Ingles Basico

Review of the present tenses
Examples | Explanations |
I use a hair dryer every day.Gasoline costs a lot of money. | Use the simple present to talk about repeated actions, habits, or things thatare always true. |
She is watching television right now.They are looking for a new apartment. | Use the present progressive to talk about things that are happening at this moment or things that arehappening around this time. |
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The simple present and present progressive: Negatives and questions
Examples | Explanations |
Laura is/not at school today.Are tense lights energyefficient?Where is /Where’s the science classroom? | With the verb to be, form negative statements and questions in the simple present. |
We do not/don’t have a computer.Does the air conditioner use alot of energy?When does the semester again? | With verbs other than to be, use the simple present and do or does in negative statement and questions. |
Juan and Luisa are not/aren’t playingattention.Am I wasting electricity?Why is Pancho taking the bus to work? | In the present progressive, negative statements and questions are always formed with the verb to be. |
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Review of thesimple past
Examples | |
They watched a movie last night.Daniel plugged in the television.Those wind turbines were extremely large. | Use the simple past to talk about complemented actions orsituations in the past. |
We did not buy an electric car.Katrina didn’t to the homework assignment. | Use did not or didn’t plus the simple form of a verb to make negative statements in the simple past.|
Did you watch a movie last night?Was the power plant near the ocean?Where was the power plant?When did you go to Cancun? | Form Yes/No and Wh-questions in the simple past. |
Regular verbs |Irregular verbs |
walk – walkedlearn – learned open – openedproduce – producedwaste – wastedconserve – conserved | leave – lefteat – atego – wentfind – foundgive – gavehave- hadread – readsay –...