PRESENT SIMPLE

AUXILIARY
DO: I – you- we- they
DOES – he – she –it

What do you do?

auxiliary verb

Negative sentences
Do not = don’t
Do’nt – dont’ - d’ont- IT’S BAD

Do not = don’t

Do’nt – dont’ - d’ont- IT’S BAD

Does not = doesn’t

Dosen’t – does’nt – do’esnt – doesn’t’

Note:
I do work in an office
I do my homework / I don’t do my homework
VERB’S RULE
1. Most of the verbs add “s”
Work – works
Trabajar – trabaja

2. If the verb ends in ss, ch, sh, x, o add “es”

Watch – watches
Observar – observa

3. If the verb ends in “y”, but before there is a consonant, change “y” by “i” and
add “es”
Study – studies
Estudiar – estudia

4. If the verb ends in “y”, but before there is a vowel, add “s”
Play – plays
Jugar – juega

5. Have is irregular
Have – has
Tener - tiene

Note: esta regla aplica solamente para las terceras personas

del singular (he- she- it), en oraciones afirmativas del
presente simple.

SENTENCES
Affirmative form:
Me gusta la calabaza – I like pumpkin
Negative form:
No me gusta la calabaza – I don’t like pumpkin
Interrogative form
¿Me gusta la calabaza?
Do I like pumpkin?
Yes, I do
No, I don’t
Wh question form
Why do I like pumpkin?

Ella le gusta la pizza

A: She likes pizza
N: She does not like pizza
I: Does she like pizza?
Yes, She does
No, She does not
Wh: What kind of pizza does she like?

Do not = don’t
Does not = doesn’t
A: He dances Salsa
N: he doesn’t dance Salsa
I: Does he dance Salsa?
Yes, he does
No, He doesn’t
Wh: why does he dance Salsa?

A: I drink water
 N: I don’t drink water
I: Do I drink water?
Yes, I do
No, I don’t
Wh: what do I drink?

Links:
• https://www.lewolang.com/gramatica-inglesa/ejercicios/7/present-simple
• https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-basico/verb-tenses-
present/present-simple
• https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-basico/verb-tenses-
present/present-simple
• https://wordwall.net/es/resource/10155897/present-simple-negative-
question-i-you-we-they
• https://wordwall.net/es-ar/community/present-simple-i-you-we-they

TIME
https://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Tellin
g_Time.htm
Vocabulary:
• O’clock
• Past
• Quarter
• Minutes
• Seconds
• Half
• To
There are two common ways of telling the time.
1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes)

• 6:25 - It's six twenty-five

• 8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O)
• 9:11 - It's nine eleven
• 2:34 - It's two thirty-four

2) Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST / TO + Hour)
For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes.
For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.

• 2:35 - It's twenty-five to three

• 11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
• 4:18 - It's eighteen past four
• 8:51 - It's nine to nine
• 2:59 - It's one to three

When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past

• 7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven

When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to

• 12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one

When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past

• 3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)

O'clock
We use o'clock when there are NO minutes.
 • 10:00 - It's ten o'clock
• 5:00 - It's five o'clock
• 1:00 - It's one o'clock

Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)

12:00
For 12:00 there are four expressions in English.

• twelve o'clock
• midday = noon
• midnight
 DAILY ROUTINE
• wake up
• have breakfast
• brush your teeth
• take a shower/ take a bath
• get dressed
• go to school/ work
• study English
• have lunch
• wash the dishes
• read a book
• do your homework
• cook dinner
• go to bed
• practice the guitar
• play with friends
• exercise/ do exercise
• brush your hair
• go shopping
• go for a walk
• take out the trash
• clean the house
• read the newspaper
• surf the internet
• water the plants
• watch TV
• relax
• listen to music
• do the laundry
• iron the clothes
• feed the dog
• walk the dog
• take a taxi
• call my family

I wake up at 4.30 am
Angie wakes up at 9.00 am
I have lunch at 1:00 pm
He has lunch at 1.00 o’clock

Exercise
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/daily-routines

Adverbs of Frequency
English Grammar Rules

https://www.grammar.cl/Basic/Adverbs_Frequency.htm
We use some adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity.
These are called adverbs of frequency and include:

Frequency Adverb of Frequency Example Sentence

100% always I always go to bed before 11 p.m.

90% usually I usually have cereal for breakfast.

80% normally / generally I normally go to the gym.

70% often* / frequently I often surf the internet.

50% sometimes I sometimes forget my wife's birthday.

30% occasionally I occasionally eat junk food.

10% seldom I seldom read the newspaper.

5% hardly ever / rarely I hardly ever drink alcohol.

 0% never I never swim in the sea.

* Some people pronounce the 'T' in often but many others do not.
These are also known as Adverbs of INDEFINITE frequency as the exact
frequency is not defined.

The Position of the Adverb in a Sentence

An adverb of frequency goes before a main verb (except with To Be).

Subject + adverb + main verb

I always remember to do my homework.

He normally gets good marks in exams.

An adverb of frequency goes after the verb To Be.

Subject + to be + adverb

They are never pleased to see me.

She isn't usually bad tempered.

We can also use the following adverbs at the start of a sentence:

Usually, normally, often, frequently, sometimes, occasionally

• Occasionally, I like to eat Thai food.

BUT we cannot use the following at the beginning of a sentence:

Always, seldom, rarely, hardly, ever, never.
We use hardly ever and never with positive, not negative verbs:

• She hardly ever comes to my parties.

• They never say 'thank you'.

Adverbs of Definite Frequency

We can also use the following expressions when we want to be more specific
about the frequency:

• every day
• once a month
• twice a year
• four times a day
 • every other week
• daily
• monthly

MORE INFORMATION AND EXERCISES

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-grammar/adverbs-frequency

LINKERS OF SEQUENCE

https://avi.cuaed.unam.mx/repositorio/moodle/pluginfile.php/3622/mod_resource/content/14/C
ontenido/index.html

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
There is / there are
singular plural

hay

Ex:
A: There is a dog
N: There is not a dog
I: Is there a dog?
Yes, there is
No, there is not

A: there are four dogs

N: there are not four dogs
I: Are there four dogs?
Yes, there are
No, there are not