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Present and Past Simple Tenses Explained

The document discusses the present simple tense in English. It explains that there are two main tenses in English: past and present. It then outlines the four variations of the present tense - present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. It provides examples of how each variation is used and discusses using the present simple to talk about the present, future, and with time words. Finally, it briefly introduces the past simple tense and some common irregular past tense verb forms.

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Present and Past Simple Tenses Explained

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Hay dos tiempos verbales en Inglés: pasado y presente

Hay 4 variaciones del tiempo presente:

Present simple I work

Present continuous I am working
Present perfect I have worked
Present perfect continuous I have been working

Podemos usar estas formas:

Para hablar del presente

London is the capital of Britain.
He works at McDonald’s.
He is working at McDonald's.
He has worked there for three months now.
He has been working there for three months now.

Para hablar del futuro

The next train leaves this evening at 17.00.
I'll phone you when I get home.
He is meeting Peter in town this afternoon.
I'll come home as soon as I have finished work.
You will be tired out after you have been working all night.

PRESENT SIMPLE
- El tiempo presente es la forma base del verbo

I work in London.

- Pero con la tercera persona del singular (she/he/it), agregamos una —s

She works in London.

Utilizamos present simple para hablar de:

- Algo que es verdad en el presente

I'm nineteen years old.
I'm a student.
He lives in London.
- Algo que sucede regularmente en el presente
I play football every weekend.

- Hechos
The human body contains 206 bones.
Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

Solemos utilizar adverbios de frecuencia (adverbs of frequency) como sometimes (a

veces) always (siempre) y never (nunca):

I sometimes go to the cinema.

She never plays football.
I always sing in the shower

PRACTICE

- Complete the answers to the questions about Jack

Recuerda: Jack es la tercera persona del singular: he (él), entonces a

los verbos se le agrega una s

1. How old is he?

He is nineteen years old.

2. What does he do?

_____ _____ a student.

3. Which university does he go to?

_____ _____ to London University.

4. Where does he come from?

_____ _____ from Manchester.

5. Where does he live?

_____ ________ in London.

6. What does he think about football?

_____ ________ it!

7. How often does he play?

_____ ________ every weekend.

8. Does he have any brothers or sisters?

Yes. _____ ________ two brothers and a sister.

-Use the correct verbs to complete the paragraph about Angela

watches - likes - goes - goes - gets - stays- works - reads - is -

works

Angela _____ a nurse. She __________ at Liverpool City Hospital. Every morning

she _________to work on the bus. She _________ from nine in the morning until

five in the evening. She usually _________ home at about six o'clock. Most evenings

she _________ at home and

television or _________ a book, but sometimes she _________ out with her friends

to the cinema or to a café. At the weekend she _________ to go for a walk in the

country or to go swimming in the pool near her home.

-Complete with the correct verb

have - beats - lives - speak - has - live - travels - sleep

1. About 375 million people____________ English as their first language.

2. An adult human skeleton ____________ about 200 bones.

3. Giant tortoises____________ for about 150 years.

4. Most spiders____________ eight eyes.

5. Sound___________at about 340 metres per second.

6. The human heart usually____________ about 80 times a minute.

7. On average, cats ____________ about 15 hours every day.

8. The Prime Minister of Great Britain ____________at Number 10, Downing Street,
London.

Present simple questions

Look at these questions:

Do you play the piano?

Where do you live?
Does Jack play football?
Where does he come from?
Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?
Where do they work?

Utilizamos do y does para realizar preguntas con el present simple.

- Utilizamos does para la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) y
- Utilizamos do para el resto.

Utilizamos do y does con question words como where, what y when

Where do Angela and Rita live?

What does Angela do?
When does Rita usually get up?

Pero preguntas con who no suelen utilizar do y does

Who lives in London?

Who plays football at the weekend?
Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

PRACTICE

- Complete with Do - Does

1. A: ____ you live in a house or a flat?

B: I live in a flat in London, near my college.
2. A: ____ you live alone?
B: No, I don't. I share the flat with my brother.

3. A: ____ he go to the same college as you?

B: No, he's a bit older than me. He's got a job.

4. A: ____ you work at the weekend?

B: Yes, I work in a café on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

5. A: ____ you have a girlfriend at the moment?

B: I do! Her name's Adele.

6. A: ____ she come from London?

B: No. She's from Scotland but she came here to study.

- Write in the correct order

1. Where/ live?/ do/ you

Where do you live?

2. you/ do/ What time/ start/ work?

_________________________________________

3. do/ from?/ come/ Where/ you

_________________________________________

4. How often/ your/ you/ home town/ visit?

_________________________________________

5. you/ have?/ and sisters/ brothers/ How many/ do

_________________________________________

6. How/ spend/ your/ do/ free time?

_________________________________________

Present simple negatives

Look at these sentences:

I like tennis but I don't like football. (don't = do not)

I don't live in London now.
I don't play the piano but I play the guitar.
They don't work at the weekend.
John doesn't live in Manchester. (doesn't = does not)
Angela doesn't drive to work. She goes by bus.

- Utilizamos do and does para realizar negaciones con el presente simple.

- Utilizamos doesn’t para la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it)
- Utilizamos don’t para el resto

PRACTICE

- Complete with doesn’t - don’t

1. Tony ____________ play tennis any more. He says he's too old.

2. I_____________ eat meat. Are there any vegetarian restaurants near here?

3. Mark ____________live with his parents anymore. He has his own flat.

4. My brother lives 500 miles away, so we ____________ see each other very often.

5. I'm sure my new boss ____________ like me!

6. I ___________ think you should buy those shoes. They're too expensive.

Present simple and future time

Tambien utilizamos present simple para hablar de:

- algo que tiene lugar en el futuro

The school term starts next week.
The train leaves at 19.45 this evening.
We fly to Paris next week.

- algo en el futuro después de time words como when (cuando), after

(después), before (antes), if (si), unless (si no)

I'll talk to John when I see him.

You must finish your work before you go home.
If it rains we'll get wet.
He won't come unless you ask him.

PRACTICE

- Mark with a cross ( ❌) why the present simple is used in

these sentences

1. I do yoga twice a week.

❌
___ True in the present. Verdadero en el presente
Happens regularly. Sucede regularmente
___ Always true. Siempre es verdad (hechos científicos)
___Fixed in the future. Previsto para el futuro