jorge villela

miércoles, 28 de marzo de 2012

Simple Present Be

I am

You are

He is

She is

It is

We are

You are

They are

Contractions

I´m

You´re

He´s

She´s

It´s

We´re

You´re

They´re

Negative

I´m not

You aren´t

He isn´t

She isn´t

It isn´t

We aren´t

You aren´t

They aren´t

Interrogative

Am I...?

Are you...?

Is he...?

Is she...?

Is it...?

Are we...?

Are you...?

Are they...?

Simple Past Be

I was

You were

He was

She was

It was

We were

You were

They were

Negative

I was not

You were not

He was not

She was not

It was not

We were not

You were not

They were not

Interrogative

Was I...?

Were you...?

Was he...?

Was she...?

Was it...?

Were we...?

Were you...?

Were they...?

miércoles, 21 de marzo de 2012

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

Look! He (leave) the house.
Quiet please! I (write) a test.
She usually (walk) to school.
But look! Today she (go) by bike.
Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
He often (go) to the cinema.
We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
The child seldom (cry) .
I (not / do) anything at the moment.
(watch / he) the news regularly?

Exercise 7

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

I (be) very busy today.
At noon I (visit) my friend Tanya.
We (want) to have lunch together.
In the afternoon I (play) squash with Emily.
In the evening, I (meet) Rob.
We (go) to the cinema.
The film (start) at 8 pm.

Form

Write the verbs in Present Progressive.

speak - I
jump - you
bake - she
play - they
run - we

Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular.

be - it
have - he
eat - she
can - he
wash - she

Use

When to use which tense? Write Simple Present or Present Continuous.

For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use _simple present___________
For actions happening now, we use ___present continuos____________.
The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in simple present _____.
The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use ____ simple present _______.
The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use ___ present continuos______.

Positive sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

Look! They (leave) the house.
Brian (cycle) 30 km every day.
Samantha (do) her homework at the moment.
My parents (shop) right now.
He usually (get up) early in the morning.

Negative sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

You (see / not) her every day.
The baby (sleep / not) at the moment.
I (read / not) a book now.
We (go / not) to school on Sundays.
He (watch / not) the news every day.

Present Continuos

Action is Now

*At this moment
*At the moment of speaking
*Use am/is/are --------- am not,isn´t, aren´t
*Use verb + ing
*We Can use it for the future

*Right now

Routive - Habit - Repeated Action

*If you have adverbs of action
(always,neves,sometimes)
*If you have ¨Every¨ *Day *Month *Tuesday

Use Do/Does
Use Don´t /Doesn´t

3rd Person Singular
he/she/ it

+S/ES

*Important
LIKE.NEED,WANT,HAVE.