PORTAL DE BELEN – SCHOOL

Ciclo PRE – UNT I (marzo – agosto 2025)

Sesión: 5. Area: Inglés Tema: PRESENT SIMPLE./ Adverbs of Frequency. Prof.

Carlos Anhuamán S.

RULES – AFFIRMATIVE. We use the present tense:

1. For repeated or regular actions. - He sleeps eight hours every night during the week.
2. For facts. - A dog has four legs.
3. For habits. - Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
4. For things that are always / generally true. - They speak English at work.

Verb Conjugation & Spelling

Subject Verb Complement
1. In the third person we add 'S'
in the third person. I / you / we /
speak English at home
they
he / she / it speaks English at home

2. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.
 go – goes  wash – washes  fix – fixes
 catch – catches  kiss – kisses  buzz – buzzes

3. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.
 marry – marries  carry – carries
 study – studies  worry – worries

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

 play – plays  enjoy – enjoys  say – says

NEGATIVE
To make a negative sentence in English we normally use Don't or Doesn't with all verbs EXCEPT To Be and Modal
verbs (can, might, should etc.).
 Affirmative: You speak French. / Negative: You don't speak French.
 Affirmative: He speaks German. / Negative: He doesn't speak German.

Negative Contractions
Don't = Do not / Doesn't = Does not
I don't like meat = I do not like meat.

Word Order of Negative Sentences

The following is the word order to construct a basic negative sentence in English in the Present Tense
using Don't or Doesn't.

The Rest of the

Subject don't/doesn't Verb*
sentence
I / you / we /
don't have / buy
they cereal for breakfast
eat / like etc.
he / she / it doesn't

INTERROGATIVE – QUESTIONS.
  You speak English. - Question: Do you speak English?
 He speaks French. - Question: Does he speak French?

Short Answers with Do and Does Short Answer

In questions that use do/does it’s possible to Sample Questions
Affirmative Negative
give Do you like chocolate? Yes, I do. No, I don't.
short answers to direct questions as follows: Do I need a pencil? Yes, you do. No, you don't.
Do you both like Yes, we do. No, we don't.
However, if a question word such as
chocolate?
who, when, where, why, which or how is used
Do they like chocolate? Yes, they do. No, they don't.
in the question,
you can not use the short answers above to
Does he like chocolate? Yes, he does. No, he doesn't.
respond to the question.
Does she like chocolate? Yes, she does. No, she doesn't.
EXERCISES. Does it have four wheels? Yes, it does. No, it doesn't.

I. Use the verbs in brackets to complete:

1. I …….live…... (live) in Edinburgh. 7. Daniel …..……..……. (brush) his teeth every morning.
2. He …………………... (do) his homework every day. 8. She ……………………... (study) Science at university.
3. She’s a teacher. She …………….. (work) at school. 9. Every Saturday, Paul ……….……… (give) his dog a bath.
4. Do you sing? - No, I …………………….. (fly) planes. 10. Today, Betty ………..……… (take) her sister to school.
5. Joan ………………….…. (wash) her hair every day. 11. We ……………… (go) to the stadium at the weekend.
6. The movie …………….. (close) at 7 in the evening. 12. Mary …………… (have) a cup of tea in the afternoon.

II. Use the prompts to write sentences, as in the example:

1. he / every day / work / on the computer → He works on the computer every day.
2. Susana / at the weekend / do her laundry → ………………………………………………………….
3. My friends and I / at the weekend / go fishing → …………………………………………………….
4. he / every morning / read the newspaper → …………………………………………………………..
5. Sharon / exercise / in the morning → …………………………………………………………………
6. dinner / they / at 7:30 / eat → …………………………………………………………………………

III. Write questions and negations as in the example.

1. Tom lives in England. → Does Tom live in England? / Tom doesn’t live in England.
2. Mr Simpson teaches Chemistry. →…………………………………………………………………..
3. You like playing computer games. → ……………………………………………………………….
4. John and Sue work in a café. → ……………………………………………………………………..
5. We do the shopping on Saturdays. → ……………………………………………………………….
6. The baby cries all the time. → ……………………………………………………………………….

IV. Fill in: do / don’t / does / doesn’t.

1. Sam speaks French, but he …………. Speak Russian. 2. Ann …….… like jazz music but she likes pop music.
3. “……... she play the saxophone?” “No, she …..……”. 5. He ……….... go to school on Sunday.
4. Where ……….... you work? 6. What …………... you have for dinner?

