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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
THERE ARE FOUR PRESENT TENSE FORMS IN ENGLISH:
Present simple: I workPresent continuous: I am workingPresent perfect: I have workedPresent perfect continuous: I have been working
- See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense#sthash.HgvNO0iH.dpuf
WE WORK AT A CALL CENTER
HE WORKS AT THE HOSPITAL
I DON’T PLAY CANDY CRUSH
SHE DOESN’T EAT MEAT
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
DOES HE LIKE BROCCOLI?
SIMPLE PRESENT We use the present tense to talk about:
• Something that is true in the present:
I’m nineteen years old.He lives in London.I’m a student.
• Something that happens again and again in the present:
I play football every weekend.
• Something that is always true:
The adult human body contains 206 bones.Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.
• Something that is fixed in the future.
The school term starts next week.The train leaves at 19:45 this evening.We fly to Paris next week.
We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency) with the present tense:
I sometimes go to the cinema.
She never plays football.
FORM AND SPELLING
SUBJECT + VERB
I run
You run
He runs
She runs
It runs
We run
You run
They run
FORM AND SPELLING
SUBJECT + DON`T + VERB
OR
SUBJECT + DOESN`T + VERB
I don’t run
You don’t run
He doesn’t run
She doesn’t run
It doesn’t run
We don’t run
You don’t run
They don’t run
don’t = do notdoesn’t = does not
The “doesn’t” replaces the “s” in 3rd person.
FORM AND SPELLING
? DO + SUBJECT + VERB ?
OR
DOES + SUBJECT + VERB ?
Do I run ?
Do you run ?
Does he run ?
Does she run ?
Does it run ?
Do we run ?
Do you run ?
Do they run ?
don’t = do notdoesn’t = does not
The “doesn’t” replaces the “s” in 3rd person.
QUESTIONS
Look at these questions:
Do you play the piano? Where do you live?
Does Jack play football? Where does he come from?
Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?
Where do they work?
With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions.
We use does for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others.
We use do and does with question words like where, what and why
But look at these questions with who:
Who lives in London? Who plays football at the weekend? Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?
NEGATIVES
Look at these sentences:
I like tennis, but I don’t like football. (don’t = do not) I don’t live in London now. I don’t play the piano, but I play the guitar. They don’t work at the weekend. John doesn’t live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not) Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus.
With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives.
We use does not (doesn’t) for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do not (don’t) for the others.
SUMMARY
VERB TO BE
The verb “To be” in simple present is not used in its base form, it has three forms:
Am
Is
Are
AFFIRMATIVE
I am a student.
He is a teacher.
She is a journalist.
It is a book.
We are mechanics.
You are pilots.
They are policemen.
I’m a student.
He’s a teacher.
She’s a journalist.
It’s a book.
We`re mechanics.
You’re pilots.
They’re policemen.
FULL FORM CONTRACTED FORM
NEGATIVE
I am not a singer.
He is not a receptionist.
She is not a nurse.
It is not my book.
We are not not musicians.
You are not a shop assistant.
They are not taxi drivers.
I'm not a singer.
He isn't a receptionist.
She isn't a nurse.
It isn't my book.
We aren't not musicians.
You aren't a shop assistant.
They aren't taxi drivers.
FULL FORM CONTRACTED FORM
QUESTIONS
Am I right?
Is he here?
Is she a nurse?
Is it second-hand?
Are we wrong?
Are you Alan Parker?
Are they American?
QUIZ
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/65.html