LESSON 4: PRESENT SIMPLE 1 I Skate After School Unit objectives At the end of this unit, students can: Talk about daily routines and activities Use the present simple tense correctly. Present simple Form: + ? subject verb object John plays soccer twice a week. subject do/does not verb object Richard doesn’t go to the movies on Fridays. do/does subject freq. adverb verb in base form Do your parents listen to music? SPELLING RULES Examples: She gets up at 8:00 every day. Examples: Cats eat mice. Examples: I like strawberries. Examples: Water boils at 100 celsius. Examples: She works at a bank. Function: We use the present simple for: Habits or routines (things we do regularly) General truths, scientific facts Permanent situations (or situations that are nearly permanent; true for a few years at least) Stative verbs (non-action verbs) to talk about states or conditions, such as physical descriptions, feelings, relationships, knowledge, beliefs or possession Notice that stative or state verbs aren’t used in continuous tenses. Routines I play golf every Monday. They often travel to China. She gets up at 8:00 every day. I don’t walk to school. She doesn’t love him. Do you smoke? How often do you study? Facts •My teacher always arrives early. •Water boils at 100 celsius. •Doctors study for many years. •The sky is light blue.. •The word smart means “intelligent”. Stative verbs •She is short and has long hair. •They like strawberries. •We want a new car. •I promise to visit you soon. •You look fantastic. •They belong to the yacht club. •I don’t know the answer. Pemanent situations •They work at a bank. •I travel every summer. •She has two daughters. •Where do you live? •He is married. •I‘m not American, I‘m Canadian. Present simple: Time expressions • always/usually/often/sometimes/never • every day every Monday / every other day every week / every month / year • once a day / week / month / year • twice a day / week / month / year • three times a day/week/month/year • in the morning / evening / afternoon • daily / weekly / monthly / • on Mondays/Thursdays / etc. • in July / August / etc Present simple: Time expressions Always / usually /often/ sometimes/ never every day every Monday / every other day every week / every month / year once a day / week / month / year twice a day / week / month / year three times a day/ week/ month/ year in the morning / evening / afternoon daily / weekly / monthly on Mondays/Thursdays / etc. in July / August / etc Examples: The water doesn’t boil at 20°C Examples: Look! Michael Phelps doesn’t swim slow. Examples: They don´t ride in competitions. Examples: Do they ride in a competition? Examples: What do they do at the university? They read books. Examples: They usually run the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu. Examples: What does she love? She eats cebiche at home. Exercise 1: Underline the correct word. 1. We always wear / 're always wearing a uniform to school. 2. Come inside! It rains / It's raining! 3. It rains / 's raining a lot in February. 4.. Mum cooks / is cooking lunch every Sunday. 5. My father cooks / is cooking at the moment. 6. Steve is terrible! He is never listening / He never listens to the teacher. . Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in parenthesis. Does he eat 1. ……………………………………. (he/eat) rice every day? They are working 2. ……………………………………… (they/work) at the moment. Do you come 3. …………………………………… (you/come) to London often? John isn’t playing 4. ……………………………………. (John/not play) tennis now. He doesn’t play 5. ……………………………………. (not/play) golf on Fridays. Do they meet 6. ……….…………………… (they/meet) in a restaurant every Saturday? She isn’t going 7. ……………………………….. (she/not go) to the cinema now. What do you do when you are with your friends? What do you usually do after classes? What do you do to improve yourself in English course? What do you usually do when you are on holiday?
