1. VERB TENSES

2. The simple present tense We use the simple present to express habits, permanent truths.

3. EX. 1: He reads the newspaper every morning.

4. Ex. 2: I go to school every day

5. Ex. 3: Water boils at 100 C˚

6. Remember! Verb to be – (ser, estar) I am, You are, He is, She is, It is, We are, You are, They are

7. Ex. 4: They are at home

8. Ex. 5: We are Students

9. Ordinary Verbs You just have to worry with the third person singular. We add “s”

10. Ex. 6: She Likes Apples

11. When the ordinary verbs end in: o, x, z, s, ss, ch We add “es”

12. Ex. 7: She goes to school every day (verb to go)

13. Verbs ending in consonant + y You substitute for ies

14. Ex. 8: She studies math

15. Simple Past Regular verbs –Add “ed” Verbs ending with consonant + y – We can substitute the “y” for “ied”

16. Simple past This verb tense is used to express actions that finished in a definite time in the past. We use adverbs like: yesterday, last year, last week, ago…

17. Ex. 9: He climbed a mountain yesterday

18. Ex. 10: He cleaned the house last week

19. Active and passive voice Active: Somebody cleans the office

20. Passive Passive: The office is cleaned (by somebody) (It emphasizes the action)

21. The Passive is: Present simple (am, is are) + Past Participle Or… Past simple (was/were) + Past Participle

22. Ex. 13: She opened the door. (Active voice)

23. Ex. 14: The door was opened. (passive voice)