Present simplePresent simple

• When we use it• Affirmative• How to make negative and

interrogative forms and short answers

• Adverbs of frecuency

When we use itWhen we use it

To talk about things in generalTo say something that happens all

the time or repeatidelyTo say something that we do very

often (routines, habits,…)When using the following forms: I

promise, I apologize, I suggestt, I advise, I agree, etc.

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II know…

it’s

boring!!!

AffirmativeAffirmative

I playYou playHe

She playsItWe playYou playThey play

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That’s the only person

that changes.

How to make negative How to make negative and interrogative formsand interrogative forms

Because we are not an auxilary verb, we need one of them to help us to construct our negative and interrogative forms, and also our short, answers andthat is our

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DO

NegativeNegative

I don’t play

You don’t play

He

She doesn’t play

It

We don’t play

You don’t play

They don’t play

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The ‘s’ is not any more in

the base form of the verb.

It’s in the auxiliary!

L K!!!Do not = don’tDoes not = doesn’t

Negative and short Negative and short answeranswer

Do I play? (No answer, because we cannot respond ourselves)

Do you play? Yes, I do / No, I don’the

Does she play?it

Do we play Yes, we do / No, we don’tDo you play Yes, we do / No, we don’tDo they play Yes, they do / No, they

don’t

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Yes he / she / it doesNo he / she / it doesn’t

Adverbs of frecuencyAdverbs of frecuency

I like to remember you than sometimes the present simple goes with an adverb of frecuency like often, usually, never, always, etc. to know that the action is made repeatidely let’s see: routines, habits, etc.

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She eats at two o’clock

They go to school at half past nine

Some examplesSome examples

That’s all about the present simple. Next time we will talk about the ‘present continous’

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He does his homework in the evening.