viernes, 11 de marzo de 2011

Using present simple

Few days ago we saw present simple at class. Now we are going to continue with it so here you have a funny explanation about this tense. If you need more exercises you have these pages to work with:
  • exercise 1: this page has a long explanation but it has a couple of videos with a teacher speaking about this tense. At the end you have exercises to do.
  • exercise 2: very simple exercises to practise. Here you have a lot of tenses; go to the simple present tense exercises (in affirmative and negative).
  • exercise 3: another selection of exercises on present simple.
  • exercise 4: here the vocabulary is a bit more difficult but it's easy to do.
To finish with, remember present simple or habitual present is often connected to frequency adverbs such as always, never, often, usually, sometimes...
Have a look to this diagramme:

100% _____X_______X________ 50% ______X_______X______ 0%
ALWAYS / usually / often / SOMETIMES / rarely / hardly ever / NEVER

The position is before the principal verb or between the subject and the verb. Look at the examples:

  • Do you always wear a uniform?
  • She never plays tennis
Here you have a good video with the most typical daily activities.

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