Transcript UNIT 2: CITY TO CITY

Present simple (affirmative/negative).
Affirmative
I play rugby
You play rugby
Negative
I don’t play rugby
You don’t play rugby
She plays rugby
He plays rugby
It plays rugby
She doesn’t play rugby
He doesn’t play rugby
It doesn’t play rugby
We play rugby
You play rugby
They play rugby
We don’t play rugby
You don’t play rugby
They don’t play rugby
Present simple (interrogative).
Interrogative
Do I play rugby?
Do You play rugby?
Affirmative
Yes, I do
Yes, you do
Negative
No, I don’t
No, you don’t
Does She play rugby?
Does He play rugby?
Does It play rugby?
Yes, she does
Yes, he does
Yes, it does
No, she doesn’t
No, he doesn’t
No, it doesn’t
Do We play rugby?
Do You play rugby?
Do They play rugby?
Yes, we do.
Yes you do.
Yes, they do.
No, we don’t.
No, you don’t.
No, they don’t.
So…
*he, she, it: in the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
*Negative and question forms use DOES +the infinitive of the verb.
He wants. Does he want? He does not want.
Other rules
*Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies:
fly flies, cry cries
Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y:
play plays, pray prays
*Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch, -z and –o:
buzzes
he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes, she goes, it
Present continuous (affirmative, negative).
• Use the Present Continuous to express the idea that something is happening
now, at this very moment .
Affirmative
SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB+ing
Negative
SUBJECT +TO BE + not + VERB+ing
I’m eating
I’m not dancing
He /she/ it is eating He /she/it isn’t dancing
We /you/they are eating We /you /they aren’t dancing
Present continuous (interrogative).
Interrogative
Question word +TO BE +SUBJECT + VERB+ing
What are you watching on T.V?
Where is he living now?
Why is she crying?
Who are they talking about?
If the verb has only ONE syllable and if those letters are a
CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT, then you repeat that last
consonant before adding the ing.
Hop ___hopping
run ___running
Sit ___sitting
shop___shopping
Present simple and present continuous.
Present Simple
Present Continuous
•Routines / Habits :
•Actions happening NOW:
•Permanent Actions:
•Temporary actions:
Maria smokes
Pedro lives in Sevilla
•Current facts/truths:
I have two brothers
Maria is smoking
Juan is staying at the Marriot hotel.