Activity 4. Present Simple  

ITS DIFFERENT USES  

1. When you want to communicate permanet satatuses or actions 

2. By manifesting sates or situations that are routine or actions that have periodicity 

3. To talk about habits, routines or facts that are repeated in certain periods of time 

4.When you give directions, instructions and singnals 

5. To convey appointments, facts, or commitments that will pass in a certain time 

The present simple should never be used to describe states, situations, or actions that happen at the very moment in which one is speaking 

STRUCTURE 

Affirmative          Subject + Verb + Complement 

Refusal                Subject + Auxiliary do/does not + Verb + Complement 

Question              Auxiliary do/does + Subject + Verb + Complement 

HOW TO CREATE AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS 

º By using the personal pronouns he, she, it, nouns and proper nouns in the singular, the verb undergoes modifications 

º If the verb  ends in X, SH, CH, O, SS and Z, it should be added at the end "es". For example: Fix=Fixes, Whish=Whishes, Watch=Whatches, Miss=Misses, Go=Goes 

º If the verb ends in  different combination than the previous one, "s" is added to it at the end. For example: Work=Works, Eat=Eats, Call=Calls, Sleep=Sleeps 

º If the verb ends in "y" but first has a constant, the "y" is removed  and "ies" is added to it. For example: Fly=Flies, Study=Studies 

º If the verb ends in "y" but first has a vowel, "s" is added at the end. For example: Play=Plays, Pay=Pays 

HOW TO CREATE NEGATIVE STATEMENTS 

To write sentences in negative, we must use the auxiliary "do" when we use the pronouns "I, You, We, They" and the auxiliary "does" when we use the pronouns "he, she, it", nouns and proper nouns in singular 

SO, THE BASIC FORMULA WOULD BE: 

Subject + Auxiliary "do" or " does" + NOT + Verb + Complement 

HOW TO CREATE QUESTIONS 

To ask questions in the simple present, the basic formula varies a bit 

Auxiliary "do" or "does" + Subject + Verb + Complement + ?

The are other types of questions, which are called "Wh questions". These are interrogative word that are used to specify the questions and are: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How 

Then the formula to asj questions would remain 

Interrogative word + Auxiliary "do" or "does" + Subject + Verb + Complement + ?

EXAMPLE OF EACH 

AFFIRMATIVE 

1. I go to class twice a week 

2. She reads the newspaper every day 

NEGATIVE 

1. He does not live in Boston --  He doesn't live in Boston 

2. We do not go to the movies every weekend -- We don't go to the movies every weekend 

QUESTIONS 

1. Do you study English every day?

2. Does she watch TV at 9 pm? 

3. Who is  your English teacher? 

4. Where do you live?