N LLL,TELL ME ABOUT IT ‘Complete the conversation with Nicole. (Personal information) Nicole: What is your routine? Nicole: What do you do in the afternoon? You: You: Nicole: What do you do in the evening? You: Nicole: How do you go to work/school? icole: What time do you go to bed? You: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL ©) aa Read these sentences about Jason and Nicole. They express different situations. Observe: I wake up at 6:30 a.m. every day. => It expresses a rot J usually have dinner at 9 p.m. =} It expresses a habit. Lom tired. —> It expresses a fact. When we wont to talk about routines, facts and habits — os in the examples above - it is necessary to use Simple Present Tense. Let's leam more about it: + Using Simple Present to express routines and b + Using Simple Present to express facts. habits, $ Facts express 3 reality. They do not need a time We use Simple Present when we talk about something expression, that occurs with certain frequency. It is normally necessary to use an expression of time/ E. period of time/frequency when we express routines 1\\\e my routine. and habits. We \ive very close to each other. | work very much from Monday to Friday. Sometimes, | sleep at midnight.eee Wises LT aad work every day. You work every day. Bao eu eee We work every day. have a different conjugation. You You work every day. Senate in ee They work every day. Im offirmative sentences, when the subject is I, YOU, WE, THEY, itis hecessaty to use this structure: 1 work every day. $ Subject + verb + complement RCs) Me ‘negative form: k every day, You don't work every day. We don't work every day. You don't work every day, They don't work every day, Bo active sentences, when the subject of the sentences is, YOU, WE, THEY, its Necessary to use the auxiliary DO + NoT: 1 don’t Nal at7 am. every day. Subject + auxiliary (do) + not complement Do | work every day? Do you work every day? Do we work every day? Do you work every day? Do they work every day? in Interrogative sentences, when the subject of the sentences is |, YOU, WE, THEY, it is necessary to use the ‘ouxiliory DO: Do Pp at 7 a.m. every day? Auxiliory + subject complement »©® When we express routines or habits, itis necessary to use a word to express time or frequency. They are keywords. Every day, every night, every week, etc. In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night On Sunday, on Monday, on the weekend From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m, From Monday to Friday ©-g.: A: When do you work? Bs work from Monday to Friday."_ Frequency adverb ___ Always Normally Generally/usually 50% E Often/frequently = 50% __ Sometimes Seldom/rarely 10% 5% 0% Hardly ever Almost never Never Adverbs of frequency come directly before the main verb and after auxiliary verbs, a5" Inem ate sam. "Vaan ened.” am ia gp Some frequency adverbs (e.g.: usually, normally, often, frequently, sometimes and occasionally) can also go in the beginning or end of a sentence. Eg: They write often We visit them , Lam late for office, aot B rok :14 GC enc eee Boeke Lama student. Jam not a teacher. Am Ia teacher? You are a teacher. You are not a student. Are you a student? He is a businessperson. He is not an engineer. Is he an engineer? She is a receptionist, She is not a dentist. Itis.a dog, Is she a dentist? Itis not a cat, Isita cat? We are Brazilian, We are not American. Are we American? ‘You are students, You are not doctors. Are you doctors? They are not architects, Are they architects? Coen am... a student, you a student? verb tobe” complement subject.” compiement. ‘They are engineers, not. ateacher, net.” “complementMi ed eee 1 + Telling the time using only the numbers ——______y ‘To do that, read the numbers from the left side to the right side. E.. —- 1:10: It's one ten 15: It's two fifteen 3:20: It's three twenty 4:3¢ : It's four thirty 's five forty-five a. Exact hour b. 1 to 9 minutes 5:00: It's five o'clock 1:00: It’s one o'clock 6:01: It's six oh one 9:05: It's nine oh five 2. Telling the time using the words past/after and to To do that, read the numbers from the Fight side to the left side. Observe the situations below: ‘a. You can use the words @ quarter and half Half Aquarter b. Use the words past/after and to 1 minute until 30 minutes 31 minutes until 59 minutes i 10 2:15: It's a quarter post/after two 20: It's twenty past/after three 4:30: It's half past/ofter four : It's twenty to five 5: It's a quarter to six 6:50: It's ten to seven,PERIODS OF THE DAY IN THE MORNING INTHE AFTERNOON Day INTHE EVENING. 1oPM, EARLY MORNING Ginenican oxoueh) 2AM, MIDNIGHT We use the letters a.m. (“ante meridiem”, which means “before noon" in Latin) and p.m. “post meridiem”, which means “after noon” in Latin) to indicate the different periods of the doy: azpm) (2am) From midday to midnight => p.m. E.g.: 10 p.m. = at night Qzam) — azpm) From midnight to midday =» a.m. E.g.: 10am. =» in the morning To be more specific about the time, we use the periods of the day:oes ee 1- Fill in the gaps with the verbs in parentheses in Simple Present Tense, a+t_ LO" _ in ew York, (to live) d+ The dogs. me. (to like) b+ We as engineers. (to work) @ = Nicole and Jason home together: (to go) + Antony and Ana my friends. (tobe) + Charles American. (to be) 2 Transform the sentences to the negative form using Simple Present Tense. a+ The kids study very much. + Jason is from England, ¢ + wake up at 7:15 on the weekends. d+ Ana and Nicole are American. @ + We relax in the morning. = Nicole and Ana work in the morning.3 + Make questions using Simple Present. Yes, | always work very much. Yes, Antony and Ana usually walk on weekends. No, lam not from Japan, No, Tony is not at the gas station. ce fe No, don’t eat in the morning. Yes, | brush my teeth in the morning. ‘4. Whot tthe sit? Write the time Inthe two possible woy Include the perled of the doy €.g.: 3:25 p.m. It's three twenty-five in the afternoon. or It's twenty-five past/after three. a +02:05 p.m. b+04:15 am, © + 07:30 p.m. d+ 10:45 p.m. ee ee Reka dees €.g.: Where do you study? | study at Minds. ? | eat a sandwich for breakfast ? They work from 9 am. to 5 p.m. ? | go to the movies on weekends.