1. The Simple Present!
The Simple Present (Auxiliary Do /Does) expresses:
• Daily habits or usual activities, for example:
I eat cereal for breakfast every day.
• General statements of fat, for example:
The earth resolves around the sun.
2. STATEMENT
SHE
HE Works
IT
I
YOU
WE Work
THEY
Important
3rd person rul
Final ch/sh/ss/x/z write es
Washes / Fixes / touches
Final Consonat+y change y to ies
Cry: Cries Try: Tries
Final vowel+y write s
Buy: Buys Pay: Pays
Exeptions: have,Has /do,does
3. “
”
Every Day Activities
He flosses his teeth every
night.
She washes her face every
day morning.
He goes to bed late on
fridays.
I make the bed every day.
Adverbs
Every day.
Every week.
Every year .
Every month.
On Friday .
Once a year.
Once a week.
Once a month.
Once in a While.
Twice a week.
All mondays.
All sundays.
All days.
Twice a month.
Twice a years.
4. Exercise:
Coose the correct completions
1. My mother and father (eat/eats) breakfast 7:00am every day.
2. My mother (drink/drinks) tea with her breakfast.
3. I (take/takes) a bath every morning.
4. My sister (takes/take) a shower.
5. I (studies/study) english with my frinds.
6. We (walk/walks) to schoo together every morning.
7. Class (begin/begins) at 9:00am every day.
8. It (stop/ stops/stop) at 12:00md for lunch.
9. We (eats/eat) in the cafeteria.
10. My friends and I (go/goes)home at 3:00 every afternoon.
5. Negatives Statements
He makes dinner twice a week.
He does not make dinner twice a week.
He doesn’t make dinner twice a week.
They play football all Sundays.
They do not play football all Sundays.
They don’t play football all Sundays.
I make my lunch every day.
I do not make my lunch every day.
I don’t make my lunch every day.
For negative
statements we
are always use
auxiliary
DO/DOES.
She/He/ it
Does
6. Using Frequency Adverbs.
Subject + Abverb + Verb + Complement
Bob always eats breakfast at 9:00am
every day.
They often wacth the news at night on
Mondays.
I rarely drink milk at night.
I never eat paper.
She sometimes reads a newspaper all
Sundays.
Adverbs of
frequency:
Always
Almost always
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Hardly ever
Almost never
Never
Rarely
Seldon
7. Exercise
Rewrite the sentences adding the frequency adverb.
1. (never) I eat carrots for breakfast.
2. (sometimes) She has tea with dinner.
3. (Usually) Sonia eats lunch at the cafeteria.
4. (Rarely) Carlos Drinks coffee at night.
5. (Always)The students speak English in the classroom.
8. She
He Does
it
I You
We Do
they
When
Where
Who
How
What
Why
Which
What kind of
Questions With
Do/Does
Adverbs of
frequency:
Always
Almost always
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Hardly ever
Almost never
never
9. Making Questions
Yes / No Questions
Do/Does + subj + Verb + Obj ?
Does Juan shave his face once a week?
Short answer: Yes, He does / No, He does not / He doesn’t.
Long answer: Yes, He does. He shaves his face once a week.
No, He doesn’t shave his face once a week.
Wh Questions
Wh + Do / Does + Suj + Verb + Obj ?
What do you usually do on Mondays morning?
I usually make my breakfast.
What kind of music does she like?
She likes instrumental music.
