PRESENT SIMPLE WE USE PRESENT SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT EVENTS, RULES OR ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN WITH FREQUENCY.
PRESENT SIMPLE VERB TO BE AFFIRMATIVE: I AM NEGATIVE: I AM NOT INTERROGATIVE: AM I YOU AREN´T ARE YOU HE/SHE/IT IS COMPLEMENT HE/SHE/IT ISN´T COMPLEMENT IS HE/SHE/IT WE AREN´T ARE WE YOU AREN´T ARE YOU THEY AREN´T ARE THEY ? COMPLEMENT
PRESENT SIMPLE OTHER VERBS STRUCTURE: • AFFIRMATIVE: SUBJECT + VERB+ COMPLEMENTS EXAMPLE: I READ A BOOK. • NEGATIVE: SUBJECT + DON´T (AUXILIAR IN NEGATIVE)+ VERB+ COMPLEMENTS EXAMPLE: I DON´T READ A BOOK. • INTERROGATIVE: DO (AUXILIAR)+ SUBJECT+ VERB+ COMPLEMENTS? EXAMPLE: DO I READ A BOOK? STRUCTURE: THIRD PERSON OF SINGULAR (HE/SHE/IT) • • • AFFIRMATIVE: SUBJECT + VERB-S/-ES+ COMPLEMENTS EXAMPLE: HE READS A BOOK. NEGATIVE: SUBJECT + DOESN´T (AUXILIAR IN NEGATIVE)+ VERB+ COMPLEMENTS EXAMPLE: HE DOESN´T READ A BOOK. INTERROGATIVE: DOES (AUXILIAR)+ SUBJECT+ VERB+ COMPLEMENTS? EXAMPLE: DOES HE READ A BOOK?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS • WE USE PRESENT CONTINUOUS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN ACTION THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT. • STRUCUTURE: • AFFIRMATIVE: SUBJECT + VERB TO BE IN PRESENT + VERB-ING+ COMPLEMENTS. EXAMPLES: I AM READING A BOOK. HE IS READING A BOOK. • NEGATIVE: SUBJECT + VERB TO BE IN PRESENT IN NEGATIVE + VERB-ING+ COMPLEMENTS. EXAMPLES: I AM NOT READING A BOOK. HE ISN´T READING A BOOK. • INTERROGATIVE: VERB TO BE IN PRESENT+ SUBJECT+ VERB-ING+ COMPLEMENTS? EXAMPLES: AM I READING A BOOK? IS HE READING A BOOK?