1. F O R M A N D U S E T H E S I M P L E P R E S E N T T E N S E
C O M M O N V E R B S
P R E P O S I T I O N S O F P L A C E
Simple Present Tense

2. Simple
Present
Tense
Uses
• My parents give me
presents for my birthday.
• I get up at 7 o´clock
• I go to school everyday
Habitual
actions/
routines
• Lisa works in the University
• I live in New York.
• I love my boyfriend.
• I hate Chinese food
Status
Feelings
• My phone beeps when I
receive a message.
• The sky is blue.
• Lisa speaks four languages.
General
Truths

3. Form of Simple Present
Subject Verb Predicate
I, you, we,
you, they
Work At home
He, she, it WorkS At home
 El infinitivo del verbo
es “To work, to live…),
para formar la frase
en presente se le
añade el verbo sin to
al sujeto.
 A la 3ª persona del
singular se le añade
una –s.

4. We add –es for verbs that
end in :
We add –ies or –s when:
-o Go-> goes
Do-> does
-ch Catch -> catches
Watch -> watches
-sh Wash -> washes
Push -> pushes
-ss Kiss -> kisses
Miss -> misses
-x Fix -> fixes
Mix -> mixes
-z Buzz -> buzzes
Waltz -> waltzes
For verbs that
end in a
consonant + y,
we add -ies
Marry -> marries
Carry -> carries
Study -> studies
Worry -> worries
Cry -> cries
Hurry -> hurries
Reply -> replies
Fly -> flies
But for verbs
that end in a
vowel + y, we
add -s
Play -> plays
Enjoy -> enjoys
Say -> says
Stay -> stays
Spelling Rules for Simple Present Tense Verbs

5. Negative and question
Affirmative Negative Question
I work I don´t work Do I work…?
You work You don´t work Do you work…?
He / She / It works He /she / it doesn´t work Does he /she/ it work…?
We work We don´t work Do we work…?
You work You don´t work Do you work…?
They works They don´t work Do they work…?
- Como vemos al hacer la negativa y la pregunta el verbo
principal pierde la terminación –s de la tercera persona ya
que la adquiere el auxiliar does.

6. Form of
Simple
Present
Tense
Question
 Negativa:
 Sujeto + do/does+not+ verbo
 Pregunta:
 Do/does + sujeto + verbo + complemento?
 Cuando añadimos una Question Word (what,
who, why, when...) está siempre se pone al
principio en la pregunta y la estructura se
mantiene igual.
 Where do you work?

7. Los verbos más comunes en inglés
 to be: ser o estar
 to go: ir
 to come: venir
 to have: tener
 to love: amar
 to like: gustar
 to miss: extrañar
 to do: hacer
 to take: tomar, coger
 to want: querer
 to get: conseguir
 to leave: salir, irse
 to become: convertirse
 to work: trabajar
 to find: encontrar
 to meet: conocer
 to say: decir
 to eat: comer
 to speak: hablar
 to write: escribir

8. Más verbos

9. Y más verbos

10. IN ON AT
Prepositions of place

11. AT
We use at for a
point in space
 At the bus stop
 At the top
 At the back
 At the station
 At the seaside
 At school
 At a party

12. ON
We use on for
a surfaces or
lines…
 On the table
 On the wall
 On the border
 On the coast

13. IN
We use IN
when
someone or
something is
inside a space
 In a building
 In a field
 In the water
 In South America
 But! On an island

14. Más preposiciones

15. Prepositions of place

16. Exercises