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IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Present Simple Form: Affirmative Negative Interrogative I/You live I/You do not (don’t) live Do I/you live? He/She It lives He/She/It does not (doesn’t) live Does he/she/it live? We/You/They live We/You/They do not (don’t) live Do we/you/they live? Uses: - a regular habit or routine: I go to school every day. - a general truth or scientific fact: Water boils at 100º Celsius - Stative verbs: I think you are right. IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
Present Simple: 3rd person singular When the verb ends in o,ss,sh,ch,or x you add es: do-does, wish-wishes, mix-mixes When the verb ends in a vowel + y you add s: say-says When the verb ends in consonant + y: change the y into i and add es: try-tries IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Present Simple Adverbs of frequency: usually, always, often, sometimes, rarely, never, generally, regularly, occasionally, frequently, seldom. Time expressions: in the morning..., on Mondays... At + time (5 o’clock), every day, once a week... IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Present Simple Stative Verbs: - Showing feelings and emotions: like, dislike, love, hate, enjoy... - Thoughts and opinions: think, understand, believe, forget... (If referred to activity we can use the continuous form: He is thinking of coming tomorrow) - Perception and the senses: feel, hear, see, smell, sound, taste and touch (See in the continuous form means future action: I’m seeing Alex tomorrow) - Measures and Prices: cost, weigh, measure - Posession: belong, have, own. IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Present Continuous Form: - Affirmative: I am V + ing You are V + ing He/she/it is V + ing We/you/ they are V + ing - Negative: I am ( I’m) not V + ing You are not (aren’t) V + ing He/she/it is not (isn’t) V + ing We/you/ they are not ( aren’t)V + ing - Interrogative: Am I V + ing? Are you V + ing? Is he/she/it V + ing? Are we/you/they V + ing? IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
Present Continuous: Form Verb to be in the present + ing: When we add the ing to the main verb we must follow these rules: - if it ends in e, you take off the e and add ing: live-living - if it ends in y: keep it: play-playing - if it ends in ie, it changes to y: die-dying - if it is a one syllable verb and ends in vowel + consonant (except w and x) you double the last consonant: run-running -if it is bisyllable and the stress is on the first syllable and ends in p or l you double the consonant: travel-travelling - if it is bisyllable and the stress is on the second syllable and ends in vowel + consonant you double the consonant: refer-referring IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Present Continuous Uses An action which is happening now: I’m reading a book now. A temporary action: At present I’m staying at my sister’s house. A definite plan for the near future: I’m visiting the doctor tomorrow Time expressions now, right now, at the moment This year, at present This evening, tomorrow, tonight, next week.... IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Past Simple Form: - Affirmative: I / You lived He/she/it lived We/You/they lived - Negative: I/You did not (didn’t) live He/she/it did not (didn’t) live We/You/they did not (didn’t) live - Interrogative: Did I live? Did you live? Did he/she/it live? Did we/you/they live? IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Past Simple: form Regular verbs are formed adding ed to the base: - When the verb end in e and you do not pronounce it you add d: live-lived - When the verb ends in a vowel + y you add ed: stay-stayed - When the verb ends in consonant + y: change the y into i and add ed: try-tried - if it is a one syllable verb and ends in vowel + consonant (except w and x) you double the last consonant: stop- stopped -if it is bisyllable and the stress is on the first syllable and ends in p or l you double the consonant: travel-travelled - if it is bisyllable and the stress is on the second syllable and ends in vowel + consonant you double the consonant: refer-referred IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Past Simple Uses A completed action in the past: We went to the cinema yesterday A series of completed actions in the past: When I phoned him, his wife heard the conversation Time expressions yesterday last week/year 3 days ago In 2008,in the 50s When then IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Past Continuous Form: - Affirmative: I was V + ing You were V + ing He/she/it was V + ing We/you/ they were V + ing - Negative: I was not (wasn’t) V + ing You were not (weren’t) V + ing He/she/it was not (wasn’t) V + ing We/you/ they were not ( weren’t)V + ing - Interrogative: Was I V + ing? Were you V + ing? Was he/she/it V + ing? Were we/you/they V + ing? IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Past Continuous Uses An incomplete action in progress at a specific time in the past: At 3 o’clock Iwas catching the bus An incomplete action interrupted by another action: She was having a shower when the telephone rang Two incomplete actions in progress at the same time in the past: While the students were doing the exam, the teacher was checking the workbooks Time expressions Last night/week/year When While As At 1 o’clock IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Future Simple Form: - Affirmative: I / You will live He/she/it will live We/You/they will live - Negative: I/You will not (won’t) live He/she/it will not (won’t) live We/You/they will not (won’t) live - Interrogative: Will I live? Will you live? Will he/she/it live? Will we/you/they live? IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil Future Simple Uses: Prediction: He will visit his grandmother tomorrow Timetable: They will have P.E. at 8:30 A spontaneous decision: I’ll help you Time expressions This afternoon In half an hour At 5 o’clock Next summer, week... In the future..... IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil
IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil BE/GOING TO Form: - Affirmative: I am going to live You are going to live He/she/it is going to live We/You/they are going to live - Negative: I am not (I’m) going to live You are not (aren’t) going to live He/she/it is not (isn’t)going to live We/You/they are (aren’t) going to live - Interrogative: Am I going to live? Are You going to live? Is he/she/it going to live? Are We/You/They going to live IES Avenida de los Toreros Charo Gil