KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN, KEBUDAYAAN, RISET DAN

TEKNOLOGI
UNIVERSITAS HAMZANWADI
Jl. Cut Nyak Dien No.85, Pancor, Selong, Kabupaten Lombok Timur, Nusa Tenggara Bar. 83611

Course Name : English 1

Lecturer : Andri Suherman, M.A., M.Ed. TESOL
Times : 100 minutes

UNIT 1
HABITUAL ACTIONS
(Part 1 – I/you/we/they)

Habitual actions are called Simple Present Tense in English, and are usually followed by adverb of
frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never,etc.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

We simply use VERB 1 for the four subjects (I, you, we, they)
- I sleep every 10 pm every night - We go to the beach every weekend
- You read novel every day - They play football every afternoon

NEGATIVE SENTENCES
We use DON’T to make negatives sentences for the four subjects (I, you, we, they)
- I don’t sleep every 10 pm every night - We don’t go to the beach every weekend
- You don’t read novel every day - They don’t play football every afternoon

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE
For questions, we simply add DO at the beginning for the four subjects (I, you, we, they)
- Do I sleep every 10 pm every night? - Do we go to the beach every weekend?
- Do you read novel every day? - Do they play football every afternoon?

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 KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN, KEBUDAYAAN, RISET DAN
TEKNOLOGI
UNIVERSITAS HAMZANWADI
Jl. Cut Nyak Dien No.85, Pancor, Selong, Kabupaten Lombok Timur, Nusa Tenggara Bar. 83611

Excercise 1: Use the words to make (a) affirmative, (b) negative, (c) interrogative sentence!

1. You/ watch / TV every night 4. Bob and Tim/ play / tennis every weekend
a. a.
b. b.
c. c.
2. We / buy / clothes every month 5. You / drink/ orange juice every afternoon
a. a.
b. b.
c. c.
3. I / read/ newspaper every morning 6. We / study / English every Monday
a. a.
b. b.
c. c.

Exercise 2: Put a tick (V) in the chart about your habitual actions and write the sentence!

NO ACTIONS always usually often sometimes seldom never

1 drink coffee
2 play futsal
3 clean bedroom
4 eat candies
5 take a nap
6 save money
7 hang out
8 wake up late
9 go to campus on foot
10 celebrate birthday

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Exercise 3: Write a short paragraph about your habitual actions!