present simple and progressive

1. Present simple and
continuous
Fernando Braña Asensio

2. The present simple
FORMA
Positiva Negativa
Question
I SPEAK
YOU SPEAK
HE SPEAKS
SHE SPEAKS
IT SPEAKS
WE SPEAK
YOU SPEAK
THEY SPEAK
I DON’T SPEAK
YOU DON’T SPEAK
HE DOESN’T SPEAK
SHE DOESN’T SPEAK
IT DOESN’T SPEAK
WE DON’T SPEAK
YOU DON’T SPEAK
THEY DON’T SPEAK
…DO I SPEAK…?
…DO YOU SPEAK…?
…DOES HE SPEAK…?
…DOES SHE SPEAK…?
… DOES IT SPEAK…?
… DO WE SPEAK….?
… DO YOU SPEAK…?
… DO THEY SPEAK….?

3. The present simple
USOS
1.-Se usa parea expresar cosas que hacemos con
cierta frecuencia, cosas que hacemos
normalmente. Ejemplo
I go to school everyday
He smokes a lot
El presente simple puede ir acompañado de
A.- ADVERBIOS DE FRECUENCIA y de
B.- OTRAS EXPRESIONES QUE INDICAN
FRECUENCIA

4. The present simple
ADVERBIOS DE
FRECUENCIA
Entre otros tenemos:
 ALWAYS- siempre
 USUALLY-casi
siempre/normalmente
 OFTEN- a menudo
 SOMETIMES- a veces
 HARDLY EVER-apenas/
casi nunca
 NEVER- nunca
 Los adverbios de
frecuencia
se colocan delante
inmediatamente de
cualquier verbo
He usually speaks English at
home
He never goes to the cinema
 Si tenemos el verbo TO
BE (am/is/are) el
Adverbio de Frecuencia
lo ponemos después
He is always late
I am often a lazy boy

5. The present simple
OTRAS EXPRESIONES QUE
INDICAN FRECUENCIA
Algunas son:
 Once a
week/day/month/year- una
vez a la
semana/día/mes/año
 Twice a week/
day/month/year- dos veces
a la semana/día/mes /año
 Three times a week / day/
year - 3 veces a la Semana
/ día/ año
 Everyday- todos los días
 Every week- cada semana
 Every month- cada mes
 Every year- cada año
Estas expresiones van
siempre al final de la
frase:
I go to the cinema ONCE A
WEEK
HE plays the piano EVERYDAY
She studies French TWICE A
MONTH

6. The present continuous
Forma
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
QUESTIONI AM SPEAKING
YOU ARE SPEAKING
HE IS SPEAKING
SHE IS SPEAKING
IT IS SPEAKING
WE ARE SPEAKING
YOU ARE SPEAKING
THEY ARE SPEAKING
I’M NOT SPEAKING
YOU AREN’T SPEAKING
HE ISN’T SPEAKING
SHE ISN’T SPEAKING
IT ISN’T SPEAKING
WE AREN’T SPEAKING
YOU AREN’T SPEAKING
THEY AREN’T SPEAKING
…AM I SPEAKING…?
…ARE YOU SPEAKING…?
…IS HE SPEAKING…?
…IS SHE SPEAKS…?
…IS IT SPEAKING…?
…ARE WE SPEAKING…?
…ARE YOU SPEAKING…?
…ARE THEY SPEAKING…?

7. The present continuous
USOS
Se usa para expresar cosas que están sucediendo en
el momento
de hablar, para expresar cosas que están pasando
ahora.
It is raining (now)
I’m working (at the moment)
Tambien se usa para expresar cosas que suceden de
forma
temporal, es decir, cosas que estan pasando sólo
durante un
periodo de tiempo concreto.
I usually walk to school but today I’m taking the bus

8. Non action verbs
Some of these NON ACTION VERBS are:
Agree,be,believe,belong,depend,forget,hate,h
ear,know,like,love,matter,mean,need,prefer,r
ealize,recognize, remember,seem,suppose
THEY ARE NOT USED IN THE PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
Action/non action verbs
• Some verbs can have an action and a non action meaning:
I have a cat now= possession/non action
I’m having lunch now=action
I think music is great= opinión (non action)
What are you thinking about? (action)