Present Simple

• English
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Lesson Plan

- You will learn the Present Simple 

-You will learn the shit-rule 

-You will work on some exercises

What to do

-Watch a short video and write down all the verbs (werkwoorden) you will see.

-What do they have in common?

Rule for the present simple:

- I / you / we / they = whole verb

- He / she / it (shit rule) = whole verb + s

I -> walk

He - > walks

We use the present simple for:

- Facts

- Habbits

- Routines

Signal words:

The shit-rule belongs to:

1. He, she, it
2. All personal pronouns
3. I, we, they, you

My brother drinks coffee.

He drinks coffee.

SHIT!

I drink

You drink

He drinks
She drinks

It drinks

We drink

They drink

You drink

How about...

My mother

my mother = she

That's why:

"My mother drinks coffee in the morning."

My brother

1. She
2. He
3. We
4. It

My sister and I

1. She
2. I
3. You
4. We

My sister and I drink coffee.

We drink coffee.

time to practise

Present Simple tells us that you are doing something at the moment:

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

Jimmy ___ to play games.

1. like
2. likes

I never … my homework

1. am doing
2. do

I ___ TV every day.

1. watch
2. watching
3. watches

You ___ in London.

1. live
2. lives

Fill in the word: My brother sometimes ..... (help) me with my homework.

Well done!

And now...

- Do we still have time?

-Work on the exercises