Let`s talk about simple present

viernes, 31 de octubre de 2014 Let`s talk about simple present

The simple present expresses an action in the present taking place once, never or several times.

Affirmative sentences in the present simple I like football You have two brothers He studies at the UVM She works in a big company It prints in color We help other people You come to class everyday They do exercise after school Third person

Negative sentences in the present tense NOTE: For the gegative sentences in the present we need to use the Auxiliary “Do and Does” I do not like English You do not eat seafood He does not wake up at 7 am. She does not play video games. It does not work correctly We do not study Law. You do not play soccer They do not read books Third person

Questions in present simple tense NOTE: for questions in English we need to use the Auxiliary “Do and Does” • There are 2 kind of questions: • Yes / no question • For example: • Do I bring my homework? • Do you want a hot dog? • Does he study with me? • Does she work in the phone company? • Does it finish at 2 pm? • Do we have sugar? • Do you work together? • Do they like pizza? Third person

Exercise on Questions I Arrange the words below to make questions. 1- she / to collect / stickers – 2- they / to play / a game – 3- the cat / to sleep / in the cat's bed – 4- she / often / to dream – 5- he / to play / streetball – 6- you / to be / from Paris – the pupils / to wear / school uniforms – you / to go / to the cinema – she / to have / friends – he / to read / books –

Exercise on Negative Sentences Make negative sentences. 1- I watch TV. – 2- We play football. – 3- It is boring. – 4- She cleans her room. – 5- You ride your bike every weekend. – 6- Sandy takes nice photos. – 7- They open the windows. – 8- He buys a new CD. – 9- I am late. – 10- She has a cat. –

Exercise 1 1- I/ to collect stamps – 2- we / to play card games – 3- he / to read comics – 4- Chris / to sing in a band – 5- we / to have a hamster – 6- Andy and John / to like cola – 7- she / to be nice – 8- they / to help their parents – 9- the children / to speak English – 10- I / to buy a newspaper every Saturday -

WH – questions or information questions NOTE: we need to use the auxiliary Do or Does. NOTE: also we need to use the wh question words: what, when, which, why, who, how, where. What do you eat for breakfast ? Where do they go after class ? When does Maria take the English class? Why does he cry? when do you go to the beach? Where does Mario go on vacation? What do you like? What do you drive?

Exercise on Questions with Interrogatives Ask for the bold part of the sentence. Julia likes pop-music. – Maria comes from Spain. – They play in the garden. – Rick rides his bike. – I go to the cinema on Saturdays. – We go to Mallorca because it is warm there.. – Joe repairs his bike. – Robin drives his car carefully. – Peter runs with his dog every day. – Eric goes to Italy for a holiday. -

The Third person rule: We add an “S” to the verbs in third person(he, she, it.) Exeptions: verbs ending in: o, s, ch, sh, x add “es” for instance: He goes to the park She misses th school She watches th news He relaxes on the weekends He wishes to passed th English course

Let`s talk about simple present