INGLÉS 2° AÑOTRABAJO PRÁCTICO NÚMERO 3

ALUMNO: CURSO:

SIMPLE PRESENT En este trabajo vamos a trabajar el tiempo verbal Simple Present, vamos a conocer su conjugación y los diferentes usos que tiene.

Simple Present is the tense (tiempo verbal) that we use to talk about the present.For example:

Spanish EnglishEl es Juan. He is Juan.Juan va a la escuela a la mañana. Juan attends the school in the morning shift. Ellos viven en Almagro. They live in Almagro.

Simple Present uses:

We use the Present Simple to talk about:- permanent states,- our daily routine, - general truths.

For example: - Mia lives with her parents and her sister (permanent state)- Mia usually plays video games (daily routine)- In football matches every team has 11 players (general truth).

Simple Present Structure :

We can divide the Simple Present into two categories:1- Simple Present To Be 2- Simple Present All Verbs

1- Verb To Be means “ser o estar”. For example:

Spanish EnglishYo soy Pablo. I'm Pablo.Es tarde. It is late. Mia es mi amiga. Mia is my friend.Mis padres están ocupados. My parents are busy.

Verb To Be takes different forms according to the subject. For example:

I am curious. You are fantastic!Lucas is at home. We are students. You are all my friends.They are in class.

Verb To Be can be affirmative, negative or interrogative (Yes/No Questions and WH Questions).

+ Affirmative

Subject To Be noun, adjective,etc

I am tired

You are happy

He/She/It is angry

We

are relaxedYou

They

IMPORTANT: in dialogues and informal texts, To Be becomes a contraction. We make the contraction with ‘ : ‘m, ‘re, ‘s, etc...

+ Affirmative

SubjectTo Be

contraction noun, adjective,etc

I ‘m tired

You ‘re happy

He/She/It ‘s angry

We ‘re relaxed

You

They

- Negative

Subject To Be noun, adjective,etc

I ‘m not in the park

You aren't online

He/She/It isn't in the subway

We

aren't punctualYou

They

? Interrogative Yes/No Questions

To Be Subject noun, adjective, phrase, etc

Am I online?

Are you nervous before an exam?

Is he/she/it at home?

Are

we in the right classroom?

you in the park?

they angry?

? Interrogative Wh Questions

WH To Be Subject noun, adjective, phrase, etc

Why am I here?

How are you ?

Where is he/she/it ?

Why

are

we in this classroom?

When you at home?

Why they angry?

Now, let's practice!

PracticeTo Be

A. Rewrite the dialogues with contractions for the affirmative and negative forms of To Be.

1. ReadA- Hi, I am Hellen. And you?B- Hello! I am Mia. How are you?A- I am fine. Thanks! Are you here for the Comic Con ?B- I am here for a friend. He is a fan of comics. A- That is cool! Where is your friend?B- He is right there. He is the boy next to the Marvel stand. A- Well… he is lucky! You are here with him. I am alone.

2. RewriteA- Hi, I ___ Hellen. And you? B- Hello! I ___ Mia. How ___ you?A- I ___ fine. Thanks! Are you here for the Comic Con ?B- I ___ here for a friend. He ___ a fan of comics. A- That ___ cool! Where ___ your friend?B- He ___ right there. He ___ the boy next to the Marvel stand. A- Well, he ___ lucky! You ___ here with him. I __ alone.

B. Transform these sentences into the negative form. Don’t use contractions ( ‘ ). 1. Mia is my sister.

Mia _____ my sister. She is my cousin. 2. My parents are busy.

My parents _____ busy. 3. Daniel is my neighbour.

Daniel _____ my neighbour. He is from another city. 4. My friends are here.

My friends _____ here. They are in another class.5. The weather in Buenos Aires is always hot.

The weather in Buenos Aires _____ always hot but it is always wet.

C. Put the words in order to make questions.● ‘s / your/ What / name

_What’s your name?_________● student / you / Are

_________________________________● your / from / teacher / Where / is /

_________________________________

● English / Is / teacher / your _________________________________

● American / you / Are _________________________________

● from / you / Where / are _________________________________

D. Complete the conversation with the questions from exercise C.ALI- What’s your name?DANY- My name is Dany. ALI- ___________________________?

DANY- No, I’m not American.ALI- Where _________________________?DANY- I’m from Guadalajara in Mexico. ALI- ______________________________?DANY- Yes, I am. I’m a student at a language

school.ALI- Where _________________________?DANY- My teacher is from the UK. Her name is Fiona. ALI- ______________________________?DANY- No, she isn’t English. She’s Scottish.

1. All Verbs are all the other actions. For example:

Spanish English

Yo juego al fútbol los viernes. I play football on Fridays. Vos siempre jugás videojuegos. You always play video games.La hermana de Mia baila ballet los martes. Mia’s sister dances ballet on Tuesdays.

All Verbs can be affirmative, negative or interrogative (Yes/No Questions and WH Questions).

+ Affirmative

Subject Verb object/adverb,etc

I play the guitar

You dance ballet

He/She/It plays football on Mondays

We study every week

You play football on Sundays

They dance in a club

Es necesario recordar que en las oraciones afirmativas en Simple Present, si el sujeto corresponde a la tercera persona del singular (o sea, si el sujeto se refiere a He/ She / It) debemos agregarle una -S o _ES al verbo.

Por lo general, se agrega -s al verbo, pero existen algunas excepciones.En el siguiente cuadro aparecen detalladas:

Pay attention!!!!If we write an interrogative or negative sentence with third person singular subject, we mustn´t add -S or -ES to the verbs.

- Negative

Verb object/adverb,etc

IDon't

play the guitar

You dance ballet

He/She/It Doesn't play football on MondaysWe

Don't

study every week

You play football on Sundays

They dance in a club

? Interrogative Yes/No Questions

Auxiliary Subject Verb object/adverb,etc

DoI play well?

you dance ballet?

Does he/she/it play football?

Do

we study efficiently?

you play football on Sundays?

they dance in a club?

? Interrogative WH Questions

WH Auxiliary Subject Verb

Whatdo

I play?

When you dance?

How does he/she/it play?

Why

do

we study?

Where you play?

Why they dance?

EXERCISES

A) Read the table about people’s habits. Complete the “You” column with your information, write “Y” for “yes” or N for no.

Raul Sarah You (tu respuesta↓)

1 eat vegetables Y N Y / N

2 wear glasses N Y

3 drink mineral water Y N

4 do housework Y N

5 play the guitar N Y

B) Now write affirmative or negative sentences about Raul, Sarah and yourself.

Raul1. Raul eats vegetables.2. He doesn’t wear glasses.

3. He ______________________________

4. _________________________________

5. _________________________________

Sarah1. Sarah doesn’t eat vegetables.2. She wears glasses.

3. She______________________________

4. _________________________________

5. _________________________________

You 1. I _________________________________

2. ____________________________________

3. ____________________________________

4. ____________________________________

5. ____________________________________

C) Write the questions with the word (in brackets) in the right place.1. How old you? (are)

____How old are you? __________________

2. you like animals? (do)____________________________________

3. your dog hungry? (is)____________________________________

4. you speak English? (do)____________________________________

5. How many languages you speak? (do)____________________________________

6. Where your teacher from? (is)____________________________________

7. your house have a big garden? (does)____________________________________

D) Correct the sentences. Each sentence has one mistake.

1 We doesn´t play football every Sunday.

2 Do you knows my cousin?

3 She don´t live in England.

4 The shop open at 10 AM.

5 She go to the park once a week.