THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

El tiempo presente simple

Repeat these statements after the teacher:TO HAVE TO SPEAK

Ssubject

Vverb

Ccomplement

Ssubject

VVerb

Ccomplement

I Have A sister I Speak English

You Have A brother You Speak French

He Has A radio He Speaks

Italian

She Has An umbrella She Speaks

German

It Has 20 pages

We Have Many cousins

We Speak Chinese

You Have Several aunts

You Speak Japanese

They have Many children

They Speak Portugese

OBSERVACIONES: (copiar en el

cuaderno) El presente simple expresa un hecho general o un hábito.

En la tercera persona del singular (he-she-it) se añade una “s” al verbo principal (el verbo have es irregular “has”)

QUESTIONS

AVAuxiliar

VerbS

SubjectPV

Principal VerbC

Complement

Do You Have A brother?Does He Speak English?Does Betty Play The piano?Does She Have A sister?Do The

boysKnow How to

play?Do they Understan

dThe lesson?

Nota: La forma interrogativa comienza por el auxiliar “DO” (excepto con el verbo “BE”)

1.“Do” se cambia por “DOES” en la 3ra persona del singular

2.“Do” “DOES” No significan nada en Español

ACTIVITY:Lea cada pregunta y respóndala afirmativamente, usando los pronombres en las respuestas.

Example:Q. Does John have a brother?A. Yes, he has a brother.

1. Do you speak English?2. Does George

understand French?3. Does Mary play the

piano?4. Do the girls know the

vocabulary?

6. Do you like that picture?7. Does John like the teacher?8. Do those women sing well?9. Does the secretary have a

pen?10.Do the Clarks have a

telephone?

ACTIVITY:Con cada frase formule una pregunta y luego respóndala afirmativamente usando el sujeto correspondiente.Example:

You have a brother.Q. Do you have a brother?A. Yes, I have a brother.

1. John has a sister.2. She plays the piano.3. The Browns have four

children.4. Mary understand the lesson.5. The classroom has five

windows.

6. The students like to study.7. The teacher knows the

students well8. Betty speaks French very well9. The nurses work at the

hospital10. Mr. Scott has a son and a

daughter.

ACTIVITY: Construya preguntas en tiempo presente simple usando los sujetos y vebos dados; luego responda cada pregunta afirmativamente usando los pronombres.Example:

The teacher speakQ. Does the teacher speak English?A. Yes, he speaks English.

1. The doctor know2. The students

understand3. Mr. Brown sing4. We have5. George play

6. Youspeak

7. The men work8. The room have9. John know10.Your sister have