Simple Present Tense Este tiempo verbal se usa en inglés para expresar: 1. Acciones que se repiten o son regulares en un periodo de tiempo
I take the train to the office.
Yo cojo el tren para la oficina
The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
El tren a Berlín sale cada hora
John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.
John duerme ocho horas cada noche durante la semana
2. Para expresar hechos:
The presiden of the USA lives in El presidente de los Estados Unidos the White house vive en La Casa Blanca A dog has four legs
Un perro tiene cuatro patas
We live in Spain
Nosotros vivimos en España
3. Para expresar rutinas diarias:
I get up early every day
Me levanto temprano todos los días
Carol brushes her teeth twice a day Carol se cepillas los dientes dos veces al día They travel to their country house Ellos viajan a su casa de campo every weekend todos los fines de semana. 4. Para expresar cosas que siempre o generalmente son verdaderas:
It rains a lot in winter
Llueve mucho en invierno
The Queen of England lives at La Reina de Inglaterra vive en el Buckingham Palace Palacio de Buckingham. Bristish people speak English
Los ingleses hablan inglés.
HOW MAKE THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE. POSITIVE
INTERROGATIVE Yes/no questions
NEGATIVE
I play football
I don´t play football.
Do I play football?
You play football
You don´t play football
Do you play football?
He plays football
He doesn´t play football
Does he play football?
She plays football
She doesn´t play football
Does she play football?
It plays football
it doesn´t play football
Does it play football?
We play football
We don´t play football.
Do we play football?
You play football
You don´t play football.
Do you play football?
They play football
They don´t play football.
Do they play football?
Wh- QUESTIONS YES / NO QUESTIONS ANSWER
Where do you play football?
Yes, I do / No, I don´t
When does he play football?
Yes, you do / No you don´t
Why does she play football?
Yes, he does / No he doesn´t
Who do we play football with?
Yes, she does / No, she doesn´t
What do they play football with?
NORMAS ORTOGRÁFICAS DE LA 3º PERSONA DEL SINGULAR Verbos terminados en –O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, -Z
go – goes catch – catches wash – washes
se añade – ES a la tercera persona.
kiss – kisses fix – fixes buzz – buzzes
Verbos terminados en CONSONANTE + Y, cambiamos la –y por i y se añade -es
marry – marries study – studies carry – carries worry – worries
Para verbos terminados en vocal + y
play – plays
solo añadimos - s
enjoy – enjoys
say - says