Present Simple and Present Continuous: Verb Tenses and Adverbs of Frequency

Present Simple/Present Continuous

Present Simple

• + Play/plays
• - Don't/doesn't play
• ? Do you.../Does she...

Adverbs of frequency

• Always/Usually/Often/Sometimes/Occasionally/Hardly ever/Never

Frequency expressions:

• Every day, Every year, Once a week...

Stative verbs:

• To be, Like, Love, Hate, Dislike
• Know, Understand, Believe, Think, Want, Feel
• Have got

Present Continuous

• + Am/Is/Are - playing
• - Am not/Isn't/Aren't - playing
• ? Are you.../Are she is... Yes, I am/No, I'm not

Expressions:

• Look!, Listen! At the moment, now... Future plans: next summer, tomorrow

Some/Any/A-An

Some: C/U. Affirmative and Interrogative (Offers, requests...)

Any: U/C. Negative and Interrogative

- A/An: Countable. Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative

Example: A table, a euro, a university, an apple...

Indefinite pronouns

• -Thing: cosa
• -Body: persona
• -Where: lugar

Some + ? offers/requests

Someone/Somebody: Alguien

Something: Algo

Somewhere: Algún lugar

Any - ?

Anyone/Anybody: Nadie/Alguien

Anything: Nada/Algo

Anywhere: Ningún lugar/Algún lugar

No Ø Nada

Nobody/No one: Nadie

Nothing: Nada

Nowhere: Ningún lugar

Every + - ? (Todo)

Everyone/Everybody: Todos

Everything: Todo

Everywhere: Todos los lugares

Past Simple Present Perfect

• + Reg: -ed + Irreg: 2nd column
• - Didn't + infinitive - Haven't/Hasn't + Past Participle: reg -ed + Irreg: 2nd column
• ? Did + subject + infinitive Have/Has + subject + Past Participle: reg -ed + Irreg: 3rd column

USE - Last...day, week, month... - FOR/Since -> Present Perfect - Yesterday - Ø Nada - From_to_ - This...week, morning, month... - In 2016 - On 4th April 2016 ex: Have you ever been to Paris? - AGO - Still(aún), Already(ya), Just, Yet - When I... - Today - FOR - In your life - Then

Comparative Superlative

• + Short + ER(than) the -EST
• 1syl Smaller/Bigger the smallest
• 2syl -y- Happier/Nicer the happiest
• Long More_(than the most
• +2 syl More intelligent the most intelligent

Irregular

Good Better the best

Bad Worse the worst

Far Farther/Further the farthest/furthest

=As_As

Ex: This girl is as intelligent as her brother

Comparative(menos que) Superlative(menos)

- Less+Adjective(than) the least+Adjective

Less intelligent (than) the least intelligent

Relative pronouns

Who-people

Which-objects

When-time

Where-places(there)