Food Chain and Food Web (Ecosystem) EVS, B. Pharmacy 1st Year, Sem-II
How to write an essay (present tense)
1. How to write an
essay about
somebody’s
everyday life
Ana Arias Castro
2. How to write an essay (present)
• All your sentences need a subject, a verb and
complements:
• I study English.
subject
3. How to write an essay (present)
• All your sentences need a subject, a verb and
complements:
• I study English.
subject
verb
4. How to write an essay (present)
• All your sentences need a subject, a verb and
complements:
• I study English.
subject
verb
complements
5. How to write an essay (present)
• So, for example:
• I get up at 7 o’clock.
• I have breakfast at 8.
• I have a shower.
• I go to school.
• I have lunch at 2 in the afternoon.
• I go back home at 4.
• I study from 6 to 8.
• I have dinner at 8.
• I go to bed at 10.
6. How to write an essay (present)
• In the negative we have don’t before the verb:
• I don’t get up at 7 o’clock.
• I don’t have breakfast at 8.
• I don’t have a shower.
• I don’t go to school.
• I don’t have lunch at 2 in the afternoon.
• I don’t go back home at 4.
• I don’t study from 6 to 8.
• I don’t have dinner at 8.
• I don’t go to bed at 10.
7. How to write an essay (present)
• Then we have to link our sentences.
Every morning I get up at 7 o’clock. Then, I
have breakfast at 8 and I have a shower. After
that, I go to school.
I have lunch at 2 in the afternoon. Later, I go
back home at 4 and then I study from 6 to 8.
After studying, I have dinner at 8 and finally I
go to bed at 10.
8. How to write an essay (present)
• Then we have to link our sentences.
Every morning I get up at 7 o’clock. Then, I
have breakfast at 8 and I have a shower. After
that, I go to school.
I have lunch at 2 in the afternoon. Later, I go
back home at 4 and then I study from 6 to 8.
After studying, I have dinner at 8 and finally I
go to bed at 10.
Connectors
make your text
much better.
9. How to write an essay (present)
• In the third person, remember the –s:
Every morning Peter gets up at 7 o’clock.
Then, he has breakfast at 8 and he has a
shower. After that, he goes to school.
He has lunch at 2 in the afternoon. Later, he
goes back home at 4 and then he studies
from 6 to 8. After studying, he has dinner at 8
and finally he goes to bed at 10.
10. How to write an essay (present)
• In the third person, remember the –s:
Every morning Peter gets up at 7 o’clock.
Then, he has breakfast at 8 and he has a
shower. After that, he goes to school.
He has lunch at 2 in the afternoon. Later, he
goes back home at 4 and then he studies
from 6 to 8. After studying, he doesn’t have
dinner at 8 and finally he goes to bed at 10.
In the negative we
have
doesn’t + infinitive
11. How to write an essay (present)
• Remember:
• Write sentences that have:
• Subject + verb + complements
• Check the structure of the verb
• Link your sentences.
• Check the punctuation
12. How to write an essay (present)
• Let’s have a try telling Sarah’s story:
13. How to write an essay (present)
First, Sarah gets
up at 8 o’clock.