VI. Match the questions to the answers.

1. What time does she get up? ( ) She goes to bed at 10:00.
2. How does she go to school? ( ) She walks to school.
3. Does she have breakfast every day? ( ) She gets up at 7:00.
4. What does she do in the afternoon? ( ) No, she doesn’t.
5. When does she go to bed? ( ) She does her homework.

ADVERBS OF FRECUENCY
We use them with the present simple to talk about how often something happens.

100% - ALWAYS –You are always late.

90% - USUALLY - We usually go shopping on Sunday.
70% - OFTEN - He often cooks pasta.
50% - SOMETIMES- She sometimes order pizza.
10% - HARDLY EVER / RARELY – The cat rarely smiles
0% - NEVER - They are never at home we call.
WORD ORDER.
 Freq.
Verb He often cooks pasta.
adverb
+ Subj
Freq.
Be You are always late
adverb
Freq. Is she always late?
? Aux Subj.
adverb Does he often cook?

Use NEVER and HARDLY EVER with positive verbs

X He isn´t never late. X They don’t hardly ever go to the library.
 He is never late.  They hardly ever go to the library.
CIRCLE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE TO COMPLETE.
1. She always ___ her homework after school. a) do b) does c) doing d) did e) done
2. We ___ like spicy food. a) doesn't b) don't c) isn't d) aren't e) haven't
3. ___ your brother play football on weekends? a) Do b) Does c) Is d) Are e) Did
4. My dad ___ to work by car. a) go b) going c) goes d) gone e) goed
5. They ___ usually watch TV in the morning. a) don’t b) doesn't c) didn't d) aren't e) hasn't
6. My sister always ___ up early. a) get b) gets c) getting d) got e) getted
7. I ___ like horror movies. a) doesn’t b) not c) don’t d) am not e) haven’t
8. ___ he speak French? a) Do b) Does c) Is d) Are e) Has
9. They ___ to the park every Saturday. a) goes b) go c) went d) going e) gone
10. We ___ usually eat out on weekdays. a) don’t b) doesn’t c) aren’t d) didn’t e) hadn’t
11. How often ___ you play video games? a) do b) does c) are d) did e) have
12. She ___ sometimes drinks tea in the evening. a) drink b) drinks c) drinking d) drank e) drunk
13. He ___ like swimming. a) don’t b) doesn’t c) isn’t d) wasn’t e) hasn’t
14. What time ___ you usually go to bed? a) is b) are c) do d) does e) have
15. My friends ___ pizza on Fridays. a) eats b) eating c) eat d) ate e) eaten

TEXTO. Read and choose the correct alternative.

Every morning, my parents and I (1) ______ up at 6 a.m. My mom (2) ______ breakfast, and my dad (3) ______ the
newspaper. I usually (4) ______ my bed before I go to school. We (5) ______ coffee with toast for breakfast. I (6)
______ like milk, so I drink juice. My mom (7) ______ drive me to school because the bus (8) ______ stop near our
house.
At school, my friends and I (9) ______ in the library during breaks. We (10) ______ talk loudly there because it is a
quiet place. Our teachers (11) ______ friendly and helpful. We (12) ______ a lot of homework, but we (13) ______
enjoy learning.
In the afternoon, I (14) ______ home around 3 p.m. I (15) ______ do my homework before dinner. My dad (16)
______ arrive home early, so we all (17) ______ dinner together. After that, we (18) ______ watch TV or read. I (19)
______ go to bed at 9:30 p.m. On weekends, we (20) ______ visit my grandparents or go to the park.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE.

1. A. gets B. got C. get D. getting E. gets up
2. A. cook B. cooks C. cooking D. cooked E. is cooking
3. A. read B. reads C. reading D. is reading E. readed
4. A. make B. made C. makes D. making E. do
5. A. drink B. drinks C. drinking D. drank E. drunk
6. A. not B. no C. don’t D. doesn’t E. do not
7. A. never B. sometimes C. always D. rarely E. every
8. A. do B. does C. doesn’t D. don’t E. not
9. A. studies B. study C. studying D. studied E. are studying
10. A. always B. never C. often D. usually E. sometimes
11. A. are B. is C. be D. were E. being
12. A. have B. has C. had D. having E. does
13. A. not B. don’t C. doesn’t D. do not E. isn’t
14. A. gets B. arrive C. arriving D. to arrive E. arrives
15. A. never B. always C. hardly D. sometimes E. rarely
16. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. never D. rarely E. doesn’t (✔)
17. A. has B. have C. had D. having E. do
18. A. often B. never C. always D. sometimes E. hardly ever
19. A. usually B. ever C. never D. sometimes E. rarely
20. A. do B. does C. often D. always E. never