This document provides information about the present simple tense in English grammar. It begins by defining the present simple tense and its uses, such as expressing habitual actions, states, feelings and emotions. It notes that the third person singular takes an -s ending. The document provides examples of affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the present simple tense. It then covers topics like the verb phrase "have got", the modal verb "can", personal pronouns, vocabulary including countries and jobs, adjectives describing appearance and personality, feelings and emotions, and concludes with a brief section on the present simple tense.
1. Name: Rodríguez Alvizo Karla
Group: 1IV04
Date: January , 18th
, 2015
TASK 1 THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
Verb To Be Other Verbs
Description Means SER O ESTAR.
Auxiliaryverb In English, the simple present, also
known as the present simple,is not perfective tense
of this (and appearance)
Function its function is to express feelings, actions,indicate
profession ,age
Emotions
States ofmind
Feelings
Special
features
in the third person singular you must add an s usually
dependingon the rules of termination which each
person when the prayer is positive.
when the sentence is negative deve addingusually
not the verb to be
when asked how changes of place at first and then
other singular verbs differ
because the terser positive
person must follow a rule
usually addingan s
what does negantivo do you
use to deny
2. verb t be the subject and to ask or order does do is
changed and then the subject.
Examples He is very tall
She was eating
It is horrible
Are you crazy?
Theyare kind of wird
We played ball
We don’t played ball
Do we played ball?
You Study english
You don’tsingpretty
Exercices
C complete the sentenceswith the verbnecessary:
1. It
is
coldtoday.
2. I
am
at home now.
3. They
are
Korean.
4. There
is
a penon the desk.
5. My name
is
Nikita.
6. We
are
fromUkraine.
7. That
is
right.
I sometimes_______ (go) to work by car.
ago
Ben _______ (work) in a hospital.
works
_______ you _______ (like) fish?
Do like
She _______ (not/teach) English.
doesnotteach
Matthew never_______ (watch)
television.
watches
3. 8. I
am
OK,thanks.
9. Clara andSteve
are
married.
10. She
is
an Englishteacher.
_______ she _______ (play) football?
Doesplay
They always _______ (eat) dinnerat 7
o'clock.
eat
We _______ (not/live) ina big house.
do notlive
Valerie _______ (study) Englishat
university.
studies
_______ he _______ (want) to eat?
Doeswant
4. F. Verb phrase Have got
1. Verb phrase stake the verb one step fur ther by comprising the verb, plus the complement, object, orad verb. Verb phrases, such
as "She was walking quickly to the mall"
"Have" is also used as an auxiliary verb in the formation of the perfect tenses. For more information, see the lessons of the present
perfect and past perfect
2. A verb phraseis the portion of a sentence that contains both the verb and either a director indirect object (the verb’s dependents).
3. A verb phrase can also be a phrase that functions as an adverb or adjective and contains a verb and its complements, objects, or
modifiers.
4. Examples
•She was walking quickly to the mall.
•He should wait be for egoing swimming.
•Tho segirls are nottrying very hard.
•Ted might eatthe cake.
•You mustg oright now.
•You can’t eat that!
•My mother is fixin gus some dinner.
•Words wer es poken.
•The secards may be worth hundreds of dollars!
•The teacher is writing a report.
•You have woken up everyone in the neigh borhood.
5. Exercise. Place the verbs that are needed to form the verb phrase
5. They are waiting for the rain to stop.
Why is she staying at home?
Jack is not taking any breaks.
Sha non will meet usthere.
Wil lyou help us?
He can speak more than ten languages.
Should I call you?
They have re placed all the locks.
My brother has been working there forover five years.
They have not seen it.
Was it baked?
His heart was broken.
G. Modal verb Can
The verb 'Can' belongs to modal verbs and is located before the main verb in the infinitive
Means 'power'. It is used for ability, permission.
I can – puedo
6. 1. Affirmative form
I can play the trumpet.
We can take a taxi to the airport.
Mary can be very stub born some times.
You can si thereif you like.
It can take longer tan wethought.
No body can under stand that.
Your decision can change our lives.
2. Negative form
I can not swim.
That can not be true.
You can't tell me what to do.
3. Interrogative form
Can Peter speak German?
Can you help me with my homework?
Can we start tomorrow?
Can they stay withus?
H. Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns Represent specific people or things.
1. Subject pronouns:
The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that makes the action of the verb. The subject pronoun replaces this person or thing.
2. Object pronouns:
7. Pronouns are receiving the action of the verb. They come after the verb or after a preposition.
3. Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns in English are: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs. Indicate possession and are invariable. Never are
preceded by an article.
4. Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns in English are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves. They belong to a class of personal
pronouns and differ according to syntactic criteria.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
PERSON SUBJECT PRON. OBJECT PRON. POSSESSIVE PR. REFLEXIVE PR.
