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PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS, Para conjugar el presente simple…
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Para conjugar el presente simple usamos el infinitivo para los sujetos “I”, “you”, “we” y “they” y para las terceras personas “he”, “she” y “it”, añadimos una “-s” al final del verbo.
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To express habits and routines, general facts, repeated actions or situations, emotions and permanent desires:
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You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
To talk about scheduled, present or future events:
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To refer to the future, behind some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
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Tercera persona
In the third person singular, the verb always ends in -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
For negative and interrogative forms, DOES (= third person auxiliary 'DO') + the verb infinitive is used.
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Verbs ending in -y: in the third person singular, -y is changed to -ies:
fly -> flies, cry -> cries
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play -> plays, pray -> prays
We add -es to verbs ending in: -ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes
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El "present continuous" de cualquier verbo se compone de dos partes: el presente del verbo to be + el "present participle" del verbo principal.
Se utiliza
To describe an action that is taking place right now: You are using the Internet. You are studying English grammar.
to describe a trend or action that is currently happening: Are you still working for the same company? More and more people are becoming vegetarian.
To describe a future action or event that is already scheduled: We're going on holiday tomorrow. I'm meeting my boyfriend tonight. Are they visiting you next winter?
To describe a temporary situation or event: He usually plays the drums, but he's playing bass guitar tonight. The weather forecast was good, but it's raining at the moment.
with "always, forever, constantly", to describe and emphasize a succession of repeated actions: Harry and Sally are always arguing! You're constantly complaining about your mother-in-law!
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