THE PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE I SPEAK YOU SPEAK HE SPEAKS SHE SPEAKS IT SPEAKS WE SPEAK THEY SPEAK

NEGATIVE FORM I DON’T SPEAK YOU DON’T SPEAK HE DOESN’T SPEAK SHE DOESN’T SPEAK IT DOESN’T SPEAK WE DON’T SPEAK THEY DON’T SPEAK

QUESTION …DO I SPEAK…? …DO YOU SPEAK…? …DOES HE SPEAK…? …DOES SHE SPEAK…? … DOES IT SPEAK…? … DO WE SPEAK….? … DO YOU SPEAK…? … DO THEY SPEAK….?

USES we use the peresent simple to express: - A REGULAR HABIT OR ROUTINE I go to school everyday He smokes a lot - GENERAL TRUTH OR SCIENTIFIC FACT The moon turns around the Earth. The water boils at 100 degrees.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY ALWAYS- siempre USUALLY-casi siempre/normalmente OFTEN- a menudo SOMETIMES- a veces RARELY HARDLY EVER-apenas/ casi nunca NEVER- nunca

Los adverbios de frecuencia se colocan delante inmediatamente de cualquier verbo. He usually speaks English at home He never goes to the cinema Si tenemos el verbo TO BE (am/is/are) el Adverbio de Frecuencia lo ponemos después. He is always late I am often a lazy boy

These expressions are normally placed at end of the sentence: OTRAS EXPRESIONES QUE INDICAN FRECUENCIA Once..a… week/day/month/year ( una vez a la semana/día/mes/año Twice a week/ day/month/year ( dos veces a la semana/día/mes /año) Three times a week / day/ year – (3 veces a la Semana / día/ año) Everyday/week/month.. At seven o’clock/at night/in the morning/ on Mondays.. These expressions are normally placed at end of the sentence: I go to the cinema ONCE A WEEK. He plays the piano EVERYDAY. - She studies French TWICE A MONTH.

Now you…. Choose the correct answer: He …..football everyday. a. play b.plays c. playing

2. They……….TV at school. A. Watches B. Don’t watch C. Doesn’t watch

3. I ……go to bed before eleven o’clock. It is twelve o’clock. A. NEVER B. DOESN’T C. DON’T

B. SHE ALWAYS IS TIRED. C. SHE IS TIRED ALWAYS. 4. A. SHE IS ALWAYS TIRED. B. SHE ALWAYS IS TIRED. C. SHE IS TIRED ALWAYS.

5. SOMETIMES means…… a. A menudo b. nunca c. A veces

a. My sister often has cereal for breakfast. 6. a. My sister often has cereal for breakfast. b. My sister often have cereal for breakfast. c. My sister have often cereal for breakfast.

And the corect answers are…. 1. b 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. a

This is for the winner…..