PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

 


PRESENT SIMPLE

Uso:

Hábitos, rutinas, aficiones, hechos.

He always goes to school by bus

They don’t live in Spain.

She loves vegetables.

The Earth goes around the sun

Expresiones frecuentes:

Adverbios de frecuencia: always, sometimes, usually, often, never, rarely, seldom, hardly ever ( se colocan delante del verbo principal  con la excepción de to be)

Combinaciones con every: every day/ every month, every year...

Once, twice, three times ...a day / a week/ a year....



Formación del presente simple:

1) AFIRMATIVAS

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.

Si el verbo termina en  "o, sh, ch, s, x" añadimos -ES  para 3 persona singular ( he, she, it)

He goes  to work by bike.

She watches films on the computer.

He washes the dishes every day.

2) NEGATIVAS

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)  PREGUNTAS.

Acuérdate de usar DO o DOES

El orden de 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: 

1 Acciones que están ocurriendo ahora, en el momento de hablar ( o aproximadamente en el momento de hablar)

He is having lunch at the moment.

2. Acciones temporales

I usually eat lunch at home but this week I am eating at  the restaurant near my house. 

3. Futuro ( planes fijos)

I am travelling to France at Easter

Expresiones frecuentes: 

now, right now, at the moment,

today, this morning, this afternoon, tonight.

Formación:

1 Afirmativas 

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

I am eating/ I’m eating 

You are eating/ You’re eating 

He/she/it is eating/ He’s/ she’s / it’s eating 

We are eating/ We’re eating 

You are eating/ You’re eating 

They are eating/ They’re eating 

2. Negativas

I’m not eating

You aren’t eating

He/she/ it isn’t eating

We aren’t eating

You aren’t eating

They aren’t eating

3 Preguntas

 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?




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