UNIVERSIDAD AUTNOMA DE BUCARAMANGA

LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
ENGLISH CLASS PRESENT SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS REVIEW

Present simple for routines, habits, likes & dislikes, things I do everyday

Positive I love Pasta. My mom loves shopping. Present simple SPELLING rules
We usually study English. THIRD PERSON: slo con HE SHE IT
A la mayora de verbos le agregamos
's' y adems tenemos estas reglas:
They are often late to work.
1. -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o -es
Ex: I miss he misses
He is always angry.
I finish he finishes
I watch he watches
She has eggs for breakfast everyday. I mix he mixes
I have coffee for breakfast I go he goes
To have (tener) 2. A consonant + y -ies
I He Ex: I study she studies
You have She has I cry she cries
We He 3. A vowel + y -s
They Ex: I play he plays

Cualquier verbo en Presente simple:

To Be (ser o estar) To watch (ver)
I am He I He
You She is You watch She watches
We are it We It
They They

Frequency adverbs: Los adv de freq van antes de cualquier verbo, pero despus del
verbo TO BE como en los ejemplos de arriba.
Always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never... frequently, rarely, everyday,
every year, every month...
Negative
I don't like brocoli. My father doesn't like salads. They don't go to school everyday.
- we don't usually have coffee for breakfast.

*OjO* El verbo aqu siempre va en su forma base por el uso del auxiliar!
AUXILIARIES
DO DOES
I He
You She Slo para preguntas y oraciones negativas!
We It
They
 Question WH QUESTION + AUX + SUBJ + (adv freq) + VERB + COMPL + ?
What time does she wake-up ?
Where do you usually have lunch?
Who does he go for a walk with?
? What do they like?
Does your brother go to the Gym everyday?
*OjO* El verbo aqu siempre va en su forma base por el uso del auxiliar!
*OjO* Las preguntas con el verbo TO BE no tienen auxiliar:
WH Q + VERB TO BE + SUBJ + COMPL + ?
Is she OK?
Is he tired frequently?
Are you always happy?
Why are you happy?

Present continuous for things I'm doing at the moment of speaking OR

temporary actions happening around now
Auxiliary
Subject Main Verb
Verb
I am going to the store.

We are ball.
+ playing

She is eating dinner.

I am not reading the newpaper.

You cooking dinner.

- are not (aren't)

He is not (isn't) watching the movie.

Am I going to the store with you?

Are you the car?

? fixing

Is she cleaning the house today?

 KEYWORDS
Present simple PRESENT CONTINUOUS
everyday, every week/ year now
always right now
never nowadays (hoy en da)
these days (estos das)
often in this moment
sometimes at the moment
once / twice / 2 times a week today
hardly ever Listen!
frequently / rarely / etc. Look!
Next week,
This week,