Simple Present Class
Simple Present Class
Simple Present Class
Warmer:
Students watch a video with examples of the
simple present
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJRwasIWnM
Previous knowledge:
2. I never coffee.
Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the
negative:
3. Vegetarians meat.
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:
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:
Examples:
Do you speak good German?
Does Nancy work in a restaurant downtown?
Examples:
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.
There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling rules:
Examples:
Exception:
"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:
4.doesn't is the short form of "does not". You can say either:
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
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: