Personal pronouns

Verb to be
Present Simple
● Reemplazan al sujeto.
● Generalmente antes del verbo
principal.
● It* solo se utiliza con objetos o
animales.
● A continuación del verbo principal.
● Actúa como complemento.
● Ej.: He gave me a book. (Él me dio
un libro)
USO
To talk about someone/ something (para hablar de alguien o
algo)

● Professions / Profesión: She is a Doctor (Ella es doctora)

● Nationality / Nacionalidad: I am Chilean (Yo soy chilena/chileno)
● Age/ Edad: He is six years old (Él tiene seis años)
● Etc.
 Estructuras
Affirmative Negative Question

I am I am not Am I?

You are You are not Are you?

He/She/It is He/She/It is not Is he/she/it?

We are We are not Are we?

They are They are not Are they?

Present Simple
 Structure
Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form
Subject + Auxiliary + not + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb
Subject + Verb + Object
verb + object + Object

e.g. I like sports e.g. I do not like sports e.g. Do you like sports?
Contents of this template
Present simple
❏ The present simple is a verb tense generally used to talk about habits and
general truths.

e.g. She plays the piano.

❏ However, it is not simple at all. This tense has

other six uses that you may not know of.
 Usage of the Present Simple
1- Something that’s generally or always true.

e.g. Vegetables are healthy.

2- Situations we think are more or less permanent.

e.g. She works in a bank.

 Usage of the Present Simple
3. Habits or things that we do regularly.

e.g. She studies every day.

4. Short actions that are happening now.

e.g. He passes the ball.

 Future Uses
5. To talk about the future when we are discussing a timetable or a fixed plan.

e.g. The bus arrives in the evening.

6. To talk about the future after subordinate clauses of time.

e.g. She’ll call you when she has time.

 Conditional use

7. We use the present simple in the first and the zero conditionals.

e.g. If it rains, I won't come.