Ir al contenido principal

Present Simple

Hi, today i´m going to explain the present simple.

This tense is used to:

- Habits and routines. (I smoke)
- To give instructions to someone. (open the window)
- To talk about planned events. (your exam starts at 19:00)

Affirmative:                              Negative                                          Interrogative

I think                                       I don´t think                                     Do I think?
You think                                  You don´t think                                Do you think?
He/she/it thinks                         He/she/it doesn´t think                    Does He/she/it think?
We think                                   We dont´think                                   Do we think?
You think                                  You dont´t think                               Do you think?
They think                                They don´t think                               Do thwy think?

WARNING! Present simple is not used to talk about things which are happening at the moment.



This video will explain you perfectly how to use present simple! 

Comentarios

Publicar un comentario

Entradas populares de este blog

Past simple

Hi! today I am going to explain you the past tense. We use this tense to: talk about the past and to talk about hypotheses ( things that are imaginedrather than true). There are two types of verbs: the regular verbs and the irregular ones. We use regular verbs adding -ed at the end. If the verb has one syllable, the last consonant gets duplicated before adding the -ed suffix. If the verbs ends with Y , we change this letter for an I before adding -ed . If the verb ends with an e we only have to add a d .  To use the regular verbs, you have to learn all of them.  Here you have a list with all of them! AFFIRMATIVE: Subject + verb in past form Example : I played football last week. NEGATIVE: Subject + did not + verb (without -ed) Example : I did not listen to music yesterday  INTERROGATIVE: Did + subject + verb (without -ed) + ? Example : did you watch TV last month? If you want to practice past tense there are some exercises. and to practice p...
Publicar un comentario
Leer más

Blog introduccion

Hello! Basic English is a small blog which wants to provide help to all students of Bachiller who want to do the english exam on EVAU, at the end of the course. Here you´ll find all the information you need as a support for your studies. so... let´s do this! ☺ Here  you will find some of the exams from other years of english in EVAU.
Publicar un comentario
Leer más

Future tense

Hi! today I will explain the future tense: To speak about future we can use: will and be going to. Will is used to talk about instant decisions, to express a promise and to make predictions without an evidence. examples: It´s cold here, i will close the window I will help you tomorrow. You will be taller than me. the structure used is:  subject + will/won´t + verb (infinitive) I will be the best   -   I won´t be the best   -   Will i be the best? She will be the best   -   She won´t be the best   -   Will she be the best? We will be the bests   -   We won´t be the bests   -   Will we be the bests? We use the "be going to" structure to talk about plans and predictions with an evidence. examples: We are going to have a party tonight. There are a lot of clouds, it´s going to rain. The structure we use is: Subject + be (am / is / are) + going...
Publicar un comentario
Leer más