PRESENT SIMPLE

FORMACIÓN

AFIRMATIVA

Sujeto+infinitivo+complemento

En 3º persona del singular añadimos -s/-es/-ies

They work hard / She works hard/ She watches TV/ She studies music/ She plays volleyball

NEGATIVA

Sujeto+don’t/doesn’t + infinitivo+com

(No se añade –s en 3ºPS)

They don’t work hard/ She doesn’t work hard/ She doesn’t watch TV/She doesn’t study music/ She doesn’t play volleyball

INTERROGATIVA

Do/Does + sujeto + infinitivo?

(No se añade –s en 3ºPS)

Do they work hard? Does she work hard?/ Does she watch TV?/Does she study music? / Does she play volleyball?

USO

Acciones que se repite con cierta frecuencia, como rutinas, hábitos, acciones que realizamos a diario.  Ejemplos:

Steve goes to school everyday

He visits his uncle twice a week

. Situaciones permanentes

John works in Iberia

. Verdades absolutas

Water boils at 100º degrees

. Para horarios de transportes

The train leaves at 7 o’clock

ADVERBIOS

(EXPRESIONES TEMPORALES)

Always, often, usually, occasionally, sometimes, rarely, hardly ever, scarcely, never, every week, once / twice a year, on Wednesday...

VERBOS ESTáTIcOS

Los verbos estáticos se refieren al estado de las cosas más que ana acción y normalmente no se utilizan en forma continua o progresiva (-ing). Estos verbos expresan:

1. Sentidos: feel, hear, smell, sound, see, taste, notice, recognise.

2. Actividades mentales: appear, believe, consider, depend, doubt, expect, forget, forgive, guess, hope, imagine, know, mean, mind, prefer, realise, remember, seem, suppose, think, understand.

3. Posesión: belong to, have, own, owe, possess.

4. Emotion: adore, desire, dislike, fear, hate, like, love, need, want, wish.

5. Measurements: cost, equal, messuare, weigh

Excercises:

Present Simple

 Present Simple

Pon los verbos entre parantesis en la forma correcta del Present Simple, según sean afirmativos, interrogativos o negativos.

A:  you  (live) in Barcelona?

B: No, I  (not live) in Barcelona. I  (live) in Cerdanyola.But my sister (live) there.

A: And  she  (like) it?

B: Yes, she  (love) Barcelona. She  (work) in a bank in the mornings. In the afternoons, she  (play) tennis with her boyfriend or she  (watch) TV at home. In the evenings, she usually  (go) for a walk on the beach or she  (do) her English homework. She  (study) English on Saturdays.

A:  she  (visit) you in Cerdanyola?

B: She  (not come) to Cerdanyola very often. I usually  (visit) her in Barcelona.

Excercises:

 She  (think) Manuel  (be) crazy.
- They  (not know) what to say.
-  she  (she / feel) ok?
- He  (not be) a relative of mine.
- I  (not know) who she IS (be).
- She  (wash) her car every week.
- Paul  (sleep) seven hours a day.
- Mary and John  (be) my cousins.
- She always  (win).
- James  (cry) very easily.
- She  (pray) in church every Sunday.
- Sarah  (not like) pop music.
-  John  (John / play) football everyday?
-  she (be) a friend of yours?
-  they (be) in love?
-  Mary  (Mary / believe) in God?
- Who  (be) your favourite football player? 

PASA A NEGATIVA LAS SIGUIENTES ORACIONES. (Utiliza formas contraídas)

1. They believe in God.

2. She lives in France.

3. George knows all the truth.

4. Tom watches TV everyday.

5. Claudia loves smartphones.