UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CALLAO
FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA ELÉCTRICA Y ELECTRÓNICA
ESCUELA DE ELECTRÓNICA
TOPIC: PRESENT TENCE
STUDENTS:
Guadalupe Brcieño Kelly Code: 1713220545
TEACHER:
Callao, Perú MAY,2019
PRESENT TENCE
PRESENT SIMPLE
The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in
English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general
truths, and fixed arrangements. The simple present tense is simple to
form. Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we take,
they take) The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she
takes)
1. The simple present tense is used:
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or
unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
I smoke (habit)
I work in London (unchanging situation)
London is a large city (general truth)
To give instructions or directions:
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
To express fixed arrangements, present or future:
Your exam starts at 09.00
To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when,
before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
2. Grammar Rules
We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive
(without the TO).
In general, in the third person we add 'S' in the third person.
Subject Verb The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they speak / learn English at home
he / she / it speaks / learns English at home
The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the
ending of that verb:
For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the
third person.
go – goes
catch – catches
wash – washes
kiss – kisses
fix – fixes
buzz – buzzes
For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add
-IES.
marry – marries
study – studies
carry – carries
worry – worries
NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.
play – plays
enjoy – enjoys
say – says
3. Structure of simple present
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Subject + Base Verb + Object
Here are some examples:
I like pizza.
You have a brother.
He lives in Brazil.
She lives in Toronto.
For “he”, “she”, and “it” use the third-person verb. This is the same
as the base verb, but it has an “s” on the end:
1. Base Verb ——– play, live, run
2. 3rd Person Verb ——– plays, lives, runs
Here are all the pronouns with conjugations of some common
verbs:
I play live want like
You play live want like
He plays lives wants likes
She plays lives wants likes
It plays lives wants likes
We play live want like
They play live want like
NEGATIVE FORM
Negative sentences use “do not”, “does not”, or “be + not”.
DO NOT/DOES NOT Simple Present
Subject + do/does +not + base verb
Examples:
I do not like pizza.
She does not play baseball.
After “do not” or “does not”, the verb is always in the base form.
He likes soccer.
He does not like soccer.
She studies English.
She does not study English.
BE + NOT
Subject + am/is/are +not + noun/adjective.
Negative sentences can also use the verb to be and not. They
look like these examples:
I am not a doctor.
She is not hungry.
They are not from Africa.
Use do with verbs and be with nouns or adjectives.
I do not like baseball.
I am not a baseball player.
She does not have a sister.
She is not married.
They do not want tea.
They are not tall.
QUESTION FORM
Auxiliary
Auxiliary Subject Verb Rest Yes/No Subject
(+ n't)
Yes, I do.
Do you read books?
No, I don't.
Yes, he does.
Does Peter play football?
No, he doesn't.
PRESENT CONTINUO
