Amy: Hello Henry. How are you?

Henry: Hi Amy. I’m so tired.

Amy: Why? What happened? What did you do yesterday?

Henry: Oh, I went to a Reggeton concert last night?

Amy: Really? How it was?

Henry: It was cool. But tell me, What did you do last weekend?

Amy: I didn’t do anything special. I studied the whole weekend.

Henry: It doesn’t sound so exciting.

Amy: It wasn’t at all. But I’m going to go to the beach next Sunday.

Henry: That’s better. I like your plan.Which beach are we going to visit?

•We use the simple present of the verb to BE (AM – IS – ARE) to describe people, animal, things and places.

- I am an English student. - She is from France.

- The turtle is very slow. -Computers are usefull.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

-I am a doctor. -I am not a doctor. - Are you a doctor?

-Ann is Brasilian. -She isn´t Brasilian. - Is she Brasilian?

- Rabbits are cute. - They aren´t cute. - Are they cute?

•We use the present simple of other verbs to talk about habits or regular activities and situations.

-I usually get upget up at 7:30am. - They likelike red wine.

•In the third person singular affirmative the verb takes a final “s”

-The films -The films startsstarts at eight pm. -The Engineer at eight pm. -The Engineer designsdesigns a a program. program.

• We also use the present simple to talk about things that are always true.

- Water boils at 100º C. - It rains a lot in winter.

•In the third person singular affirmative verbs that finish in o, ss, ch, sh, x and z takes “es” at the end.

-She washeswashes hair every day. -Marc seldon goesgoes to London

•We form questions with DO (In the third person singular DOES)

-Do you like pizza? -Does Vincent smoke?

•Short answers takes the auxiliar verb (DO- DOES)

-Yes, I do. -No , he doesn´t.

-Yes, I like pizza. -No, he doesn´t smoke.

•We use the simple past of the verb to BE (WAS – WERE) to talk about a past situation.

-It was cold yesterday. - The shops were closed.

-Clara was at school. - Students were at the park.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

-He was here. - He wasn´t here. - Was he here?

-We were busy. - We weren´t busy. - Were we busy?

•We use the simple past of the regular and irregular verbs to talk about something that happened and finished at a particular moment in the past.

- I left school in 1996. - He died on Friday

- Amy got a new pet. - The film started at 9 pm.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

-He lived in India. - He didn´t lived... - Did he live in India?

-They had a car. - They didn´t have… - Did they have a car?

•We use “WILL” to talk about a simple prediction of a future event or situation..

-My brother will be here soon.

-We won´t be on time because of the traffic.

• We use “WILL” when we decide to do something at the moment of speaking.

-The phone is ringing. I’ll answer it.

-Let´s have a drink. I won’t have any, thanks.

•We use “BE + GOING TO” to talk about future action we have already planned.

-I’m going to the beach next weekend.

-He’s going to take an English course in December.

• We use “BE + GOING TO” to predict a future rvent which seems certain because of present evidence.

-Look that tree. It’s going to fall down.

-She is wearing a bathing suit. She’s going to swim.

• WHERE?

¿Dónde?

• WHY?

¿Por qué?

• WHO?

¿Quién?

• HOW LONG?

¿Cuánto tiempo?

• WHAT?

Qué

• WHEN?

¿Cuándo?

- HOW OFTEN?

¿Con que frecuencia?

• HOW?

¿Cómo?

•WHICH?

Cuales?

We use these words to ask for information:

EL L. B. “AMANTINA DE SUCRE” SAYS TO YOU:

• THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH KNOWLEDGE.

• BE YOURSELF AND LEARN WHATEVER YOU WANT.

• GOD BLESS YOU FOREVER AND EVER.