REPASO TIEMPOS VERBALES : PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE (Isabel Amador)

Gracias a Isabel Amador.

PRESENT SIMPLE

Uso: hábitos, rutinas, hablar de nuestras aficiones

He always goes to school by bus They don’t live in Spain. She loves vegetables.

Expresiones frecuentes: always, sometimes, usually, often, never, ever.

Forma

1)Recuerda que añadimos -S o –ES al verbo en la forma AFIRMATIVA cuando nos referimos a él, ella o ello ( he, she, it )

I/ you/ we/ they love vegetables

He /she / it LOVES vegetables.

2)Para la oración NEGATIVA usamos DON’T o DOESN’T.

I/ you/ we/ they DON’T live in Spain.

He/ she/ it DOESN’T live in Spain.

3) Recuerda usar DO o DOES para las PREGUNTAS. Utiliza las siglas ASI para recordar el orden de las preguntas ( Auxiliar+ Sujeto+ verbo en Infinitivo)

DOES he/ she / it live in Spain?

DO I / you / we / they live in Spain?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Uso: describe acciones que están ocurriendo ahora.

He is washing his teeth at the moment. They are listening to music tonight.

Expresiones frecuentes: now, right now, today, this morning, this afternoon, at this moment, tonight.

Forma:

1) El orden es el siguiente: Sujeto + am, is, are+ verbo –ing

Afirmativa	Negativa
I am eating/ I’m eating	I’m not eating
You are eating/ You’re eating	You aren’t eating
He/she/it is eating/ He’s/ she’s / it’s eating	He/she/ it isn’t eating
We are eating/ We’re eating	We aren’t eating
You are eating/ You’re eating	You aren’t eating
They are eating/ They’re eating	They aren’t eating

2) Para las preguntas simplemente cambiamos el orden. Si la afirmativa era He is eating, la pregunta cambia así: Is he eating?; They are eating- Are they eating?

PAST SIMPLE

Uso: Describe acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado y ya han terminado.

He walked to school yesterday

They surfed the Internet at the weekend

She went to Disneyland last July.

Expresiones frecuentes: yesterday, last week, last Monday, last year,…

Forma:

1) Para la forma AFIRMATIVA, distingue entre verbos REGULARES y verbos IRREGULARES.

Si los verbos son REGULARES, añadimos –ED al verbo ( live-lived, copy- copied, start- started, play- played, stop- stopped)

The class started at 8’30 a.m.

Tom copied in the exam.

We played rugby last Saturday.

Si los verbos son IRREGULARES, debemos sabernos su forma correspondiente ( ver lista de verbos irregulares del libro, página 134 ). Por ejemplo: sing-sang, run- ran, begin- began, cut- cut, buy- bought.

He sang in a band last year.

They ran in the marathon yesterday.

I bought a new pair of jeans.

2) ¡¡¡Ojo!!!!! Cuando la oración es NEGATIVA e INTERROGATIVA, los verbos REGULARES e IRREGULARES se forman igual.

Sujeto+ DIDN’T+ VERBO DID + Sujeto + VERBO ?

NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
The class DIDN’T START STARTED at 8’30 a.m. Tom DIDN’T COPY COPIED in the exam. We DIDN’T PLAY PLAYED rugby last Saturday. He DIDN’T SING SANG in a band last year. They DIDN’T RUN RAN in the marathon yesterday. I DIDN’T BUY BOUGHT a new pair of jeans.	DID the class START at 8’30 a.m.? DID Tom COPY in the exam? DID we PLAY rugby last Saturday? DID he SING in a band last year? DID they RUN in the marathon yesterday? DID I BUY a new pair of jeans?