This lesson teaches the simple present tense to talk about exercise and staying healthy. It provides examples of nouns, verbs, and expressions related to exercise and diet. These include foods, activities, and ways to describe frequency. The simple present tense is used to talk about routines and habitual actions. Examples are given of affirmative and negative sentences using the simple present, including questions using "do" and "does" as helping verbs.

2. Lesson A
In this class, you learn how to
………….
•Talk about exercise and how to stay
healthy using the simple present.

3. NOUNS
• NOUNS
• BALANCE DIET
• DIET DRINK
• FAST FOOD
• HONEY
• JUNK FOOD
VERBS
• VERBS
• EAT JUNK FOOD
• EAT RED MEAT
• DO KARATE
• STAY IN SHAPE
• GO FOR A WALK
• TRY TO LOSE WEIGHT
• DRINK WATER
• GET ENOUGH SLEEP
• GET ENOUGH EXERCISE
• GO TO THE GYM
• GO RUNNING /
SWIMMING / JOGGING
EXPRESSIONS
• FREQUENCY
EXPRESSIONS
• GENERALLY
• EVERY OTHER DAY
• ONCE A YEAR
• ONCE IN A WHILE
• SIX DAYS A WEEK
• TIME EXPRESSIONS
• FOR A COUPLE OF
MONTHS
• IN BETWEEN GOING
SWIMMING AND
GOING TO THE GYM
• LONG HOURS

4. The Simple present tense

5. Use the simple present tense to talk
about routines and all the time
 Subject + verb +complement.
I + exercise + every day
 subject + don’t/doesn’t + verb + complement.
I + don’t + drink soda
 Do/Does + subject + verb + complement?
Do + you + go to the gym + every day? Yes, I do / No, I don’t
“Do and Does” are called helping
verbs
I, you, we and they use: Do – don’t
He, she, and it use: Does – Doesn’t

6. EXPRESSIONS USED IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT
Frequency
expressions
Always, usually,
often, sometimes,
hardly ever, and
never
Every other day Once in a while
Generally
Once a day
Twice a week
Three times a month

7. I never drink soda.
I usually stay in shape.
I go to the gym three times a week.
I generally eat vegetables.
I eat snacks once in a while.
I go running every other day.
She always drinks water.
He goes to the gym twice a week.
She never eats junk food
He usually has regular breaks.
She sleeps 8 hour a day.
He does karate Three times a week
They usually go running.
We always eat healthy.
You generally get a checkup once a
year.
They never smoke.
We hardly ever eat red meat.
SHE HE

8. • I always eat healthy.
• I dont drink soda.
How do stay in
shape?
• Yes, I do. I go to the gym every day.
• No, I don’t. I never go to the gym.
Do you usually
go to the gym?
• Yes, she does. She exercises six days a
week.
• No, she doesn’t. She doesn’t exercise at all.
Does she usally
get regular
exercise?