The document provides information about using the present simple tense in English. It gives the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms for the present simple of regular verbs. Examples are provided for the first person singular and plural, as well as the third person. The present simple is used to indicate habits, regular actions, and general truths. The document then provides exercises for putting verbs into the negative and interrogative, as well as translating sentences between English and Spanish. It also contrasts the present simple and present continuous tenses.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE
Affirmative: Subject + verb
Negative: Subject + do not + verb
(does not)
Interrogative: Do + Subject + verb + ?
Does
Affirmative: Negative: Interrogative:
I work I do not
you work you don’t work Do you work?
work Do I work?
he works he does not
she works she doesn’t work Does she work?
work Does he work?
it works it doesn’t work Does it work?
we work we don’t work Do we work?
you work you don’t work Do you work?
they work they don’t work Do they work?
The present simple indicates frequency, regularity or habit
PUT INTO THE NEGATIVE
1- The post arrives at 08:30
2- I work at the weekend
3- We start work at 10am
4- My friend Tom buys the food
5- I like the film
PUT INTO THE INTERROGATIVE
1- John drives the truck
2- You like reading
3- The shop closes at 6 o’clock
4- Our customers speak English
5- The book costs £5
TRANSLATE
1- Estudio inglés todos los días
2- Susana trabaja en el hospital
3- A Liz le gusta la música clásica
4- No voy de compras muy a menudo
5- No conocemos a nuestros vecinos
6- Luis no trabaja en España
7- Mi padre conduce un taxi, pero no le gusta su trabajo
8- Teresa habla francés, pero no habla inglés
9- ¿A qué hora termina la reunión?
10 ¿Le gusta su trabajo a Pilar?
11 ¿Que significa “over-booking”?
12 ¿Cuánto cuesta esta cámara?
13 ¿A qué hora sale el tren?

2. PRESENT SIMPLE
When? To indicate frequency and habit
Indicators:
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Everyday
On Mondays
Affirmative I eat / he eats
Negative I don’t eat
Interrogative Do you eat? / Does he eat?
Position of adverbs: I sometimes eat chocolate
SPEAKING
Question: Where do you live?
Answer: I live in Jerez
Question: Do you like living in Jerez? Why?
Question: What do you do in your spare time?
Answer: In my spare time I usually read books or I watch TV
Question: What do you do at the weekend?
Answer: At the weekend I go shopping and go out with my friends
Question: How often do you use a mobile phone?
Answer: I use my mobile phone everyday
Present Simple/Present Continuous
VOY a al cine esta tarde I’m going to the cinema this evening
VOY al cine los viernes I go to the cinema on Fridays
LETTER
ESCRIBO para decirte que.. I am writing to tell you that ….

3. Present Simple / Present Continuous
Note that the following verbs are not used in present continuous:
want, like, love, hate, need, prefer, depend, know, mean, understand, believe, remember, forget, see,
hear, deserve, belong, smell, taste, contain, have (possess)
Complete these sentences
1 I / listen / to the radio at the moment
2 Nobody ever / go / home before 5 o’clock
3 She / have / lunch right now
4 He / have / a shower every morning
5 My brother / come / to visit me next week
6 What / you / complain / about / now?
7 What / you / do / with the photocopier? I / try / to mend it.
8 What / you / think / of doing this weekend?
9 Excuse me, / you / know / Mr Smith?
10 Shhh!! Listen! Somebody / sing /
Translate into English
1. Normalmente bebo té, pero hoy quiero café
2. ¿Qué haces? Estoy estudiando
3. ¿Qué estás diciendo? No te entiendo.
4. ¿Qué hace Anne? Está viendo la televisión
5. ¿Qué hacen Tom y Anne los fines de semana? Juegan al golf
6. ¿Dónde vas los lunes? Voy a mis clases de inglés
7. ¿Dónde vas esta tarde? Voy al cine
8. Me gusta esa voz ¿Quién canta?
9. Ahora viene el tren, llega tarde
10. Me voy ¡Adiós!
11. Le escribo para informarle que …
12. ¿Qué piensas hacer ahora?

4. Ask the questions
eg: It is six o’clock What time is it?
1. I’m
2. The book costs
a teacher
3. Mary leaves the office
£25
4.
at 6pm
John
5.
makes the tea
Six
6. I’m going to the Trade Fair
people work in this department
7. The boys live
next week
8. “booking” means “
in the north of England
reserva
9. On Saturdays I go
”
10. Mary
to the country
is making the coffee