PRESENT SIMPLE 2

PRESENT SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE :
Subject + verb
(he/she/it + -s/-es)
They live in London ( Ellos viven en Londres)
He likes tennis – (A él le gusta el tenis)
She loves pizza – (A ella le encanta la pizza)
NEGATIVE : Subject + don’t / doesn't + verb
They don’t live in London (Ellos no viven en Londres)
He doesn't eat vegetables ( Él no come verduras)
INTERROGATIVE :
Do / Does + subject + verb ?
Do they live in London ? (¿Viven ellos en Londres?)
Does he eat meat? ( ¿Come él carne?)
SPELLING RULES: Third person -s
1 -Most verbs add “-s” to the infinitive
live – lives / open-opens/ come- comes
2 -We add “-es” to verbs that end in “–s. –sh, -ch, - x, -o “
Kiss – kisses / wash – washes / watch –watches /fix – fixes /go-goes
3 -We change the “-y” to “-ies” for verbs that end in a “consonant + -y”
Study - studies
4 -If the verb ends in a “vowel + -y” we add “-s”
Play - plays
USES:
-We use the present simple to describe repeated or habitual actions
I have breakfast at eight o'clock – (Desayuno a las ocho)
We watch TV every day – (Vemos la tele todos los días)
-To describe universal truths
The river Thames is in London - (El río Támesis está en Londres)
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
NEVER / RARELY / SOMETIMES / OFTEN /
USUALLY
(nunca) (raramente)
(a veces)
(a menudo)
(usualmente)
/ ALWAYS
(siempre)
POSITION:
− We place adverbs of frequency after the verb to be
I am always happy – (Siempre estoy contento)
− With other verbs, we place the adverb of frequency before the verb
I usually have lunch at school – (Suelo comer en el colegio)
− She always gets up early – (Ella siempre se levanta temprano)