Simple Present

PRESENT SIMPLE : Affirmative form

Vamos a conjugar el verbo TO PLAY.

AFFIRMATIVE FORM                 MEANING

• I play ........................... (yo) juego.

• You play ....................... (tú) juegas.

• He plays ......................  (él) juega.

• She plays ..................... (ella) juega.

• It plays .................  (animal o cosa) juega.

• We play .....................  (nosotros) jugamos.

• You play ...................... (vosotros) jugáis.

• They play ..................... (ellos) juegan.

NOTA: Observa que no hay forma contraída en la affirmative  form.

SPELLING RULES.

1.- La norma general es que al verbo se le añade -s cuando hablamos de la 3ª persona del singular. 

Ejemplos: I live --> he lives ;  You drive --> she drives ;  We run --> It runs.

2.- Al verbo se le añade -es cuando termina en -s / -ch / -sh/ -x/ -o/

Ejemplos: pass = passes ; watch = watches ; finish = finishes ; fix = fixes; go=goes

3.- Los verbos que terminan en -y la convierten en -i y añaden -es. 

Ejemplos: study = studies ; fly = flies.

Pero cuidado, porque la -y no se convierte en -i si la palabra termina en -ay/-ey/-oy/-uy.

Ejemplos: say = says; stay = stays; buy = buys

EXERCISE  Write the third person of the following verbs:

dance      fly          live        write     fix          go          catch      drink       wash      do         drive      tidy        cut         come         fish         give        sit         say        study     see         swim         think       buy         eat       dream    break

Let's practice:

Exercise 1      
Exercise 2     
Exercise 3        
Exercise 4    

PRESENT SIMPLE: INTERROGATIVE FORM

INTERROGATIVE  FORM   *   MEANING                     SHORT ANSWER

Do I play ..                      ¿(yo) juego ...?        Yes, I do / No, I don't.

Do you play ...?               ¿(tú) juegas ...?        Yes, I do/No, I don't.

Does he play ...?             ¿(él) juega ...?          Yes, he does/ No, he doesn't
Does she play ...?            ¿(ella) juega ...?  Yes, she does/ No, she doesn't
Does it play ...?              ¿(ello) juega ...?    Yes, it does / No, it doesn't

Do we play ...?         ¿(nosotros) jugamos ...?   Yes, we do / No, we don't

Do you play ...?      ¿(vosotros) jugais ...?       Yes, you do / No, you don't

Do they play ...?          ¿(ellos) juegan ...?       Yes, they do / No, they don't

EXERCISE 1: Complete the questions and write true answers.

1- ........... you play basketball? ......................

2- ........... you and your family live in France? ..............

3- ........... your friends like pop music? ...................

4- .........your English teacher come from England?..........

5- ........... you and your classmates study Maths? ...........

6- ........... you play football? ........................

EXERCISE 2: Complete the questions and the answers.

1- -------- Mike and Sue eat fish? No, .......................

2- -------- Linda play football? Yes, .......................

3- -------- Sam study Portuguese? No, .........................

4- -------- Sarah live in Ireland? Yes, ...................

5- -------- Darren and Mike eat apples? No, ...................

6- -------- Sammy and Jenny dance in the disco? Yes, .....

Let's practice:

Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

PRESENT SIMPLE:NEGATIVE FORM

NEGATIVE FORM            SHORT FORM                    MEANING

I do not play                  I don't play                       (Yo) no juego.

You do not play              You don't play                (Tú) no juegas.

He does not play            He doesn't play                (Él) no juega.

She does not play           She doesn't play             (Ella) no juega.

It does not play               It doesn't play               (Ello) no juega.

We do not play               We don't play     (Nosotros) no jugamos.

You do not play              You don't play       (Vosotros) no jugáis.

They do not play            They don't play          (Ellos) no juegan.

EXERCISE 1: Complete the sentences using don't or doesn't.

1- Sue ................ like History.

2- Darren and Sam .................. go to school by car.

3- Matt .................. study Japanese.

4- Ben and Sue .................. eat vegetables.

5- Linda ............... live in London.

6- We ............... work in a hospital.

7- Teresa and Sarah ............. like horror films.

8- My sister ................ get up at eight o'clock.

EXERCISE 2: Rewrite these sentences in the negative form.

1- My parents drink a lot of tea.

2- English people drive on the right.

3- George lives in New York.

4- They speak Spanish in Brazil.

5- Potatoes cost a lot of money.

6- Cats like water.

7- Susan study French at school.

8- Darren and Linda play baseball in a team.

Let's practice:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4