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Mind Map by Lorena Mendoza, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lorena Mendoza
over 7 years ago
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The simple present
- Form
- Affirmative
- You speak English.
- I word in London.
- You speak English.
- Negative
- always use the auxiliary "do/ does " for negations and the infinitive of the verb.
- Example with "do"
- I do not clean the room.
- I do not clean the room.
- Example with "does"
- He does not clean the room.
- He does not clean the room.
- Example with "do"
- always use the auxiliary "do/ does " for negations and the infinitive of the verb.
- Interrogative
- you need the auxiliary "do/does" and the infinitive of the verb.
- Do I play football?
- Does he play football?
- Do I play football?
- you need the auxiliary "do/does" and the infinitive of the verb.
- Affirmative
- Expresses an action in the present taking place once, never or several times.
- Uses of the simple present
- To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
- I work in London. (unchanging situation)
- I work in London. (unchanging situation)
- To give instructions or directions:
- You walk for two hundred meters.
- You walk for two hundred meters.
- To give your opinion:
- I like ice cream.
- I like ice cream.
- To talk about schedules:
- The library opens at eight.
- The library opens at eight.
- To give facts:
- The earth circles the sun.
- The earth circles the sun.
- To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
- The spelling of the simple present
- When the verb ends with "s", "sh", "ch", "x", "z" or "o" we add "es".
- watch -waches
- wash-washes
- watch -waches
- When the verb ends with "y" and there is vowel before it, you add "s", if there is consonant before it, you omit the "y" and you add "ies".
- Play-plays
- Cry- cries
- Play-plays
- when the verb ends in a consonat other than "s, sh, ch, x, z" we add "s"
- Drink-drinks
- Drink-drinks
- When the verb ends with "s", "sh", "ch", "x", "z" or "o" we add "es".
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