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    Simple Present Tense All Uses by María Auxiliadora Jácome Ortega

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    This document provides instruction on simple present tense spelling and usage in English. It explains that most regular verbs form the simple present by adding -s to the base verb form. It also lists exceptions like verbs ending in consonant + y, which add -ies. Examples are given of sentences using simple present tense to express habitual actions and general truths. The summary concludes by noting the document provides translation of examples to Spanish and notes the difference between simple present (I work everyday) and present continuous (I am working).

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    This document provides instruction on simple present tense spelling and usage in English. It explains that most regular verbs form the simple present by adding -s to the base verb form. It also lists exceptions like verbs ending in consonant + y, which add -ies. Examples are given of sentences using simple present tense to express habitual actions and general truths. The summary concludes by noting the document provides translation of examples to Spanish and notes the difference between simple present (I work everyday) and present continuous (I am working).

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    This document provides instruction on simple present tense spelling and usage in English. It explains that most regular verbs form the simple present by adding -s to the base verb form. It also lists exceptions like verbs ending in consonant + y, which add -ies. Examples are given of sentences using simple present tense to express habitual actions and general truths. The summary concludes by noting the document provides translation of examples to Spanish and notes the difference between simple present (I work everyday) and present continuous (I am working).

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    Simple Present Tense All Uses by María Auxiliadora Jácome Ortega

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    SIMPL

    E
    PRESE
    Spelling

    a) Most verbs + S

    live Lives
    say says

    b) Verbs ending in –s, -sh, -ch or –x

    kiss Kisses
    wish Wishes
    teach Teaches
    fix fixes

    Also verbs ending in –o +es

    do Does
    go goes

    c) Verbs ending in consonant + y y + ies

    try Tries
    marry marries

    d) Verbs ending in vocal +y +s

    play plays
    say says

    e) Exceptions:

    have has

    1
    Structure

    Examples

    1.- My mother lives in Concord.

    2.- Water boils when you heat it.

    3.- The World Cup takes place every four years.

    4.- I go to work every weekday.

    Uses

    a) Things that are always true; facts.


    b) Habits, routines, and things that occur repeatedly.

    Traduction to Spanish:

    Yo soy el que trabaja todo el día. I work everyday.

    Nota:

    In Present Continuous we say:

    Yo estoy trabajando. I am working.

    2
    Notes of Author

    María Auxiliadora Jácome Ortega is a writer


    who writes Accademy Readings and teaches
    English everyday with students at different ages
    and with different tastes in reading. She was
    born in Guayaquil, Ecuador in August 1982, She
    has two sisters and one brother, Janella
    Alexandra, Mariella Johanna and Xavier Omar
    the most younger. She is married now with
    teacher Geovanny Ramón Sánchez Moreno and
    she doesn´t have any children now. She loves
    teach children and teenagers because she loves
    English. Her best friend is always her mother
    engineer Juanita Colombia Ortega Caicedo who
    always used to bring me up in cultivate Reading journal first and then
    English books.

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