The simple present

We use the present tense to talk about things in general. We are not thinking only about now

We use it to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly, or that something is true in general

Rules

•We use do/ does to make questions and negative sentences

•To the third person of the tense we use does

Examples

• I work, you work, but he works, she works• We Teach, Mary Teaches or Ann Teaches• I play, Martin plays, Peter and Andrew play • We do not eat, Mary does not eat, Peter does

not eat, they do not eat

Reading

The water in the Nature

Reading – The wáter

The water covers seventy percent of the

world. The human being has the same quantity of water in its body almost 70%.

Percent of water in the world

The water crisis

In this time the world has a water crisis, because the people at the earth is increasing, and the volume of water is the same. This is one of the reasons of the war in the planet.

The Water in colombia

Colombia is one of the richest countries in the world many Colombians do not take care of this liquid and for this reason many places do not have water in their towns, villages, etc.

The water cost

• Now the water is more expensive than the petrol, and in some poor countries especially in undeveloped nations, people needs to move long distances to get water, to feed the animals etc.

Contamination

Another reason of the crisis is the contamination especially in big cities like Bogotá, Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla. For this circumstance children and elders, suffer from new diseases that in some cases doctors cannot find the cause.