SIMPLE PRESENT
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© FORM
[VERB] + s/es in third person
© USE 1: Repeated Actions
Examples:
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I play tennis.
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She does
not play tennis.
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Does he
play tennis?
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The train
leaves every morning at 8 am.
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The train
does not leave at 9 am.
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USE 2: Facts or Generalizations.
The simple present can also indicate the
speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in
the future.
Examples:
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Birds do not like milk.
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Do pigs like milk?
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California is in America.
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California is not in the United Kingdom.
© USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future
Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to
talk about scheduled events in the near future.
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The train leaves tonight al 6 pm.
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The bus does not arrive at 11 am, it arrives at 11 pm.
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When do we board the plane?
© USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
Sometimes use the simple
present to express the idea that an action is happening ori s not happening
now.
Examples:
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I am here now.
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She is not here now.
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He needs help right now.
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Do you have your passport with you?
ADVERB PLACEMENT
The examples below show the placement for
grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.
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You only speak English.
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Do you only speak English?
ACTIVE / PASSIVE
Examples:
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Once a week, tom cleans the car. Active
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Once a week, the car is cleaned by tom. Passive
nouns
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A noun is a word used to name a
person, animal, place, objects, and abstract idea.
TYPES OF NOUNS
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Common
Nouns
Is a noun referring to a person, place, or
thing in a general sense.
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I want to eat a
sandwich
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She wants to be a
doctor
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My jeans are blue
© Proper Nouns
You always write a proper noun with a capital letter, since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place, or thing.
· Mister Armando Garcia is from Cuba.
· My name is camila Ayala.
· Zac Efron is an excellent actor.
· Concrete Nouns
Is a noun which names anything that you can perceive through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell.
· The students are from San Vicente.
· My computer is not working well.
· My dog is noisy.
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Countable
Nouns
Is a noun with both a singular and a plural
form, and it names anything that you can
count.
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I want an apple.
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I've got some
dollars.
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I haven't got many
pictures.
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Uncountable
Nouns
Is a noun which does not have a plural form, and which refers to
something that you could not usually count.
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I love the music.
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I don´t have money.
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Collective
Nouns
Is a noun naming a group of things, animals, or persons.
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The company is in
our University.
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The English department
is in from of the Gabriela Mistral building.
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Abstract Nouns
Is a noun which names anything which you can not
perceive through your five physical senses, and is the opposite of a concrete
noun.
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She is intelligent.
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My mother is lovely.
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He loves his
girlfriend.