El presente simple, también llamado del indicativo, es el tiempo verbal más simple del inglés. Se suele utilizar para hablar sobre hechos que constituyen hábitos o costumbres.
Se forma con la forma base del verbo del infinitivo. Este infinitivo consta de dos partículas: to y la forma base del verbo, así, por ejemplo, to eat es un infinitivo que significacomer.
Conozcamos en la siguiente tabla el presente del indicativo:
Conjugación | Inglés | Español |
1ª per. singular | I work | yo trabajo |
2ª per. singular | you work | tú trabajas |
3ª per. singular | he works she works It works | él trabaja ella trabaja (para objetos) |
1ª per. plural | we work | nosotros/as trabajmos |
2ª per. plural | you work | vosotros/as trabajais |
3ª per. plural | they work | ellos/as trabajan |
La única dificultad escriba, como de costumbre, en la 3ª persona del singular; de hecho, esta 3ª persona es especial a la hora de conjugar verbos. Como regla general se añade s, aunque veremos que existen algunas excepciones.
Usos del presente simple
Este tiempo verbal se utiliza para expresar hechos o verdades generales.
The Sun warms the atmosphere. -> El Sol calienta la armósfera.
También usamos el presente simple para hablar de hábitos; en este caso, en la oración suele aparecer expresiones de frecuencia, como usually o always.
We play tennis usually. -> Nosotros jugamos al tenis ocasionalmente.
You study always. -> Vosotros estudiais siempre.
You study always. -> Vosotros estudiais siempre.
Tambien lo usamos para expresar horarior o programas (como el programa de un espectáculo teatral).
The train leaves in an hour. -> El tren llega en una hora.
Reglas ortográficas para la 3ª persona del singular
Como regla general, a la forma verbal de la 3ª persona del singular se le añade s; no obstante,existen unas cuantas reglas para una serie de formas verbales que son especiales:
1.- Cuando el verbo acaba ya en s, o en un sonido parecido como sh, ch o x:
watch -> watches (mirar) dash -> dashes (arrojar)
2.- Cuando el verbo acaba en o, también se añade es:
go -> goes (ir) do -> does (hacer)
3.- Cuando el verbo acaba en y, y a ésta le precede una consonante, tenemos que cambiar lay por i, para a continuación añadir es:
fly -> flies (volar) study -> studies (estudiar)
Observa que estas reglas ortográficas son las mismas que se aplican para formar el plural. También son las que se usan para formar otros tiempos verbales, por lo que una vez que las aprendas tendrás mucho ganado.
Question Form
To form questions we change the Subject and verb position.
Is he your father?
Is she your sister?
Is it your dog?
Are you students?
We can put question words (QW) before this order.
QW = who, where, what, when, how long ... etc.
Where is your girlfriend? What time is it? When is your birthday?
When are your brothers here?
Negative form
To form the negative (-) form just add not to the to be conjugation (am, is, are)
To form questions we change the Subject and verb position.
Is he your father?
Is she your sister?
Is it your dog?
Are you students?
We can put question words (QW) before this order.
QW = who, where, what, when, how long ... etc.
Where is your girlfriend? What time is it? When is your birthday?
When are your brothers here?
Negative form
To form the negative (-) form just add not to the to be conjugation (am, is, are)
I'm not ------he, she, it + isn't (is+not) ------------we, you they + aren't (are+not)
or
I am not ------he's, she's, it's + not ----------we're, you're, they're + not
Examples:
Lima isn't in the Andes -- You aren't a nice person --- Shakira isn't Peruvian
Pon en orden las siguientes frases como en el siguiente ejemplo: |
like / don't / beach / to / I / the / go / to I don't like to go to the beach. Escribe en las cajas de texto, al final del ejercicio encontrarás las respuestas. |
1) is / eating / he / dinner
2) every / basketball / play / I / Tuesday
3) 7:30 / eats / my / at / father / breakfast
4) do / what / everyday / do / you / ?
5) I do / read / do / you / books / ? / a lot of / yes,
6) and / sometimes / the cinema / my friend / I / to / go
7) brother / doesn't / Canada / live / my / in
8) today / Peter / what / doing / is / ?
9) looking / I'm / for / at / a job / the moment / not
10) always / her / she / calls / Sunday / parents / on
Solución ejercicio:
1. He is eating dinner.
2. I play football every Tuesday.
2. I play football every Tuesday.
3. My father eats breakfast at 7:30.
4. What do you do everyday?
5. Do you read a lot of books? Yes, I do.
6. My friend and I sometimes go to the cinema.
7. My brother doesn't live in Canada.
8. What is Peter doing today?
9. I'm not looking for a job at the moment.
10. She always calls her parents on Sunday.
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ResponderEliminarVIRIDIANA BUELNA ORTIZ 3.- III
Alright guys. This is an issue that although we have seen in previous classes, there was another question, which no longer exist. Thanks.
ResponderEliminarJennifer Guendulain Octavo
3° 3 vesp.
I think the themes and activities reinforce previously seen good activity
ResponderEliminarMiguel Angel Martinez Martinez
3° III T.V. NL. 20
very good team the explanation was very presise and Exercises were easy to solve.
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ResponderEliminarLuz Ma. Ramirez Lopez
Nice job! . All the exercises were easy nd the explanation was simple for me. thanks :)
ResponderEliminarDenali Rodriguez Rangel 3º III Tv
A+
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very good discussion a little difficult to understand but easy to work but it was much easier to answer
ResponderEliminarJIMENEZ FONSECA carlos eduardo 3 III
work easy and simple but well explained by the theory that resulted in Spanish
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good expo, well I think it was the first .. haha good job
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