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7-B) Simple present
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You know the simple present, we have studied the form, the negative and interrogative (see: use of DO) and the use of the simple present (or present simple) tense to talk about habits (see: daily routine and frequency adverbs).
Now we're going to revise it all. Watch this video and read the explanations.
En realidad ya has aprendido el tiempo verbal del presente simple. Hemos visto cómo se forma la afirmativa, la negativa y la interrogativa y hemos visto cómo se usa para hablar de hábitos. Ahora vamos a revisar todo. Mira este vídeo y lee las explicaciones.
Intenta entender la explicación en inglés, usa el diccionario si lo necesitas. Aquí tienes un breve resumen:
Para formar el presente simple usamos la forma básica del verbo, sólo cambiamos la forma de la tercera persona singular (él, ella, ello), que añade S. Para formar le negativa usamos DON'T y para preguntas usamos DO. Los verbos llamados "especiales" (que sólo son unos cuantos) no cambian, ni añaden S ni usan DO, lo hacen todo solitos.
Usamos el presente simple para hablar de hábitos, cosas que ocurren con mucha o poca frecuencia, y para hablar de cosas que siempre son ciertas. También se puede usar en algunos casos para hablar del futuro, pero eso lo veremos en la unidad 9.
1- Simple present lesson
2- Third person simple present
Report mistakesSIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
FORM
We add -S to the 3rd person singular:
I learn English
You learn English
He/She/It learns English
We learn English
You learn English
They learn English
To add this -S we follow the same rules as with the -S for the plural:
If the verb ends in -Y we change -Y to -IES:
- I study, he studies
Except when -Y goes after a vowel:
- I buy bread, he buys bread
If the verb ends in -S or a similar sound, we add -ES and pronounce "iz":
- I pass, he passes
- I fax a document, he faxes a document
- I wish, he wishes
- I watch, he watches
Exceptions:
go -- goes
do -- does
For negatives, we use DON'T
- you speak English / you don't speak English
but we use DOESN'T for the 3rd person singular
- I don't speak English / he doesn't speak English
For questions we use DO
- I speak English / do you speak English?
but we use DOES for the 3rd person singular
- does he speak English? (notice that now the -S is in DOES, not in the verb SPEAK)
Special verbs never change, they don't take an -S and they don't use DO:
- I can speak English / He can speak English
- I study English / I don't study English / Do you study English?
- We are Spanish / We are not Spanish (we aren't Spanish) / Are you Spanish?
- I can speak English / I can't speak English / Can you speak English?
Special verbs: to be, have, can, do, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, ought to
Normal verbs: all the rest
Note: there is also "to have" and "to do" (normal verbs):
- I don't speak English (special verb)
- I do my homework (normal verb)
- I don't do my homework (special verb + normal verb)
- I haven't got a car (special verb)
- I don't have a car (normal verb)
USE
We use the simple present tense to talk about habits:
- I get up at 9 o'clock
- She goes to School every day
We use the simple present tense to talk about things that are always true:
- The sun goes up in the morning
- Lions live in the jungle
We can use the simple present tense to talk about the future (we will study this in unit 9):
- The train to London leaves at 9:00
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Ediee1 Spain - 09/05/2011 00:47 ¿ what do you do when you get home? ¿what do you do at night? what do you do at school? what do you do when you get up? |
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