1. Who I am…
These stories don’t mean anything...
You see the smile…
They don’t know…
PRESENT SIMPLE
USE:
1. Regular actions
2. Permanent states
1. Timetables
AFFIRMATIVE
I/YOU/WE/THEY play
HE/SHE/IT plays
NEGATIVE
I/YOU/WE/THEY do not (don’t)play
HE/SHE/IT does not (doesn’t) play
INTERROGATIVE
Do I/YOU/WE/THEY play?
Does HE/SHE/IT play?

2. Note: when a verb ends in –o, -ss, -sh, -ch or –x we add –es to the 3rd
person singular.
e.g. go- he goes miss-he misses finish- he finishes
TIME EXPRESSIONS
Every day/week/month/summer/,… usually; often;
seldom; never; always; occasionally; sometimes;
generally; normally.
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
http://www.ego4u.com/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-present/form/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-2

3. Now, we are listening to a song.
The smile is hiding the words.
What are you doing?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
USE:
• To describe something taking place now
• For changing or developing situations
• For fixd arrangements in a near future
• Repeated and annoying actions
AFFIRMATIVE
I am playing - I’m playing
You are playing - you’re playing
He/she/it is playing -he’s playing
We/ you/they are playing- we’re playing
NEGATIVE
I am not playing - I’m not playing
You are not playing – you aren’t playing
He/she/it is not playing –he isn’t playing
We/ you/they are not playing- we aren’t playing

4. INTERROGATIVE
Am I playing?
Are you/we/they playing?
Is he/she/it playing?
TIME EXPRESSIONS: now, at the moment, at present/ tomorrow…
GRAMMAR PRACTICE: TEXTBOOK-pages 14, 15
WORKBOOK – pages 7,8
http://www.ego4u.com/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro

5. So many stories of where I´ve been…
Have you ever written a love letter?
PRESENT PERFECT (HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE of the main verb)
USE:
• To describe a situation which happened at an unspecified time in the past.
• To describe a situation which started in the past and is still continuing.
AFFIRMATIVE
I/you/we/they have written- ‘ve written
He/she/it has written - ’s written
NEGATIVE
I/you/we/they have not written- haven’t written
He/she/it has not written – hasn’t written
INTERROGATIVE
Have I/you/we/they written?
Has he/she/it written?
TIME EXPRESSIONS: already, just yet…

6. STUDENT’S BOOK pages 16,17
http://www.englishlearner.com/intermediate/index.shtml
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/present-perfect-simple-3