Post on 31-Aug-2020
VERB TENSES PRESENT SIMPLE
Present Simple
✖We use Present Simple to talk about things
that are generally true or that habitually
happen (routines).
○British people like animals.
○I live in a flat.
○My husband works from 9 to 9.
○Ann has three children.
present simple - affirmative
✖I work
✖You work
✖He / She / It works
✖We work
✖You work
✖They work
present simple - affirmative
✖Always –s in THIRD PERSON SINGULAR.
○He is.
○She has.
○She works.
○She likes.
○He goes.
○She does.
○He says.
○He studies.
○She watches.
FIRST PERSON THIRD PERSON SPELLING
am is IRREGULAR
have has IRREGULAR
work / like works / likes Consonant/vowel → -s
go goes O → -es
say says vowel + Y → -s
study studies consonant + y → ies
watch watches ch, s, sh, x → -es
(Pronounced /iz/)
present simple - negative
✖I DO NOT work.
✖You DO NOT work.
✖He / She / It DOES NOT work.
✖We DO NOT work.
✖You DO NOT work.
✖They DO NOT work.
✖DON’T + INFINITIVE
✖DOESN’T + INFINITIVE
LET’S PRACTISE Correct the mistakes.
Corregeix les errades.
✖The Browns goes to the seaside every summer. ○GO
✖I doesn’t understand the word “peacock”. ○DON’T
✖British people drinks a lot of tea. ○DRINK
✖To start the programme, first you clicks on the icon on the desktop. ○CLICK
✖She leave the house at 09.30 everyday and takes the bus to work at 10. ○LEAVES
✖We usually plays football but sometimes we
plays volleyball or tennis. ○PLAY
✖Water freeze at 0°C. ○FREEZES
✖Maria don’t like to play tennis. ○DOESN’T
✖John and Mark enjoys eating pizza. ○ENJOY
✖My mother always tell me what to do. ○TELLS
LET’S PRACTISE Order the sentence.
Ordena la frase.
✖(play, she, tennis, everyday) ○She plays tennis everyday.
✖(they, not, eat, vegetables) ○They don’t eat vegetables.
✖(Maria, work, in, supermarket, a, not) ○Maria doesn’t work in a supermarket.
✖(My, live, in, sister, with, boyfriend, her, Barcelona) ○My sister lives in Barcelona with her boyfriend.
✖(Friends, be, my, German) ○My friends are German.
✖(blue, have, Aina, eyes) ○Aina has blue eyes.
present simple - questions
✖To ask questions in English, we need an
auxiliary verb: DO and DOES.
✖The word order for present simple
questions is ASI = Auxiliary verb (do,
does), Subject (I, you, he, she, etc.),
Infinitive (work, live, etc.).
! do and does
Do and does can be:
1 the auxiliary verb to make present simple questions.
Do you speak English? Does she live here?
2 a normal verb.
I do my homework in the evening. He does exercise every day.
present simple - questions
✖AUXILIAR SUBJECT INFINITIVE ……….. ?
✖DO YOU LIKE FOOTBALL? ○Yes, I DO.
○No, I DON’T.
✖DOES SHE LIKE PIZZA? ○Yes, she DOES.
○No, she DOESN’T.
? + -
Do I work? Yes, I do No, I don’t
Do you work? Yes, I do No, I don’t
DOES he/she/it work? Yes, he/she/it DOES No, he/she/it DOESN’T
Do we work? Yes, we do No, we don’t
Do you work? Yes, we do No, we don’t
Do they work? Yes, they do No, they don’t
LET’S PRACTISE Create questions.
Fes preguntes.
✖ you / mineral water? (to drink) ○Do you drink mineral water?
✖ Sarah and Linda / their pets? (to feed) ○Do Sarah and Linda feed their pets?
✖ your teacher / your homework? (to check) ○Does your teacher check your homework?
✖ they / in the old house? (to live) ○Do they live in the old house?
✖ the cat / on the wall in the mornings? (to
sit) ○Does the cat sit on the wall in the mornings?
✖your parents / TV in the afternoon? (to watch) ○Do your parents watch TV in the afternoon?
✖ your grandmother / the phone? (to answer) ○Does your grandmother answer the phone?
✖ Andy / the shopping? (to do) ○Does Andy do the shopping?
✖ Garry and Ken / a cup of tea in the afternoon? (to have) ○Do Garry and Ken have a cup of tea in the afternoon?
✖ Nina / computer games? (to play) ○Does Nina play computer games?