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El Presente Simple es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para describir acciones habituales que suceden con
cierta frecuencia y no hace referencia a si est ocurriendo en el momento actual.
I play tennis. (Yo juego tennis)
(Hace mencin de un deporte que realizo cotidianamente y que no necesariamente lo estoy jugando en este
momento).
He works in an office. (l trabaja en una oficina)
(Se refiere al trabajo que desarrolla una persona frecuentemente).
They travel to New York. (Ellos viajan a New York)
(Habla de un viaje que se repite a diario, aunque el sujeto no lo est realizando ahora).
A continuacin se muestran las formas afirmativa, interrogativa y negativa de este tiempo verbal:
En el cuadro superior se ha tomado como ejemplo el verbo PLAY (jugar). Observe que en el modo afirmativo,
en la 3 persona del singular, se le aade una "S" al verbo.
He eats vegetables.
(l come vegetales)
Alice dances at the theatre.
(Alice baila en el teatro)
The dog breaks the fence.
(El perro rompe la cerca)
En el modo interrogativo y negativo se utiliza el auxiliar DO, aunque en la 3 persona del singular se coloca
como auxiliar DOES y se le quita la "S" al verbo.
Existen algunos casos particulares como por ejemplo, si el verbo empleado termina en "SS", "SH", "CH", "O"
y "X" al formar la 3 persona del singular en la forma afirmativa se le agrega "ES". Aqu vemos algunos
ejemplos:
Para la forma negativa se puede emplear la contraccin DON'T en lugar de DO NOT o DOESN'T en vez de
DOES NOT.
I don't play tennis.
(Yo no juego tennis)
He doesn't work in an office. (l no trabaja en una oficina)
They don't travel to New York. (Ellos no viajan a New York)
1. Nicks father
2. His office
(work) in London.
3. Every morning he
4. He
5. He
6. He
7. He
8. Then he
9. He always
10.
He
train.
(read) it on the
11.
In the evening he
oclock.
12.
(watch) television.
2. I
3. She
4. We
5. They
in Canada.
6. Tom and I
7. My dad
8. We
9. My friend
old films.
10.The baby
don't /doesn't
2. She
3. I
live in Mexico.
don't /doesn't
don't /doesn't
work in a bank.
4. Ron
don't /doesn't
5. We
don't /doesn't
speak French.
6. You
don't /doesn't
7. My cat
don't /doesn't
8. His car
don't /doesn'
9. Shelly
don't /doesn't
10. I
don't /doesn't
sleep at night.
work.
eat meat.
understand you.
1.
2.
5.
6.
parents at home?
3.
7.
4.
8.
the mornings?
afternoon?
doesn't/ don't
1. Two pupils
mornings.
2. Two girls
3. Rosa
like tests.
6. One boy
8. One girl
afternoon
in the afternoon.
milk in the mornigs.
5. John
video games.
6. Rosa
school uniform.
Wash
Stop
Believe
Drive
Watch
Think
See
Read
Do
Take
Write
Eat
Sleep
Type
Crash
Wake
3. The barman
4. She
5. Bob
6. Pamela
7. My mum
8. The man
9. She
10. Alan
(like) puppies.
Negative
Yes / No Questions
I am working.
I am not working.
Am I working?
He is working.
He is not working.
Is he working?
She is working.
Is she working?
It is working.
It is not working.
Is it working?
We are working.
Are we working?
Are you
working?
Signal words
Now, at the moment, Look! Listen!
USE.
El presente continuo se utiliza para hablar sobre algo que est pasando
en el momento en el que hablamos.
Example:
Tick the right box, appropriate to the action what you see.
crying
watering
watering
drinking
smoking
sending
cleaning
washing
drinking
crying
washing
sending
cleaning
smoking
watering
sending
crying
washing
working
treating
sleeping
drinking
sitting
shopping
10
The cowboy
Ron
the guitar.
The artist
a picture.
a book.
The baby
Teddy
with a butterfly.
The people
song.
11
1.
Bart/jump
2.
Rabbit/eat a carrot
3.
The man and the woman/dance
4.
5.
The boy/play on the computer
12
Write the correct preposition.- (far from - near from - beside - behind - between - across from)
Where is the police station?
13
Help the driver get where he wants.- Write true, if the direction is correct
or false if the direction is incorrect.
Excuse me. How do I get to the cinema?
It's easy. First, go straight,
turn right,
turn left,
then, drive for
one block,
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two blocks.
After that,
Finally,
turn left,
turn right,
blocks,
three blocks.
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across from,