Inglés Profesional

Mg. Álvaro Adrián Rodríguez Barriga

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Participación
activa
(Respetar Plazos)
 Semana 2
Tema N° 1: Present tense and past tense grammar
• Present tense grammar review
• Past tense grammar review
Tema N° 2: Present and past tenses
• Interchange tenses, using time words
• Questions and answers in present and past
 Present tense

Here are some example sentences in the

Present Simple and the Present Continuous
tense. Can you work out (or remember) the
rules?
•The sun rises in the east and sets in the
west.
•I always get up at 7 am.
•What do you like to eat for breakfast?
•The bus leaves at 10 to, so hurry up!
•She‘s not listening to me now, she‘s reading her
favorite book.
•I live in the city, but I’m spending this month at
my aunt’s in the country.
•Jason is working on Saturday, he can’t come to
the party.
 What’s the difference?
Present Simple
1)I read books everyday.
2)You like bananas.
3) She likes pizza.
He goes to a fitness centre on
Sundays.
Present Continuous
1) I am reading a book now.
2) You are watching TV at the
moment.
3) He/she/it is doing homework
now.
 What’s the difference?

Present Simple Present Continuous

 I/you/we/they + read • I am + read+ing
 He/she/it + reads • You/we/they + are + read+ing
• He/she/it + is + read+ing
 Have vs. Has:
 I/we/you/they have a book.
 He/she/it has a book.
Grammar Present simple and present
continuous (affirmative)

Present simple Present continuous

Regular activities At the moment

I fix computers. I’m

’m fixing a computer.

You fix computers. You’re

’re fixing a computer.

She fixes computers. She’s

’s fixing a computer.

We fix computers. We’re

’re fixing a computer.

They fix computers. They’re

’re fixing a computer.
Grammar Present simple and present
continuous (negative)

Present simple Present continuous

Regular activities At the moment

I don’t fix cars. ’m not fixing a car.

I’m

don’t fix
You don’t fix cars. You aren’t fixing a car.

She doesn’t fix cars. She isn’t fixing a car.

We don’t fix cars. We aren’t fixing a car.

They don’t fix cars. They aren’t fixing a car.

 Grammar Present simple and
present continuous (questions)

Present simple Present continuous

Regular activities At the moment

Do I build houses? Am I building a house?

Do you build houses? Are you building a house?

Does she build houses? Is she building a house?

Do we build houses? Are we building a house?

Do they build houses? Are they building a house?

David and Hong ___________ basketball.
(not play)
They_________ football. (play)
Fernando and Amelia __________ a wall.
(build)
 Simple past tense
We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action
started and finished at a specific time in the past.
•What are some common time expressions used with the
past tense?
Examples:
I saw Maria yesterday.

Last Friday, the students took their spelling and

vocabulary tests.

They got married two years ago.

How do we form the simple past tense . . .?
English has two types of
verbs in the past tense: • taught
• walked
 Regular verbs • studied
 Irregular verbs • gave
Look at the following list • became
of past tense verbs… • cried
which verbs are regular, • lived
and which are irregular? • did
Regular verbs are verbs that ….
…end with –ed

Simple Form Past Tense

Walk

Study

Cry

Live
other irregular verbs
Have a different kind of change:

Simple Past
teach taught
bring brought
Leave left
Hear heard
Buy bought
 And some irregular verbs
don’t change at all . . .

Simple Past
hit hit
put put
set set
For regular verbs, simply use the –ed form of the
verb in a positive sentence.

When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play)

Donna ______________ Paris. (visit)

Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send)

The students __________an English exam. (have)

They _______ a great job! (do)
For negative sentences, USE

I went to work yesterday.

I didn’t go to work
yesterday.
 Exception =
VERB BE!
The verb be is special.
Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the verb BE. Instead, just
use:
For Yes/No questions, USE

Did you go to work

yesterday?
Did you come yesterday?
 Put the verbs (between brackets) into the correct form (simple
past).

Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in Ireland. It (be)

________great. I (travel)___________ around the city by car with
two friends and we (visit) ________lots of interesting places. In
the evenings, we usually (go)_______ to a café.
We (be) ________very lucky with the weather. It (not /
rain)___________ a lot. We(see) ________some beautiful
rainbows.
I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!
Time words
Questions and answers in present and
past

We use 2 ways to ask

questions in Present Simple:
 We use:
Yes/ No
questions
and...
Wh questions .
Yes/ No questions:
we use the helping verbs Do or
Does to ask yes/ no questions.
We put them before the subject.

Do/ Does+ subject+ base verb?

Remember! Do not add -s or -es to the verb.

Do+I/you/we/they+base verb?
Ex: Do you love me?
Do they practice tennis everyday?

Does+he/she/it+base verb?
Ex: Does it cost a lot of money?
Does he study everyday?
! We do not use do or does with the verb be.
Ex: Am I late?
Wh questions:
We use these words to ask wh
questions:
-Which
-Who -When
-What -Why
-Where -How
Wh non-subject questions:

We usually put the Wh

question before the
helping verbs.
Wh+do/does+subject+base verb?
Wh+do/does+base verb?

Ex: The sun rises in the east.

Where does the sun rise?

Ex: I drink tea without sugar.

How do you drink tea?
Remember! Do not add -s or -es to the verb
 QUESTION FORM
Yes, she was hungry.
I Yes, she was.
He hungry? No, she wasn’t hungry.
Was She
No,she wasn’t.
It

Yes, we were.
We at the theatre
No,we weren’t.
Were You last weekend?
They
 AFFIRMATIVE FORM
I
worked in the garden yesterday.
You
He
She danced at the party last night.
It
carried the heavy box.
We
You
bought new shoes.
They
 NEGATIVE FORM

I didn’t play tennis last weekend.

You
He didn’t clean the windows.
She
It
We didn’t go the dentist.
You
They
 QUESTION FORM

I
You
find your umbrella?
He
Did She Yes, I found my umbrella.
It Yes, I did.
We No, I didn’t find my umbrella.
You No, I didn’t.
They
Why do we use Simple Past Tense?
Completed actions in the past.

- My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.

A series of completed actions in the past.

- I finished my work, walked to the beach, and

found a nice place to swim.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.
1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for
Mickey’s birthday party.(+)

2)John________(break) a window while he was

playing football.(+)

3)____ you____(ask) a question during the

lesson(?)

4)They __________(have) a picnic at the

weekend(-)

5)____ they at the party last night(?)