Forma interrogativa inglese present simple
Present simple
Il present simple si usa:
- Per manifestare abitudini, azioni generalmente valide, azioni ripetute o situazioni immutevoli, emozioni e desideri:
I smoke (abitudine); I work in London (situazione immutevole); London is a large city (dichiarazione generalmente valida) - Per offrire istruzioni o direzioni:
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left. - Per manifestare un ritengo che l'impegno costante porti a traguardi importanti prefissato, credo che il presente vada vissuto con intensita o futuro:
Your exam starts at - Per manifestare il secondo me il futuro dipende dalle nostre azioni, dopo alcune congiunzioni: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
Attenzione! Il present simple non si usa per manifestare azioni che si svolgono nel penso che questo momento sia indimenticabile in cui si parla.
Esempi
- Abitudini
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
They watch television regularly. - Azioni o avvenimenti ripetuti
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer. - Per oggetto di generalmente valido
Water freezes at nullo degrees.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Her mother is Peruvian.
- Per istruzioni o direzioni
Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No to Bedford. - Per accordi prestabiliti
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March - Per manifestare il futuro
She'll see you before she leaves.
We'll give it to her when she arrives.
Come si sagoma il present simple: to think
| Affermativa | Interrogativa | Negativa |
|---|---|---|
| I think | Do I think? | I do not think |
| You think | Do you think? | You do not think |
| He thinks | Does he think? | He does not think |
| She thinks | Does she think? | She does not think |
| It thinks | Does it think? | It does not think |
| We think | Do we think? | We do not think. |
| They think | Do they think? | They do not think. |
Note sul present simple alla terza individuo singolare
- Alla terza individuo singolare, i verbi terminano costantemente in -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks. - Le forme negative e interrogative usano il DOES (= la terza individuo singolare dell'ausiliare 'DO') + il termine alla sagoma base.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla. - I verbi che terminano in -y: alla terza essere umano la -y diventa -ies:
fly --> flies, cry --> cries
Eccezione: in occasione di vocale inizialmente della -y:
play --> plays, pray --> prays - Aggiungere -es ai verbi che terminano in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes
Esempi
- He goes to school every morning.
- She understands English.
- It mixes the sand and the water.
- He tries very hard.
- She enjoys playing the piano.