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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present simple AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE

SUBJECT

VERB

COMPLEMENT

I study for two hours every night.

I

Study

For two hours every night

Jenny studies for two hours every night.

Jenny

studies

For two hours every night

My classes begin at six

My classes

begin

At six

My english class begins at six.

My english class

begins

At six

Henry needs a new mouse right now.

Henry

needs

A new mouse right now

The present simple is used to express habits or daily routines, it also indicates a situation or action in the moment. 

the verb has -s- after third singular person (he, she, it)

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Reglas para la formación del presente simple:

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1. En la mayoría de los verbos se hace agregando S a la forma simple del verbo:

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Ejemplo: Get: Gets

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2. Cuando la forma simple del verbo termina en Y precedida por una consonante, la Y se cambia por i, y se agrega es.

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Ejemplo: Study: Studies

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3. Cuando la forma simple del verbo termina en /o/, /ch/, /sh/,/ss/, /x/, /zz/, se agrega es a la forma simple del verbo.

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Ejemplo: Go: Goes Watches

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4. Be y Have son irregulares: Be: is

Live: Lives

- Buy: Buys

- Hurry: Hurries

- Do: Does

- Dry: Dries

- Miss: Misses - Have: Has

- Watch:

Negative form use do not / don`t does not / doesn`t I / WE / YOU / THEY HE / SHE / IT

DO NOT / DON`T

DOES NOT / DOESN`T

PRINT

COLOR PICTURES

RUN

HTML PROGRAMS

SAVE

THE LAST CHANGES

SCAN

THE NEW DISK

Yes/No question with short affirmative and negative answers. AUXILIAR

SUBJECT

VERB

COMPLEMENT

SHORT ANSWERS

DO

YOU

PRINT

THE FINANCIAL REPORTS?

YES, I DO NO, I DON`T

DO

THEY

SEND

THE INFORMATION BY E-MAIL?

YES, THEY DO NO THEY DON`T

DOES

SHE

VISIT

HER GRANDPARENTS ON SUNDAYS?

YES, SHE DOES NO, SHE DOESN`T

DOES

HE

PLAYS

BASKETBALL TWO YES, HE DOES DAYS A WEEK? NO, HE DOESN`T

PRESENT CONTINOUS 

El present progressive o present continuous (presente continuo) es la forma continua del presente. En inglés se utiliza principalmente para acciones que están teniendo lugar en el momento en que se habla o que solo están sucediendo temporalmente.

Camilo is listening to music. Diego is crying because his knee got hurt. Luis is running so fast. They are dancing salsa music.

Formación

Se utiliza el verbo auxiliar be y el verbo principal en gerundio, es decir, añadiendo la terminación -ing al infinitivo. NOUN / PRONOUN

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

INTERROGATIVE

I

I AM SPEAKING

I AM NOT SPEAKING

AM I SPEAKING?

HE, SHE IT

HE IS SPEAKING

HE IS NOT SPEAKING

IS HE SPEAKING?

YOU WE THEY

YOU ARE SPEAKIN

YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING

ARE YOU SPEAKING?

ING RULES 

CUANDO EL VERBO TIENE DOS SÌLABAS Y TERMINA EN E SE LE QUITA LA E Y SE AGREGA ING

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EJEMPLOS: LIVE-LIVING

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CUANDO EL VERBO TERMINA EN IE SE CAMBIAN ESTAS VOCALES POR YING

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EJEMPLOS: LIE-LYING

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CUANDO EL VERBO TIENE SOLO UNA SILABA Y TERMINA EN UNA CONSONANTE PRECEDIDA DE UNA VOCAL ESTA ÙLTIMA SE DUPLICA Y SE AGREGA ING

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EJEMPLO: RUN-RUNNING STOP-STOPPING CUT-CUTTING SWIMSWIMMING.

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LOS DEMAS VERBOS QUE NO CUMPLAN NINGUNA DE LAS REGLAS ANTERIORES SE LES AGREGA ING: PLAYING, READING, KEEPING, STUDYING, THINKING, CALLING.

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EXCEPCIONES: COME-COMING

MAKE-MAKING

WRITE-ING

DIE-DYING

BOX-BOXING

FIX-FIXING

ACTIVITY 

Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive

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Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).

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Look! He (leave)________________ the house.

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Quiet please! I (write)________________ a test.

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She usually (walk)________________ to school.

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But look! Today she (go)_____________ by bike.

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Every Sunday we (go)________________ to see my grandparents.

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He often (go)______________ to the cinema.

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We (play)_______________ Monopoly at the moment.

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The child seldom (cry)__________________ .

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I (not / do)________________ anything at the moment.

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(watch / he) __________________ the news regularly?