ENGLISH TENSES- THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

The simple present tense 

  • Para expresar hábitos y rutinas, hechos generales, acciones repetidas o situaciones, emociones y deseos permanentes:
    I smoke (hábito); I work in London (permanencia); London is a large city (hecho general)
  • Para dar instrucciones o indicaciones:
    You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
  • Para hablar de eventos programados, presentes o futuros:
    Your exam starts at 09.00.
  • Para referirse al futuro, detrás de algunas conjunciones: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
    He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
¡Cuidado! El "simple present" no se utiliza para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en este momento.

EJEMPLOS

  • Hábitos y rutinas
    He drinks tea at breakfast.
    She only eats fish.
    They watch television regularly.
  • Eventos y acciones repetidos
    We catch the bus every morning.
    It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
    They drive to Monaco every summer.
  • Hechos generales
    Water freezes at zero degrees.
    The Earth revolves around the Sun.
    Her mother is Peruvian.
  • Instrucciones o indicaciones
    Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
    You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.
  • Eventos programados
    His mother arrives tomorrow.
    Our holiday starts on the 26th March
  • Construcciones de futuro
    She'll see you before she leaves.
    We'll give it to her when she arrives.

FORMACIÓN DEL "SIMPLE PRESENT": TO THINK

AfirmativaInterrogativaNegativa
I thinkDo I think?I do not think
You thinkDo you think?You do not think
He thinksDoes he think?He does not think
She thinksDoes she think?She does not think
It thinksDoes it think?It does not think
We thinkDo we think?We do not think.
They thinkDo they think?They do not think.

NOTAS SOBRE LA TERCERA PERSONA DEL SINGULAR DEL "SIMPLE PRESENT"

  • En la tercera persona del singular, el verbo siempre termina en -s:
    he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
  • Para las formas negativa e interrogativa, se emplea DOES (= tercera persona del auxiliar 'DO') + el infinitivo del verbo.
    He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.
  • Verbos que terminan en -y : en la tercera persona del singular, se cambia la -y por -ies:
    fly --> flies, cry --> cries
    Excepción: cuando una vocal precede a la -y:
    play --> plays, pray --> prays
  • Añadimos -es a los verbos que terminan en:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
    he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes
EJEMPLOS
  • He goes to school every morning.
  • She understands English.
  • It mixes the sand and the water.
  • He tries very hard.
  • She enjoys playing the piano.


Intenta resolver el siguiente ejercicio 
Put the verbs into the correct form.
  1. (to like)  lemonade very much.
  2. The girls always (to listen)  to pop music.
  3. Janet never (to wear)  jeans.
  4. Mr Smith (to teach)  Spanish and French.
  5. You (to do)  your homework after school.


Resultado de imagen para routines and habits 

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