Present simple

PRESENT SIMPLE

EL "PRESENT SIMPLE" SE UTILIZA:

Para expresar hábitos y rutinas, hechos generales, acciones repetidas o situaciones, emociones y deseos permanentes: I smoke (hábito); I work in London (permanencia); London is a large city (hecho general)

Para dar instrucciones o indicaciones: You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

Para hablar de eventos programados, presentes o futuros: Your exam starts at 09.00.

Para referirse al futuro, detrás de algunas conjunciones: after, when, before, as soon as, until: He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

¡Cuidado! El "simple present" no se utiliza para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en este momento.

NOTAS SOBRE LA TERCERA PERSONA DEL SINGULAR DEL "SIMPLE PRESENT"

En la tercera persona del singular, el verbo siempre termina en -s: he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.

Para las formas negativa e interrogativa, se emplea DOES (= tercera persona del auxiliar 'DO') + el infinitivo del verbo. He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.

Verbos que terminan en -y : en la tercera persona del singular, se cambia la -y por -ies: fly --> flies, cry --> cries

Excepción: cuando una vocal precede a la -y: play --> plays, pray --> prays

Añadimos -es a los verbos que terminan en:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch: he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes

SIMPLE PRESENT

THE "SIMPLE PRESENT" IS USED:

To express habits and routines, general facts, repeated actions or situations, emotions and permanent desires: I smoke (habit); I work in London (permanence); London is a large city (general fact)

To give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

To talk about scheduled, present or future events: Your exam starts at 09.00.

To refer to the future, behind some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until: He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

Watch out! The "simple present" is not used to talk about what is happening at this moment.

NOTES ON THE THIRD PERSON OF THE SINGULAR OF THE "SIMPLE PRESENT"

In the third person singular, the verb always ends in -s: he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.

For the negative and interrogative forms, DOES (= third person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the verb is used. He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.

Verbs that end in -y: in the third person of the singular, the -y is changed by -ies: fly -> flies, cry -> cries

Exception: when a vowel precedes the -y: play -> plays, pray -> prays

We add -es to the verbs that end in: -ss, -x, -sh, -ch: he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes