SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Lydia Amparo Medina Martínez

ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS

Understand texts about daily activities, family, friends and environment.Ask and answer simple questions in simple present tense.Use correct grammar structures in simple present tense.

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION

El tiempo presente simple indica una acción habitual.

Examples:I SING: yo canto THEY ROW: ellos reman

Para formar este tiempo se debe tener en cuenta:

Las oraciones afirmativas no usan verbo auxiliar.

Las oraciones afirmativas que estén en tercera persona del

singular (he, she, it) agregan “s” al verbo principal.

Example:

Los verbos que terminan en:

ch

Sh

S

X

o

añaden es para formar el presente en la tercera

persona del singular.

Wash She washes

Go

Teach

Box

He goes

She teaches

He boxes

Los verbos que terminan en y

precedida de consonante,

hacen la tercera persona del

singular cambiando la y por

ies.

Study He studies

Cry

Fly

He cries

It flies

A los verbos que terminan en y

precedida de vocal, no se les hace

ningún cambio. Simplemente se le

agrega la s.

Play He plays

Buy She buys

El verbo have (tener) en tiempo

presente simple, cuando esté en

tercera persona del singular (he,

she, it) y en forma afirmativa no

es have sino has.

SHE HAS A LOT OF MONEY

Ella tiene mucho dinero

Las oraciones negativas e

interrogativas usan do - does

como verbo auxiliar.

DO THEY WORK EVERY DAY?

¿Ellas trabajan todos los días?

HE DOES NOT GET UP EARLY

Él no se levanta temprano

Do va acompañado de los pronombres I, you, we, they.

Does va acompañado de los pronombres he, she, it.

do does

IWeYou

They

He

She

It

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

La estructura para formar oraciones afirmativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: subject (sujeto) + verb (verbo) + complement (complemento).

subject verb complement+ +

I rest on sundays

Yo descanso los domingos

subject verb complement

I

You

We

You

They

live in Colombia

drink beer

prepare the meal

dance very well

travel every weekends

subject verb complement

He

She

It

rides a bike

washes her clothing

has several colors

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

La estructura para formar oraciones negativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: subject (sujeto) + auxiliary verb (verbo auxiliar: do or does) + not + principal verb (verbo principal ) + complement (complemento).

S AV NOT+ +

I rest on sundays

Yo descanso los domingos

PV C+ +

do not

dodoes

no

S

I

You

You

They

We

AVdo

does

do

do

do

do

do

NOT

not

not

not

not

not

PV

live

drink

prepare

dance

travel

in Colombia

beer

the meal

very well

every weekends

C

S

He

She

It

AV

dodoes

does

does

does

NOT

not

not

not

PV

ride

iron

have

a motorcycle

her clothing

several colors

C

CONTRACTED FORMS

Si se desea, puede usarse la forma larga do not/ does not o la forma corta (contracta o abreviada) don’t/ doesn’t. Examples:

DO NOT DON’T DOES NOT DOESN’T

I do not

You do not

We do not

They do not

He does not

She does not

It does not

I don’t

You don’t

We don’t

They don’t

He doesn’t

She doesn’t

It doesn’t

S AV NOT PVdo

does

C

Long form

Short form

I

You

We

They

I

You

We

They

Long form

Long form

Long form

Short form

Short form

Short form

do

do

do

do

don’t

don’t

don’t

play soccer in the stadium

play soccer

iron your clothes

in the stadium

your clothesiron

study on weekends

study on weekends

open

open

the windows

the windows

don’t

not

not

not

not

S AV NOT PVdo

does

C

Long form

Short form

He

She

It

He

She

It

Long form

Long form

Short form

Short form

does

does

does

doesn’t

doesn’t

get up at 5:00 a.m.

get up

take a bath at night

at 5:00 a.m.

at nighttake a bath

sleep on my bed

sleep on my bed

doesn’t

not

not

not

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

La estructura para formar oraciones interrogativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: auxiliary verb (verbo auxiliar: do or does) subject (sujeto) + principal verb (verbo principal ) + complement (complemento) + interrogation (interrogación - ?).

SAV + +

I rest on sundays

descanso los domingos

PV C+

do

dodoes

+ ?

?

Yo ¿ ?

S

I

you

you

they

we

AVdo

does

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do

PV

live

drink

prepare

dance

travel

in Colombia

beer

the meal

very well

every weekends

C ?

?

?

?

?

?

S

he

she

it

AV

dodoes

Does

Does

Does

PV

ride

wash

have

a motorcycle

her clothing

several colors

?

?

?

?

C

INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES

La estructura para formar oraciones interrogativas negativas en tiempo presente simple es la siguiente: auxiliary verb+not (verbo auxiliar: do or does + negation) subject (sujeto) + principal verb (verbo principal ) + complement (complemento) + interrogation (interrogación - ?).

