Clase digital 8. Hábitos y rutinas

Hábitos y rutinas

Introducción

Welcome to class 8!

Verb tenses means all the changes made in the form of the verbs.

These changes are important for meaning because they are “signals” about time, whether something is a continuing action, and other information.

We all understand past-present-future, but in English the verbs can be simple, continuous (or progressive), perfect, perfect progressive. In future levels you will learn more about all the tenses, for now we will check simple tenses.

One important English verb tense is the simple present. This is actually not a very good name because its meaning is not exactly simple and the time for which it is used is not exactly present.

Let’s check the simple present!.

Desarrollo del tema

Present simple is used to talk about habits, generic actions that are frequent but without reference to the specific moment.

• I study English. Yo estudio inglés; (empecé hace algún tiempo y continúo, aunque puede que en el momento presente no esté realizando esta actividad.)
• He plays tennis. Él juega al tenis; ( practica este deporte con cierta asiduidad, pero no significa que en el momento presente esté en la pista de tenis jugando.)
• I work in a bank. Yo trabajo en un banco; (ésta es mi profesión, aunque puede que en el momento actual yo esté de vacaciones, descansando en mi casa.)

Also is used to talk about future actions already planned, especially trips.

• I leave Mexico tomorrow morning. Me voy de Mexico mañana por la mañana.

Check the following video:

Let’s practice a little

Do you know how to form 3rd person singular. Complete the following exercises with the appropriate forms of the given verbs.

1. My brother —- (speak) three languages fluently.
2. Daniel —- (watch) his favorite program every Saturday
3. Jennifer —- (wash) her hair every day
4. Ryan —- (go) to church every Sunday
5. My sister —- (do) her homework after school
6. My father —- (not like) fast food
7. Your uncle —- (not work) here
8. —- (Sarah / want) to come with us?
9. —- (Andre / enjoy) pop music?
10. Lea —- (teach) English in a private school.one of the most modest people I have ever met
11. Jessica —- (kiss) her mother before she goes to bed
12. Paul —- (not play) tennis
13. Clara —- (sing) very well
14. She always —- (carry) her umbrella with her
15. He never —- (call) me
16. My uncle —- (not talk) much
17. —- (she / cook) well?
18. —- (he / drive) carefully?
19. My son never —- (listen) to me
20. Your baby —- (cry) too much.

The form of present simple is the same as the infinitive without the particle “to”, but in the third person (he, she, it) we have to add “s”.

Tabla 1. Presente simple con la partícula «to«.

***if the verb ends on “ss”, “sh”, “ch”, “x”, “o”, when forming 3rd person singular we add “-es”.

Tabla 2. Presente simple con la partícula «to» con verbos que terminan en “ss”, “sh”, “ch”, “x” y “o”.

*** If the verb ends in “y”, when forming 3rd person singular we change the “y” for “I”, follow by “es”.

Tabla 3. Presente simple con la partícula «to» con verbos que terminan en “y”.

For more on the third person singular, go to:

For more listening practice watch this episode of Mr. Bean.

In present simple: Negative sentences are form with the auxiliar “to do”, and its contraction “don’t” (= do not) for subjects “I, you, we, they”, and “doesn’t” (= does not) for subjects “he, she, it”.

• I don’t play tennis. Yo no juego al tenis.
• She doesn’t go to the cinema. Ella no va al cine.
• We don’t know the answer. Nosotros no sabemos la respuesta.

The question forms also with the auxiliar “to do” at the beginning of the question (“do” for subject “I, you, we, they”; “does” for “he, she, it”).

• Do you play tennis? – ¿Juegas al tenis?
• Does she go to the cinema? – ¿Va ella al cine?
• Do you know the answer? – ¿ Conocen la respuesta?

For more on the present simple review:

Expresiones de tiempo/Time expressions: every day, twice a day, three times a day, week, month, day, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night

Verbos frecuentes / Frequent verbs: Go, do, work, play, write, paint, listen, talk, speak, sing, dance, study, sleep, drive.

Go to the following video to check the pronunciation on Action verbs:

Verbs for English 1:

Tabla 4. Verbos en presente y pasado.

The simple present (also called present simple or present indefinite) is a verb tense which is used to show repetition, habit or generalization. Less commonly, the simple present can be used to talk about scheduled actions in the near future and, in some cases, actions happening now.

Regular and irregular verbs in present simple use Auxiliar Do and Does for negative and question forms.

Tabla 5. Verbos regulares.

For a little practice go to:

Conclusión

Remember!

The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements. The simple present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we take, they take) The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she takes).

Please note:

• There is no acceptable contraction for am not in standard English. However, you will sometimes hear people say *ain’t—which is considered unacceptable and “uneducated”. But some people also use *ain’t for you, he, she, it, and they—not only for I.
• Final / S / for third person (he / she / it) has three different spellings. Many verbs simply add -s or -es. Verbs that end in a consonant + y, change the y to I and then add -es.

Congratulations on finishing English I, you have come a long way in the process and now you are ready for the English II course. Do not give up.