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FORMA AFIRMATIVA b.1) Describe acciones habituales, actuales, generales, que no tienen porqu estar ocurriendo en el momento I work in a bank b.2) Describe tambin acciones que se repiten peridicamente I play tennis every Sunday Cuando el verbo termina en -s, -ss, -sh, -o, -ch, -x se aade a la tercera persona singular la terminacin '-es'. Cuando termina en 'y' precedida de consonante cambia la 'y' por 'ies' I try / Yo intento He tries / l intenta FORMAS NEGATIVA, INTERROGATIVA E INTERROGATIVA-NEGATIVA Se aade al verbo 'to do' que realiza una funcin auxiliar. En la tercera persona la forma 'do' cambia a 'does'. NEGATIVA: sujeto + auxiliar + not + forma bsica INTERROGATIVA: auxiliar + sujeto + forma bsica INTERROGATIVO-NEGATIVA: auxiliar + sujeto + not + forma bsica Don't you play? / No juegas? Doesn't he play? / No juega?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
a.1) La forma afirmativa Describe acciones que estn ocurriendo en ese preciso momento. I am reading the newspaper (lo estoy leyendo ahora) El presente continuo o progresivo se forma con el presente del auxiliar 'to be' y el gerundio del verbo que se quiere conjugar: I am reading a book / Estoy leyendo un libro Jamal is phoning a friend / Jamal est telefoneando a un amigo a.) La forma negativa aade la partcula 'not' al auxiliar: I am not reading a book / No estoy leyendo un libro Jamal is not phoning a friend / Jamal no est telefoneando a un amigo b.) La forma interrogativa invierte el sujeto y el auxiliar: Am I reading a book? / Estoy yo leyendo un libro? Is Jamal phoning a friend? / Est Jamal telefoneando a un amigo? c.) En la forma interrogativa-negativa se coloca la partcula not despus del sujeto: Aren't you reading a book? / No ests leyendo un libro? Isn't Jamal phoning a friend? / No est Jamal telefoneando a un amigo? ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY Always: Siempre Usually: Normalmente Often: A menudo Sometimes: A veces Hardly ever: Casi Nunca Never: Nunca The adverb comes before the main verb: I always go to work by car. He usually drinks coffee. It often rains in England. I sometimes feel bored with my job.

It hardly ever rains in the Sahara desert. I never have arguments with people at work. Put adverbs of frequency after the verb to be

FREQUENCY EXPRESSSIONS These expressions come at the beginning or end of the sentence. I wear a watch every day. I take the dog for a walk three times a week. We go to the cinema once a month. I see my parents once a year. Every day I wear a watch Three times a week I take the dog for a walk Once a month We go to the cinema Twice a year I see my parents TIME EXPRESSION These expressions come at the beginning or end of the sentence. INThe afternoon The morning The evening I go to the school in the morning. ATNight I go to the discotheque at night. ONDays (Monday) Dates (24th January) Holidays On holidays, I want to travel to Paris. IN + Months (January) + Years (1984, 2006) + Seasons (in the summer) I was born in 1990