Presente Simple. Teoría y Ejercicios.

SIMPLE PRESENT (I Drive)
Afirmativo	Negativo	Interrogativo
I drive You drive He drives She drives It drives We drive You drive They drive	I don’t drive You don’t drive He doesn’t drive She doesn’t drive It doesn’t drive We don’t drive You don’t drive They don’t dive	Do I drive? Do you drive? Does he drive? Does she drive? Does it drive? Do we drive? Do you drive? Do the drive?

• Afirmativa: es como la forma base del verbo (infinitivo sin to) en todas las personas menos en la 3ª del singular, en la que se le añade -s. Hay casos en los que se añade -es en vez de -s:
• Si acaba en ss, sh, ch y x: pass - passes; whash - washes; mix - mixes.
• Si acaba en o: do - does.
• Si acaba en consonante + y, se cambia la y por la i: study - studies.
• Ejemplo: He walks the dog every day. (Él pasea al perro todos los días)

• Negativa: Sujeto + do / does + not (n't) + verbo en la forma base.
• Ejemplo: My mother doesn't cook. (Mi madre no cocina)

• Interrogativa: Do / Does + sujeto + verbo.
• Ejemplo: Do you study with friends? (¿Estudias con amigos?)

• Respuestas Breves: Se pone el pronombre personal sujeto + do / does o don't / doesn't.
• Ejemplo: Does she watch TV? Yes, she does / No, she doesn't. (¿Ella ve la televisión? Sí / No)

• Expresiones Temporales: Todas pueden ir al principio, o al final de la frase, pero se suelen poner al final. Con el Presente Simple se suelen usar las siguientes expresiones temporales:
• Every day / week / year (Todos los años, días, semanas)
• Once / twice a year (Una o dos veces al año)
• On + día de la semana en plural.
• At night (Por la noche)
• In the morning (Por la mañana)
• In the summer (En verano)

• Adverbios de Frecuencia: Se colocan delante del verbo, pero si acompañan al verbo to be se sitúan detrás.
• Always ( Siempre)
• Usually (Normalmente)
• Often (A menudo)
• Sometimes (Algunas veces)
• Rarely (Rara vez)
• Never (Nunca)

• Usos del Presente Simple:
• Verdades generales y descripciones. (The sun sets in the west / El sol se pone por el oeste)
• Hechos habituales y cotidianos. ( Do you play football? / ¿Juegas al fútbol? )
• Gustos y opiniones. (She likes sport / Le gustan los deportes)
• Programas y horarios (We get up at 7.30 / Nos levantamos a las 7.30)

EXERCISES

1. Put the verbs into the correct form: 

• Water __________(boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
• George __________(not/go) to the movies very often.
• How many languages __________(you/speak)?
• The swimming pool __________(open) at 9:00 and __________(close) at 6:30 every day.
• What time __________(the banks/close) here?
• I have a car, but I __________(not/use) it very often.
• How many cigarettes __________ (you/smoke) a day?
• What __________(you/do)?
• Where ___________ (your father/come) from? He _________ (come) from Mexico.
• It __________ (take) me an hour to get to work. How long ____________(it/take) you?
• I don’t understand the word “deceive”. What ____________(“deceive”/mean)?

2. Use these sentences to make questions:

• Ann watches television. (How often?) _________________________________
• I write to my parents (How often?) ___________________________________
• I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?)_______________________
• Tom works (Where?)______________________________________________
• I go to the movies. (How often?)_____________________________________
• People do stupid things. (Why?)______________________________________
• The car breaks down. (How often?)___________________________________

3. Choose the correct answer:

• His grandparents ___________(live) in France.
• Cathy___________(wash) her hair every morning.
• We usually ___________(buy) ice cream at the weekend.
• The girls sometimes ___________(study) at the library.
• Philip and Ned often __________(go) skiing in the winter.
• That teacher always ____________(give) a lot of homework.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the Present Simple.

Visit     listen     buy     sleep     play     read

• Many people _____________popcorn at the cinema.
• He ____________football every afternoon.
• John ______________his grandparents on Saturdays.
• My parents ______________the newspaper every day.
• I usually _______________ eight hours each night.
• My friends usually ____________ to rock music, not classical music.

5. Choose the correct answer:

• John don’t like / doesn’t like geography lessons.
• Mrs Brown don’t/doesn’t read detective stories.
• The students don’t learn /doesn’t learn English every day.
• I don’t do / doesn’t do my homework every day.
• Robert don’t go / doesn’t go swimming on Tuesday.
• My brothers don’t play/doesn’t play basketball.

6. Write questions with the words below. Use Present Simple.

• You/ live/ in England ______________________________________
• Your family/ watch / TV / at night ____________________________
• Your friends/ play/ tennis ___________________________________
• Your father/ read/ mystery stories ____________________________
• You/ go/ to the cinema/ every weekend ________________________

7. Answer the questions below. Use short answers. Make answers true for you:

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8. Write three affirmative and three negatives sentences about the things you do or don’t do regularly.

• ____________________________
• ____________________________
• ____________________________

9. Read the text. Then circle ten more present simple affirmative verbs and underline three more present simple negative verbs (ignore be and have got).

My boyfriend, Robert, and I are very different. He isn’t shy, but he’s very quiet. He’s very clever and he loves books. I don’t read books a lot, but I like magazines. I prefer action and I love sport. My favourite sport is tennis. I always play tennis at weekends and I usually win!

Robert doesn’t like  a lot of sport, but he watches tennis on TV. He sometimes come to the sport club with me. He doesn’t play, but he shouts for me! I like with him because he’s different. I think that he’s interesting, and he’s very funny. He’s got a brilliant personality. He’s never moody and we don’t argue. We’re very happy and we’ve got a lot of friends.

10. Complete the sentences about Meg and Robert. Use the present simple affirmative or negative form of the verbs in the box.

Argue     know     lose     play     read     think

• Meg ___________ a lot of books.
• She ___________ usually __________ at tennis.
• Meg ___________ that Robert is boring.
• Robert ___________ with Meg.
• Meg ____________ a lot of people.

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