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Understanding Present Simple Tense

The document explains the use of the present simple tense, including its application in discussing habits, general truths, scheduled events, and giving instructions. It outlines the structure for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, highlighting the rules for third-person singular forms and pronunciation of verb endings. Additionally, it provides examples of time expressions commonly used with the present simple tense.

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Understanding Present Simple Tense

The document explains the use of the present simple tense, including its application in discussing habits, general truths, scheduled events, and giving instructions. It outlines the structure for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, highlighting the rules for third-person singular forms and pronunciation of verb endings. Additionally, it provides examples of time expressions commonly used with the present simple tense.

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PRESENT

SIMPLE
TENSE
Hablar de hábitos y rutinas
01.
I go to the gym every day

Expresar de hechos generales o verdades


02. universales

¿CUÁNDO SE USA
Water boils at 100°C.

Hablar de eventos futuros que están

EL PRESENT
programados, como horarios de transporte o
03. clases

SIMPLE?
The train leaves at 9 AM

Dar instrucciones o direcciones.


04.
You turn left at the traffic light

Expresar opiniones, deseos, y estados de


05. ánimo

I believe in honesty
PRESENT SIMPLE
SENTENCES
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + BASE VERB + COMPLEMENT

Examples:

She reads a book every night.

We play soccer on Saturdays.

He works at a bank.
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + BASE VERB + COMPLEMENT

Examples:

She reads a book every night.

We play soccer on Saturdays.

He works at a bank.
WARNING

EN PRESENT SIMPLE SE USA LA FORMA BASE DEL


VERBO PARA TODOS LOS SUJETOS EXCEPTO PARA
HE, SHE E IT

EN 3ª PERSONA DEL SINGULAR SE AÑADE: -S, -ES O -IES.


WARNING
-s -es -ies

visit - visits watch - watches study - studies

verbos terminados en -s, verbos terminados en


mayoría de los verbos
-sh, -ch, -x, -o consonante + y

PRONUNCIACIÓN:

When a verb ends in an unvoiced sound then -


like - likes
s is pronounced as /s/ + no extra syllable

When a verb ends in a voiced sound then -s is


swim - swims
pronounced as /z/ + no extra syllable

When a verb ends in


wash - washes
sounds then add an extra syllable with /
ɪz/.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + DO/DOES NOT + BASE VERB + COMPLEMENT

Examples:

I do not (don't) like coffee.

She does not (doesn't) eat meat.

They do not (don't) go to school on Sundays.


INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

DO/DOES + SUBJECT + BASE VERB + COMPLEMENT + ?

Examples:

Do you like pizza?

Does he watch TV in the evening?

Do they live in Madrid?


TIME
EXPRESSIONS
Every day Sometimes

I go to school every day. We sometimes watch movies on


Friday nights.
Always
Never
She always drinks coffee in the
morning. TIME She never eats fast food.
EXPRESSIONS
Usually Once a...

They usually play tennis on I visit my grandparents once a


weekends. week

Often Twice a...

He often goes to the gym after They go to the cinema twice a


work month

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