SAV+not+ +

I rest on sundays

descanso los domingos

PV C+

Don’t

Don’tDoesn’t

+ ?

?

Yo ¿ ? no

S

I

you

you

they

we

AV+NOTDon’t

Doesn’t

Don’t

Don’t

Don’t

Don’t

Don’t

PV

live

drink

prepare

dance

travel

in Colombia

beer

the meal

very well

every weekends

C ?

?

?

?

?

?

S

he

she

it

AVdo

does

Does

Does

Does

PV

ride

wash

have

a motorcycle

her clothing

several colors

?

?

?

?

C

Cuando no desees mencionar el

pronombre personal dentro de la

oración, puedes remplazarlo por

cualquier nombre o sujeto

(persona, animal, lugar, cosa).

SINGULAR PRONOUNS

He She It

David

Charles

David

father

brother

boy

lawyer

engineer

Viviana Katherine

babysitter

mother

sister

girl woman

nurse

dog

elephant

notebook

pencil

Puente Nacional

Colombia

school

life

PLURAL PRONOUNS

We They

You and I My friends and I Daniel, Cristian, and I

My students and I Karoll, Diana and I

My parents and I

Joseph, Andrew, Lucy and I

The workers and I

the women

the girls

the dog and the tiger

Valentina, Sara and Lina

Oscar, John, Alex and Elkin

Sebastian and Elizabeth

the tenth grade students

the book and the eraser

PRACTICE 1

Remplaza el sujeto de la oración por el pronombre personal correspondiente.

Example:

Does the pig eat chicken?

Does it eat chicken?

David fishes a big shark.

____ fishes a big shark.

My mother cooks in the kitchen.

____ cooks in the kitchen.

Karen and Felipe sleep in the hammock.

____ sleep in the hammock.

You and I love each other.

____love each other.

The bow ties have different colors.

____ have different colors.

Does the sun play with the ball?

Does ____ play with the ball?

The firemen don’t produce fires.

____don’t produce fires.

Do the rabbits eat carrots?

Do ____ eat carrots?

Do Santa Claus and his reindeers fly in the sky?

Do ____ fly in the sky?

The butterflies fly in the sky.

____fly in the sky.

PRACTICE 2

Escribe el verbo auxiliar correspondiente y la forma correcta del verbo principal.

Example:

I (eat - eats) eat chicken.

The cat (don’t – doesn’t) ________ (sleep-sleeps) ______on the sofa.

(Do – Does) _______he (work – works) ______in the mine?

My father (repair- repairs) _____________ his car.

(Do – does)_________ the camera man (run – runs) _________?

My brother (skate – skates) __________ in the park.

(Do – does) ________she (sew –sews) _______your clothes?

Mary (don’t - doesn’t) ______(sing - sings)_______in Bogotá on Sundays.

Your boss (trample – tramples) ________ the newspaper.

She (go – goes)_______ to bed at ten at night.

My little sister (don’t – doesn’t)______(get up - gets up) __________ early on Mondays.

I (take – takes) ____________ a shower at six in the morning.

Jesus Christ (love – loves) ___________ you.

The twins (study - studies)_____________everyday.

Your grandmother (make – makes) ____________ the cake.

My younger brother (cry – cries) ____________ for his toys.

(Do – does) _______ he (kick – kicks)________ the soccer ball?

(Do – does) _________ they (read – reads) __________ a book?

(Do – does) ________ we (sell – sells) _________ popcorn?

He (smoke – smokes) _____________ cigarettes.

PRACTICE 3

Reading and translate the paragraph

Karen and Danna swim in the swimming pool every Monday and they eat hot dog, but Sara visits to her grandparents because they are sick. Fredy runs in the park every Saturday and Lena skates on Main Street. Laura and Andrea go to eat at Corral Paisa restaurant every Friday. My partners make different activities. They are very interesting.

TRANSLATION

PRACTICE 4

O K A E P S W I M M E L

H S A W O W E C N A D I

E H L E R E S T G N I S

K A I D R I N K O O C T

A V C I K L O O K H U E

M E E T I A G E T U P N

U L O V E E E W E G E U

M U R R S V R R A I P E

A N E E D I A I C R E C

E C V A E G O T O B E D

R H E D A N C E P O L A

D I D R I V E S Y L S D

Find the verbs

Now, write ten verbs that you found

ENGLISH SPANISH

Now, choose some verbs and write five sentences

SENTENCES

ENGLISH SPANISHI go to bed at eleven at night. Me acuesto a las once de la noche.

