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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
Students are able to ask about someone's habits.
Students are able to talk about habits.
Students are able to ask about general facts.
Students are able to tell about general facts.
Students are able to use adverbs of frequency.
I. Expressions: Asking for and Giving Information
I. Expressions: Asking for and Giving Information
To ask for and give information related to habits.
a. Asking for Information
What does your mother do every day?
Do you swim every Saturday?
When do you usually have breakfast?
b. Responses
She always cooks our meals every day.
No, I do not. I swim every Sunday.
At about six.
To ask for and give information related to general facts.
a. Asking for Information
Where do those penguins live?
Where does the sun set?
b. Responses
They live in the Antarctic.
The sun sets in the west.
II. Grammar: Simple Present Tense
II. Grammar: Simple Present Tense
The purpose of the simple present tense are:
to show regular/frequent actions.
Examples:
Tina always goes to school by bus on weekdays.
I never watch horror movies.
They sometimes send me emails.
Tom often reads Novel.
to show general facts.
Examples:
The sun rises in the east.
Penguins live in the Antarctic.
2. The forms are:
a. Positive: Subject + Verb s/es +Object
b. Negative: Subject + do/does not + Verb + Object
c. Questions: Do/Does + Subject + Verb + Object + ?
3. You can use always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never (adverbs of frequency). These adverbs usually go before the present simple verb.
Examples:
The students sometimes visit the museum.
We always wash our hands before meals.
Do you usually have breakfast?
4. Use repeated times e.g. every Saturday, in the evening, at 8 o'clock, in the summer.
Examples:
They study English every Monday.
We always study at 8 o'clock.
My friends go to the beach in the summer.
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