Presente Simple
(Simple Present Tense)
Unit 1
Vocabulary
• Play jugar Speak hablar
• Live vivir Wash lavar
• Like gustar Fix arreglar, reparar
• Watch mirar, ver
• Do hacer
• Have tener
• Study estudiar
• Eat comer
Definition
El Presente Simple es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para
describir acciones habituales que suceden con cierta
frecuencia y no hace referencia a si está ocurriendo en el
momento actual
Examples:
1. I study English everyday.
2. I work very hard.
3. They read a lot.
Affirmative sentences
Structure /Estructura
1. You __________ the piano.
2. They _________ in a very big house.
Activity 1. 3. I _________ a lot of fruit.
Complete 4. We ________ football.
5. They _______ to the movies a lot.
6. I _________ 8 hours.
sleep eat play live play go
Activity 2. Unscramble
1. big/cities./I/like__________________________________
2. read/a/We/letter. ________________________________
3. sleep/late./We ___________________________________
4. in/an/work/I/office. _______________________________
5. Coffee/everyday/I/drink ____________________________
6. Study/they/English ________________________________
Activity 3: Look at the pictures and form sentences.
Use the pronouns I, you, we, they
En el present simple, el verbo solo cambia en tercera
persona del singular (he, she, it, una persona, una
cosa), donde se añade el sufijo -s o -es.
Subject Verb Complement
Rules: I/you/they/we work hard.
He/she/it works hard.
Rules:
Si el verbo termina en O, agregamos ES
• Go–goes
• Do–does
Si el verbo termina en X, SH, CH, S, agregamos ES
• Fix–fixes wash–washes,
• Watch–watches kiss–kisses
Si el verbo termina en Y, y antes de la letra Y hay una consonaste, cambiamos la Y y usamos IES
• Study–studies
• Cry–cries
Activity 4. Change the sentences to third person
• I cry a lot. She ___________________
• You work hard. He ____________________
• We study English. Maria __________________
• They go to the park. Peter ___________________
• I play with my cousin. Kate ____________________
• The dogs run very fast. The dog_________________
Activity 5. Form sentences with the pictures
using the pronouns: he, she and it.