EL "PRESENT SIMPLE" SE UTILIZA:
§ Para expresar hábitos y rutinas, hechos generales,
acciones repetidas o situaciones, emociones y deseos permanentes:
-I smoke (hábito); I work in London (permanencia)
-I smoke (hábito); I work in London (permanencia)
-London is a large city (hecho
general)
§ Para dar instrucciones o
indicaciones:
-You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
-You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
§ Para hablar de eventos programados, presentes o
futuros:
-Your exam starts at 09.00.
-Your exam starts at 09.00.
§ Para referirse al futuro,
detrás de algunas conjunciones: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
EJEMPLOS
§ Hábitos y rutinas
-He drinks tea at breakfast.
-She only eats fish.
-They watch television regularly.
-He drinks tea at breakfast.
-She only eats fish.
-They watch television regularly.
§ Eventos y acciones repetidos
-we catch the bus every morning.
-It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
-They drive to Monaco every summer.
-we catch the bus every morning.
-It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
-They drive to Monaco every summer.
§ Hechos generales
-Water freezes at zero degrees.
-The Earth revolves around the Sun.
-Her mother is Peruvian.
-Water freezes at zero degrees.
-The Earth revolves around the Sun.
-Her mother is Peruvian.
§ Instrucciones o indicaciones
-Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
-You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.
-Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
-You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.
§ Eventos programados
-His mother arrives tomorrow.
-Our holiday starts on the 26th March
-His mother arrives tomorrow.
-Our holiday starts on the 26th March
§ Construcciones de futuro
-she’ll see you before she leaves.
-We'll give it to her when she arrives.
-she’ll see you before she leaves.
-We'll give it to her when she arrives.
NOTAS SOBRE LA TERCERA PERSONA DEL
SINGULAR
§ En la tercera persona del singular, el verbo siempre
termina en -s:
-He wants, she needs,
he gives, she thinks.
§ Para las formas negativa e interrogativa, se emplea
DOES (= tercera persona del auxiliar 'DO') + el infinitivo del verbo.
-He wants ice
cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not
want vanilla.
§ Verbos que terminan en -y : en la
tercera persona del singular, se cambia la -y por -ies:
-fly
--> flies,
-cry --> cries
Excepción: cuando una vocal precede a la -y:
-play --> plays,
-pray --> prays
§ Añadimos -es a los verbos que
terminan en:-ss, -x, -sh, ch:
-He passes, she catches, he fixes, it
pushes
EJEMPLOS
§
He
goes to school every morning.
§ She understands English.
§
It
mixes the sand and the water.
§ He tries very hard.
§
She
enjoys playing the piano.