YO I Me Mine Myself
TÚ You You Yours Yourself
ÉL He Him His Himself
ELLA She Her Hers Herself
ESO/ESTO/AQUELLO It It Its Itself
NOSOTROS We Us Ours Ourselves
USTEDES You You Yours Yourselves
ELLAS / ELLOS They Them Theirs Themselves
8. Vocabulary.
1. Countries and nationalities:
Country Nationality
Afghanistan Afghan
Albania Albanian
Algeria Algerian
Andorra Andorran
Angola Angolan
Argentina Argentinian
Armenia Armenian
Australia Australian
Austria Austrian
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani
Bahamas Bahamian
Bahrain Bahraini
Bangladesh Bangladeshi
9. Barbados Barbadian
Belarus BelarusianorBelarusan
Belgium Belgian
Belize Belizean
Benin Beninese
Bhutan Bhutanese
Bolivia Bolivian
Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian
Botswana Botswanan
Brazil Brazilian
Britain British
Brunei Bruneian
Bulgaria Bulgarian
Burkina Burkinese
Burma (officialname
Myanmar)
Burmese
Burundi Burundian
Cambodia Cambodian
10. Cameroon Cameroonian
Canada Canadian
Cape Verde Islands Cape Verdean
Chad Chadian
Chile Chilean
China Chinese
Colombia Colombian
Congo Congolese
Costa Rica Costa Rican
Croatia CroatorCroatian
Cuba Cuban
Cyprus Cypriot
CzechRepublic Czech
Denmark Danish
Djibouti Djiboutian
Dominica Dominican
DominicanRepublic Dominican
11. Ecuador Ecuadorean
Egypt Egyptian
El Salvador Salvadorean
England English
Eritrea Eritrean
Estonia Estonian
Ethiopia Ethiopian
Fiji Fijian
Finland Finnish
France French
Gabon Gabonese
Gambia, the Gambian
Georgia Georgian
Germany German
Ghana Ghanaian
Greece Greek
Grenada Grenadian
12. Guatemala Guatemalan
Guinea Guinean
Guyana Guyanese
Haiti Haitian
Holland (alsoNetherlands) Dutch
Honduras Honduran
Hungary Hungarian
Iceland Icelandic
India Indian
Indonesia Indonesian
Iran Iranian
Iraq Iraqi
Ireland, Republic of Irish
Italy Italian
Jamaica Jamaican
Japan Japanese
Jordan Jordanian
13. Kazakhstan Kazakh
Kenya Kenyan
Kuwait Kuwaiti
Laos Laotian
Latvia Latvian
Lebanon Lebanese
Liberia Liberian
Libya Libyan
Liechtenstein -
Lithuania Lithuanian
Luxembourg -
Macedonia Macedonian
Madagascar MalagasyorMadagascan
Malawi Malawian
Malaysia Malaysian
Maldives Maldivian
Mali Malian
14. Malta Maltese
Mauritania Mauritanian
Mauritius Mauritian
Mexico Mexican
Moldova Moldovan
Monaco MonégasqueorMonacan
Mongolia Mongolian
Montenegro Montenegrin
Morocco Moroccan
Mozambique Mozambican
Myanmar seeBurma -
Namibia Namibian
Nepal Nepalese
Netherlands, the
(seeHolland)
Dutch
New Zealand New Zealand
Nicaragua Nicaraguan
Niger Nigerien
15. Nigeria Nigerian
North Korea North Korean
Norway Norwegian
Oman Omani
Pakistan Pakistani
Panama Panamanian
Papua New Guinea
Papua New
GuineanorGuinean
Paraguay Paraguayan
Peru Peruvian
thePhilippines Philippine
Poland Polish
Portugal Portuguese
Qatar Qatari
Romania Romanian
Russia Russian
Rwanda Rwandan
Saudi Arabia SaudiArabianorSaudi
16. Scotland Scottish
Senegal Senegalese
Serbia SerborSerbian
Seychelles, the Seychellois
Sierra Leone Sierra Leonian
Singapore Singaporean
Slovakia Slovak
Slovenia SloveneorSlovenian
Solomon Islands -
Somalia Somali
South Africa South African
South Korea South Korean
Spain Spanish
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Sudan Sudanese
Suriname Surinamese
Swaziland Swazi
17. Sweden Swedish
Switzerland Swiss
Syria Syrian
Taiwan Taiwanese
Tajikistan TajikorTadjik
Tanzania Tanzanian
Thailand Thai
Togo Togolese
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidadian
Tobagan/Tobagonian
Tunisia Tunisian
Turkey Turkish
Turkmenistan TurkmenorTurkoman
Tuvalu Tuvaluan
Uganda Ugandan
Ukraine Ukrainian
UnitedArabEmirates (UAE) UAE orEmirati
UnitedKingdom (UK) UK or British
18. UnitedStates of America
(USA)
US
Uruguay Uruguayan
Uzbekistan Uzbek
Vanuatu Vanuatuan
Vatican City -
Venezuela Venezuelan
Vietnam Vietnamese
Wales Welsh
Western Samoa Western Samoan
Yemen Yemeni
Yugoslavia Yugoslav
Zaire Zaïrean
Zambia Zambian
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean
2. Jobs and occupations:
accountant
30. •Frustration
•Envy
•Longing
•Shame
•Selfish
•Overwhelmed
4. Present Simple:
a) They express the qualities of then oun they modify and are located in front of it. Notvary nei ther gender nornumber (red
cars, fat woman).
b) Adjectives describe the aspects of nouns. When an adjective is describing a noun, wesay it is "modifying" it.
c) Many times thes ame adjectives are used to express tone, feelings and emotions are thes ame.
•A toneis a no veralls en se that you get from some sort of event, work, situation etc.
•Feelings and emotions are very similar; however, emotions tend tore fer to that whichis not tangible, while feelings tend
to be more tangible.
d) Aggreived, afraid, agitated,agreeable,amazed
