SIMPLE PRESENT.

Preparation for next class:

Englisch-hilfen.de. Sentences and questions in the Simple
Present – Exercise 1. Retrieved from: https://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_mix.htm

Warmer:
Students watch a video with examples of the
simple present

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJRwasIWnM
Previous knowledge:

Choose the correct form of the following verbs:

wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s) -

live(s) - drink(s)

1. Ann   handball very well.

2. I never   coffee.

3. The swimming pool   at 7:00 in the morning.

4. It   at 9:00 in the evening.

5. Bad driving   many accidents.

6. My parents   in a very small flat.

7. The Olympic Games   place every four years.

8. They are good students. They always   their homework.

9. My students   a little English.

10. I always   early in the morning.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:

1. Jane (not/drink)   tea very often.

 2. What time (the banks/open)   in Britain?

3. Where (John/come)   from?

4. It (take)   me an hour to get to work.

5. She (not/wake)   up early on Sundays.

Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the
negative:

write - turn - eat - tell - rise

1. The earth   around the sun.

2. The sun   in the east.

3. Vegetarians   meat.

4. A liar is someone who   the truth.

5. A novelist   novels.

Taken from:
MY ENGLISH PAGES, Learn English Grammar Online. Grammar
Exercises - Simple Present. Retrieved from:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-present.php
Presentation:
Teacher explains simple present formation:

James is a taxi driver. He drives a taxi. But on Sundays he doesn't

drive his taxi. He stays at home.
The verb be, drive, stay are in the simple present.
(more on the simple present of the verb to be)

The forms of the simple present

The affirmative form of the simple present:

I, you, we, they play.

He, she, it plays.

Remember the verbs in the third person singular (he,she and it) always take an "s". For
example, "he plays, she sings,it works..."

Examples:

 Nancy and James speak good German.

 Nancy works in a restaurant downtown.
 The children play in the garden every weekend.

The interrogative form of the simple present:

Do I, you, we, they play?
Does he, she, it

Examples:

 Do you speak good German?
 Does Nancy work in a restaurant downtown?

The negative form of the simple present:

I, you, we,they do not play.

don't
He, she, it does not
doesn't

Examples:

 No, I don't speak German.

 No, she doesn't work in a restaurant downtown

The use of the simple present:

The simple present is used:

 to give your opinion - I like ice cream. I don't like spicy food.

 to talk about schedules - The library opens at eight. It doesn't open at 7.
 to talk about daily habits (routine actions)- Sara eats a cheese for
breakfast every day. She doesn't eat cereal.
 to give facts - The earth circles the sun. The moon doesn't circle the sun.

The spelling of the third person singular form of the simple present:

All the verbs take an "s" in the simple present when conjugated in the third person
singular (he, she, it) form:

Examples:


I visit my parents every summer holiday. But my wife visits her parents
every weekend.
 My brother meets his girlfriend everyday.

So the rule is:

He / she / it + Verb + S

There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling rules:

Verbs ending Verbs ending

Silent e Vowel + y Consonant + y
in o in s, z, sh, tch, ch
close = closes  play = plays study = studies  go = goes  miss = misses
note = notes say = says marry = marries do = does buzz = buzzes
hatch = hatches 
finish = finishes
teach = teaches 

Examples:

 She drives to work every morning.

 He says he plays football on the weekends

Exception:

 The verb to have changes its forms as follows:

I have two sisters and two brothers. But she has one sister and two
brothers.
I have = he / she / it has

Things to remember about the simple present:

1.In the interrogative forms, we use "do" or "does".

 "Do you like the house?"

 "Does she go to school?"

2; Verbs never take an "s" in

the the negative and interrogative forms.

 "Does he speak German?"
 "Do they play soccer?"
 She doesn't like ice cream.

3. don't is the short form of "do not". You can say either:

 I do not speak Italian, or

 I don't speak Italian.

4.doesn't is the short form of "does not". You can say either:

 He does not listen to jazz music, or

  He doesn't listen to jazz music.

Taken from:
MY ENGLISH PAGES, Learn English Grammar Online. Simple Present. Retrived from:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-
lesson-simple-present.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBIqRYu0PY

Practice

Present Simple things in common

Every student ask Present Simple questions as “What’s

your favorite fruit?” and “Do you watch TV every day?”.

What are some activities you like to do?

What are some good habits that you have?

What are some things you do every day?

Do you have any bad habits?

What is something you should do every day but don’t?

What is something you eat almost every day?

What do you do at your job?

What is your morning routine? How about your

evening routine?
Is there anything you do only once a year?

What is something you do about once every month?

What is the strangest fact you know?

What do you do in your free time?

Production
Students tell the class about something they frequently do. They will say one thing for
each adverb of frequency.

always usually

often sometimes

rarely never

Assessment:

Students tell the class about their daily routine. They must present at least 5 activities.

At the end each students chooses a partner and asks him or her, if he or she does the
one of the routines presented. The chosen student answers and presents his or her
daily routine.

Example:

I start to study every night at 9:00 o’clock.

I talk to my daughter before she goes to bed.

I eat lunch at school, where I work.

Do you eat lunch at work too?

For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ttYM-XtAI