Colegio Gimnasio Campestre San Sebastián

GUIA INFORMATIVA DE SÍNTESIS N° 1

NOMBRE: _________________________________________ GRADO: SEXTO
AREA: INGLÉS FECHA: ____________________ PERIODO: PRIMERO
TEMA: SIMPLE PRESENT, CAN – CAN´T, ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
DOCENTE: Ivonne Hernández
COMPETENCIAS: Lingüística

SCHOOL SUBJECTS

4 5 6
7 8

9
1

1. Physical Education (P.E) 2. Geography – Citizenship

3. English, Spanish, French 4. History
5. Art 6. Music
7. Math 8. Science
9. ICT

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
 FREE TIME ACTIVITIES

Verb Activities
Go Shopping – swimming - skateboarding – bowling
Go for a run - a walk – a bike ride - a swim
Go to the cinema – the beach – the park – the gym
Have a sleepover - a party – a barbecue – a picnic
Play Basketball – football – computer games – a musical instrument

LIKES AND DISLIKES

I think it’s
I love Pop
horrible
music

I am keen I can’t stand

on K-Pop romantic I hate reality
I enjoy music movies show
dancing

This song is
fantastic I dislike / don’t
like vegetable
I am into
swimming
Blue is my
favorite color

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

We use some adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity. These are

called adverbs of frequency and include:

Frequency Adverb of Example

frequency
100% Always I always go to bed before 10 p.m.
90% Usually She usually has cereal for breakfast

70% Often We often surf the internet.

50% Sometimes They sometimes play soccer in the
afternoon
0% Never I never swim in the sea
The position of the adverb in a sentence
An adverb of frequency goes before a main verb (except with TO BE)

An adverb of frequency goes after the verb TO BE.

CAN – CAN’T (CANNOT)

AFFIRMATIVE

CAN is used to express ability or to say that something is possible.

CAN is the same for all subjects. We don’t add an ‘S’ in the third person (like
other verbs)
The verb that comes after CAN is in the infinitive without to:

 I can speak French. (= it is possible for me to speak French = I have the

ability to speak French)
 he can swim well
 we can see our neighbor in the garden.
 They can play the guitar.

NEGATIVE

To form the negative, we add ‘not’ after can to form one word: cannot.
We can also contract the negative to form can’t. (can’t = cannot)

 I cannot play the piano.

 We can’t go to the cinema tonight.
 She cannot speak German very well.
 He can’t drive a car.
 QUESTIONS
To form the questions, we change the position of the subject and the auxiliary
verb.

The main verb is still in the infinitive without to.

 Where can I buy an ice-cream?

 Can I go to the party?
 Can you speak Japanese?
 What can we do on Saturday?

Remember that you can use short answers:

 Can I sit here please? Yes, you can.

 Can you speak Chinese? No, I can’t

SUMMARY CHART

SIMPLE PRESENT

The simple present is a verb tense which is used to show repetition, habit or
generalization.
  I play tennis
 The train leaves every
morning
 She does her homework
 They study English

 My dad works
everyday
 Juan studies for the
science exam
 He watches TV

 She does not play tennis. She doesn’t play tennis

 They do not read the book. They don’t read the book

 Do you like ice-cream?

Yes, I do / No, I don’t

 Does she play the

piano?

Yes, she does / No, she

doesn’t

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ENGLISH PAGE. (s.f). Simple present). Recuperado de:

https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html

HERNANDEZ, Teba. (2014). Present Simple Explanation. Slideshare. Recuperado

de: https://es.slideshare.net/tebaestruba/present-simple-explanation-
exercises?qid=77312ee2-ca35-430f-8d39-75d9f9212363&v=&b=&from_search=9

WOODWARD ENGLISH. (s.f). Can and can’t. Recuperado de:

http://www.grammar.cl/Basic/Can_Cannot.htm

WOODWARD ENGLISH. (s.f). Adverbs of Frequency. Recuperado de:

http://www.grammar.cl/Basic/Adverbs_Frequency.htm