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Presentation / Presentacin
1. Function / Funcin
To talk about routines in the present, we use the simple present. / Para hablar
de rutinas utilizamos el presente simple.
Examples / Ejemplos:
2. Structure / Estructura
* Remember that when the subject is he/she/it, you have to add -s, -es, or
-ies to the verb.
-IES -ES -S
When the verb ends a. When the verb ends To make your life
in y after a consonant, in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or simple, just remember
drop the y and add -z, add -es. / Cuando this: if it does not
-ies. / Cuando el el verbo termina en belong to the first two
verbo termina en -y -ch, -sh, -s, -x, o -z, categories, it belongs
despus de una agregue -es. to this one. / Para
Examples / Ejemplos:
facilitarle la vida solo
Watch - Watches
recuerde esto: si el
Wash - Washes
verbo no pertenece a
consonante, se Miss - Misses
ninguna de las dos
elimina -y y se agrega Fax - Faxes
categoras anteriores,
-ies. Buzz - Buzzes
pertenece a esta.
b. When the verb ends
Examples / Ejemplos:
in -o, add -es. / Examples / Ejemplos:
Cuando el verbo
Try - Tries
termina en -o, Drive - Drives
Study - Studies
agregue -es. Cook - Cooks
Read - Reads
do - does Scan - Scans
go - goes
An exception to these rules is the verb have. In the third person, have
turns into HAS. / Una excepcin a estas reglas es el verbo have que en
tercera persona se convierte en has.
On, in, and at are prepositions of time that are frequently used when we
talk about our routines. / On, in, y at son preposiciones de tiempo
frecuentemente utilizadas cuando hablamos acerca de nuestras rutinas.
1. Function / Funcin
Examples / Ejemplos:
2. Structure / Estructura
Remember: When you use be, the adverb goes after the verb. /
Recuerde: cuando use be, el adverbio va despus del verbo.
Practice / Prctica
A. Complete el correo con las preposiciones de tiempo correctas.
From: happylearning@yogamail.com
To: johnleary@yogamail.com
Subject: Invitation
Hi John. Are you busy (1)_______ Saturday? There is a free yoga class near
your house (2)_________ seven a.m. The class finishes (3)______ noon. Some
students and I plan to have lunch at the mall and talk about the new course that
starts (4)_________ May. They say they like to have classes (5)______weekends
because (6)_________ weekdays they have to work a lot.
Best regards,
James Dean.
B. Write the third person form of the following verbs. If you dont know the meaning
of any of them, go to the glossary. If the verb is not in the glossary, go to
www.wordreference.com and look it up. / Escriba la conjugacin en tercera
persona de los siguientes verbos. Si no sabe el significado de algn verbo, vaya
al glosario. Si no est en el glosario vaya a www.wordreference.com y bsquelo.
1. Visualize 1. ______________
2. Read 2. ______________
3. Make 3. ______________
4. Wake up 4. ______________
5. Remember 5. ______________
6. Have 6. ______________
7. Open 7. ______________
8. Get up 8. ______________
C. Use the verbs above to complete the daily routine of Adriana Barker. Conjugate
the verbs if necessary. / Use los verbos del ejercicio anterior para completar la
rutina diaria de Adriana Barker.
B. Using the frequency adverbs, write a composition about the routine of a member
of your family. / Utilizando los adverbios de frecuencia escriba una composicin
acerca de la rutina usual de algn miembro de su familia.
Note: To check the answers go to Program materials: Support materials /
Suggest answer sheet. / Nota: para consultar las respuestas dirjase al
botn Program materials: Support materials / Suggest answer sheet.
Direccin de
Asesora pedaggica Formacin
Author Nicole Bruskewitz August
English Dot Works Profesional
2014
Direccin General
Paola Andrea Centro
Copy editor Lnea August
Adaptation Bobadilla Agroindustrial
de produccin 2014
Gutirrez Regional Quindo