This document provides a lesson on using the present simple tense in English to talk about daily routines, jobs, and hobbies. It explains that the present simple is used for habitual or repeated actions, and gives examples like "I usually get up at 7am." The lesson outlines the structure of affirmative statements, questions, and negatives in the present simple for the first person singular and plural and third person singular. It provides spelling rules and exercises for students to practice forming sentences in the present simple tense.
B E GI N N E R / E L E M E N T A R Y
B Y M A L I K A H A K I M O V A
PRESENT SIMPLE
TENSE
2.
DURING THIS LESSONYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
USE PRESENT SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT:
• Your daily routines
• What you do at work
• What you do in your free time
3.
FIRST, LOOK ATTHE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES.
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
a) I usually get up at 7 am every morning.
b) You always spend most of your time with your
children.
c) In the evenings she reads books.
d) They often watch TV after dinner.
4.
You are right!
Welldone!
These sentences tell us about our everyday activities or routines.
Now pay attention to the structure of the sentences.
What did you notice?
WHAT IS PRESENTSIMPLE?
We use Present Simple Tense
1)to talk about activities that we do again and again(every
day/week/month/year, always, usually, sometimes, often,
seldom).
Ex: We work here every day.
They always try to wake up early in the mornings.
8.
WHAT IS PRESENTSIMPLE?
2) to talk about facts or something that is always true
Ex: The adult human body contains 206 bones.
The Earth goes round the Sun
SPELLING RULES FORHE/SHE/IT
• I work/play/live
• I watch/finish/go/do
• I study
• He works/plays/lives
• She watches/finishes/
goes/does
• She studies
11.
NOW, YOU TURN:
FILLIN THE GAPS WITH THE SUITABLE VERBS
(PLAY, STAY, WALK, READ):
• We…….. to college every day.
• They ……… in the playground every evening.
• He ……… at 6 am every morning.
12.
QUESTIONS
WE NEED ANAUXILIARY (DO/DOES) TO FORM QUESTIONS:
Questions
• Do I work?
• Do you work?
• Does he/she/it work?
• Do we work?
• Do you work?
• Do they work?
Short answers
• Yes, I do/No, I don’t
• Yes, you do/No, you don’t
• Yes, he does/No, she
doesn’t
• Yes, we do/No, we don’t
• Yes, they do/No, they
don’t
13.
NEGATIVES
WE NEED ANAUXILIARY (DO/DOES) + NOT TO FORM NEGATIVES
• We do not (don’t) play tennis at weekends.
• They do not (don’t) stay with us during holidays.
• I do not (don’t) like fizzy drinks.
Please, note:
She/he/it does not (doesn’t) like fizzy drinks.
14.
NOW, YOUR TURN:
FILLIN THE BLANKS WITH THE SUITABLE AUXILIARY
(DO/DOES)
• She ………not like sweets.
• We ………not know how to get to the bank.
• ………she know how to use the computer?
• …….you work in a college?