos de autor sobre los contenidos e imágenes en el presente
documento, en consecuencia, la BUAP no se hace responsable por el uso no autorizado, errores, omisiones o manipulaciones de los
derechos de autor y estos serán atribuidos directamente al Responsable de Contenidos, así como los efectos legales y éticos
correspondientes.