PRACTICE 5

Unscramble the sentences and translate them into Spanish. EXAMPLE:

read/ do/ book/ I/ not/ an/English

Yo no leo un libro de inglésI do not read an English book.

soccer/Duvan/play/not/does

___________________________________. ___________________________________.

The/ on/ the/ sleeps/ cat/ sofa

___________________________________. ___________________________________.

Do/ mop/ We/ the/ classroom/ not

___________________________________. ___________________________________.

SHORT ANSWERS

Cuando respondas a preguntas cortas en tiempo presente simple, es necesario que tengas en cuenta la siguiente estructura:

YES,

AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

DOES

DOESSUBJECT PRONOUN

Yes,

Yes,

Yes,

he

she

it

does

does

does

YES,

AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

DO

DOSUBJECT PRONOUN

Yes,

Yes,

Yes,

we

you

they

do

do

do

NO,

NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

DOES

DOESN’TSUBJECT PRONOUN

No,

No,

No,

he

she

it

doesn’t

doesn’t

doesn’t

NO,

NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

DO

DON’TSUBJECT PRONOUN

No,

No,

No,

we

you

they

don’t

don’t

don’t

Do I drink coffee? Yes, you do.

Do I need a pair of gloves? No, you don’t.

Do you play tennis? Yes, I do.

Do you have a tiger in your house? No, I don’t

Does he have breakfast at six in the morning? Yes, he does.

Does Peter go to bed at seven at night? No, he doesn’t.

Does she speak English? Yes, she does.

Does Mary forget her son? No, she doesn’t.

Does it bite? Yes, it does.

Does the tiger eat lemon pie? No, it doesn’t.

Do we travel to United States? Yes, you do.

Do we lose the time? No, you don’t.

Do my friends and I do homework everyday? Yes, you do.

Do you clean the windows every weekend? Yes we do.

Do you cook serpents? No, you don’t.

Do they make bread? Yes, they do.

Do they kill mice? No, they don’t.

Do Jaime and Erika go to the theater? Yes, they do.

ATTENTION!!

Cuando la pregunta se formula con el pronombre I (yo), se responde con you (tú, usted). Cuando se formula con you (tú, usted), se responde con I (yo). Si la pregunta se formula con el pronombre we (nosotros), se responde con you (ustedes), y si se formula con you (ustedes) se responde con we (nosotros).

También se debe tener en cuenta que cuando se pregunta con un nombre de persona animal o cosa, no se responde con el mismo nombre sino con el pronombre correspondiente. Example: does your father drive his new car? Yes, he does. Does Betty travel to Paris on Sunday? No, she doesn’t. Does your dog bite? Yes, it does. Do the children play in the park? Yes, they do. Do Charles and I brake the glasses? No, you don’t.

PRACTICE 6

Answer these questions.

Example:

Does he cry?

No, he doesn’t.

Does your boss have money?

Yes, he does.

Do they talk?

_____,

Does your grandmother clean the window?

_____ ______.

_____, _____ ______.

Does your sister iron the clothes?

_____, ___________.

Do they hate each other?

_____, _____ ______.

Does Jesus pray?

_____,

Does the soldier mop with a broom?

_____ ______.

_____, _____ ______.

Does your father drive a train?

_____, ___________.

Does Santiago walk in the swimming pool?

_____, _____ ______.

Does she hang the clothes?

_____,

Do I clap?

_____ ______.

_____, _____ ______.

Do they fish in the river?

_____, ___________.

Does your brother fight bulls?

_____, _____ ______.

Does the girl jump the wall?

_____,

Do they row in the river?

_____ ______.

_____, _____ ______.

Do I take a bath only Mondays?

_____, ___________.

Do they travel by bus?

_____, _____ ______.

Does your uncle ride a horse?

_____,

Does the rabbit hide?

_____ ______.

_____, _____ ______.

Do we love each other?

_____, ___________.

Does the fish smile?

_____, _____ ______.

CAMILA’S DAILY ROUTINE

Camila gets up at half past five in the morning. She prays and she has a shower. Next, she has breakfast. She goes to school at half past six, because she starts school at seven o’clock. She likes study and her favourite subjects are English, Spanish, Geography and Music but she doesn’t like Biology. She finish School at half past one in the afternoon, and she goes home on foot. she has lunch at two o’clock. Then she meets with her friends and plays basketball with them. At five o’clock she goes home and does her homework with Wilmar and Mauricio. She has dinner at half past seven. Finally, she watches TV and goes to bed at about ten o’clock.

PRACTICE 7

Answer these questions.

Does Camila get up at ten in the morning?_____, _____ ______.

Do Camila and her friends play basketball?_____, _____ ______.

Does Camila never pray?_____, _____ ______.

Does Camila go home by bus?_____, _____ ______.

Does Camila finish school at three p.m.?_____, _____ ______.

Do Camila and David do their homework?_____, _____ ______.

Does Camila like Biology?_____, _____ ______.

Does Camila go to school at seven o’clock?_____, _____ ______.

Now write your daily routine and read it to your partners.

MY DAILY ROUTINE