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PRESENT SIMPLE (+ S) AUX: DO /
DOES
SUB: SUBJECT (SUJETO)
V: VERB (VERBO)
Affirmative :

Forms :
Sub + V
He / She / It + V + S

Uses :
* Habitual actions
* General statements

Negative :
Intrrogative :

DON´T
Sub + DOESN´T + V
DO + Sub + V
DOES

* General truths
* Routines – Like – lovehate-prefer-don´t mind

Short Answer: Yes, he/she/it DOES
Yes I/you/we/they DO

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Key words :
Always
Usually
Often
Sometimes/rarely
Never/ever
Every day
Once/ twice a
week/three times a
day/month/year
In the afternoon/evening
At night

No, he/she/it DOESN´T
No, I/you/we/they DON´T
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Verbs ending with
Consonant + y

ss,sh,ch ss, o, x
+

ies He /she / it : study
Buy

es / He / she / it : go
studies
buys

goes

AUXILIARY: DO (PLURAL) I – YOU – WE-THEY / DOES (SINGULAR) HE-SHE-IT
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TO BE (SER O ESTAR):
AM – IS – ARE
TENER: HAVE (PLURAL: I – YOU – WE –THEY)
HAS (SINGULAR) HE –SHE – IT)
PODER: CAN
HAY: THERE IS (SINGULAR)
THERE ARE (PLURAL)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (TO BE +VERBO
+ING)
Forms :
Affirmative
am
Sub +
is

+ V + ING
are

*Actions happening at the
moment

Negative

*Temporary activities

am not
Sub + isn’t + V + ING
aren’t

Interrogative

am
is + Sub + V + ING
are

Short Answer: Yes, he/she/it IS
Yes, you/we/they ARE
Yes, I AM

Uses :

*Arrangement in the
future

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Key words :
At the moment
This moment
Now
Right now!
Look !
Listen !
Today
Tonight
This afternoon


No, he/she/it ISN´T
No, you/we/they AREN´T
No, I AM NOT
• We double the consonant at the end of one syllable verbs
ending with: consonant + vowel + consonant
stop
stopped / stopping
swim
swimming

sit
sitting
• Walk/walking – wait/waiting
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Ending E: Lie

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If the verb is composed of more than one syllable we double the last consonant but only
if the final syllable is stressed
prefer
preferring / preferred

Lying

PAST SIMPLE (+ ED ) AUX: DID
Forms :
Affirmative Regular : Sub + V + ED
Irregular :GO
WENT
Negative: Sub + DIDN´T + V (bare Infinitive)
Interrogative : DID + Sub + V (bare infinitive)

Use :
• Complete past
events
that happened at a
definite time
• Narrating past

events
• past habits

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Short Ans: Yes, I/You/we/they/he/she/it DID
No, I/you/we/they/he/she/it DIDN´T

Key words :
Last week
Yesterday
Ago
In 1990
The previous…
Once upon a time
Last night,moning,
afternoon....
4 days ago....

Interrogative WAS/WERE + Sub + V (bare
infinitive)
Short Ans:Yes, he/she/it/I WAS
Yes, you/we/they WERE

No, he/she/it/I WASN´T
No, you/we/they WEREN´T

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Consonant + y
IED : study
studied
Vowel + y
+ED
play
played
verbs ending with “E”: use
used
like
liked
One stressed vowel + consonant double consonant + ed

enjoy
Prefer
Stop

AUXILIARY: DID (PARA TODOS LOS SUJETOS)
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TO BE (SER O ESTAR):

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WAS (SINGULAR: I/HE/SHE/IT)
WERE (PLURAL: THEY/WE/YOU)
TENER: HAD (PARA TODOS LOS SUJETOS)

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PODER: COULD
HAY: THERE WAS (SINGULAR)

enjoyed
Preferred
Stopped


THERE WERE (PLURAL)