Lesson 16 - Present Simple (1)

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Lesson 16 Introducing tenses

Grammar

Present simple

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Today

• 10 mins - explanation
• Study on your own
• Conclusion

Goals

• You know how to talk about habits.
• You know how to talk about facts.

Explanation

Planning and present simple

This period

• We will use either the grammar booklet or the Life book.
•  Bring your laptop (charged), life book, and notebook for every lesson.

Do you like school?

1. Yes I like school.
2. No I do not like school.

Where do you live?

1. I live 5 minutes away from school.
2. I live 5 to 15 minutes away from school.
3. I live 15 to 30 minutes away from school.
4. I live more than 30 minutes away from school.

Do you like pizza?

1. Yes, I love pizza.
2. Yes, I like pizza.
3. No, I do not like pizza.
4. No, I hate pizza.

Present simple - form

Affirmative / Positive (+)

I like school.

He loves school.

Negative (-)

I do not like school.

She does not like school.

Present simple - form

Affirmative / Positive (+)

I like school.

He loves school.

Negative (-)

I do not like school.

She does not like school.

Present simple - form (1)

Questions (?)

Do you like school?

Does he love school?

Present simple - form (1)

Questions (?)

Do you like school?

Does he love school?

Present simple - form (2)

Affirmative (+) -> He/She/It rule - add an -s to the verb

I, You, We, You, They

Work -> I work \ You work \ We work \ You work \ They work

He, she, it

Works -> He works \ She works \ It works

Present simple - form (2)

Negative/Question -> He/She/It rule - Do becomes Does

Work (-) -> I/You/We/You/They do not work.

Work (-) -> He/She/It does not work.

Work (?) -> Do I/you/we/you/they work?

Work (?) -> Does he/she/it work?

Present simple - exceptions

Words ending on an -s sound

I watch -> he watches

Words ending on a consonant + -y

I carry -> he carries

I do and go -> He does and goes

Present simple - when

We use the present simple when...

• ...we talk about habits, routines, and timetables.

I eat breakfast every morning.

The bus leaves at 2 p.m.

• ...we talk about facts or situations in the present.

Water boils at 100 °C.

I want to play video games.

Get to work

•  I will give you a handout.
• Put your name on top of the handout.
• Work on the exercises.
• Hand it in before the end of the lesson.

• Finished: study the British council vocabulary

He _____ very hard.

1. work
2. works

We ______ far away.

1. live
2. lives

She _____ the irregular verbs.

1. don't know
2. don't knows
3. doesn't know
4. doesn't knows

I _____ the new She-Ra season.

1. don't like
2. don't likes
3. doesn't like
4. doesn't likes

_____ they have classes together?

1. Do
2. Does
3. do
4. does

Next lesson

• We will continue with the present simple
• We will introduce wh-questions and adverbs of frequency