The document provides instructions for writing an essay about someone's everyday life in the present tense. It explains that sentences should have a subject, verb, and complements. Examples are given of daily activities like waking up, eating meals, going to school/work, studying, and going to bed. The essay should link sentences using connectors and be written in either the first or third person. Special verb forms like "doesn't" are used for negative statements. Practice is provided by suggesting writing a paragraph about a person named Sarah and her daily routine.

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.

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