back to basics: word order & present simple questions & negations

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Welcome!

April 14th 2025

Today's class

- Present simple

- Do/does questions

- Negations

- Practise with present simple/questions/negations

- Work on reader

Today's goals,

At the end of this class, you...

- can use the present simple correctly

- can explain when to use the present simple

- can make do/does questions

- can make negations

- have practised with writing in the reader

Present simple

tegenwoordige tijd 

hele ww (look/ walk/ go/ study/ play/ watch)

- feiten/ gewoontes/ regelmatige gebeurtenissen

- Questions with Do/Does

- Negations with don't/ doesn't 

PRESENT SIMPLE: QUESTIONS

Bij vragen begint de zin met Do of Does

I feel good. -> Do you feel good?

He looks happy. -> Does he look happy? 

Let op: omdat we het werkwoord to do vervoegen voor he / she / it (does), zetten we het andere werkwoord in de volledige werkwoordsvorm. Looks -> look

PRESENT SIMPLE: QUESTIONS & NEGATIONS

We gebruiken het werkwoord to do om vraagzinnen en ontkenningszinnen te maken.

De werkwoorden to be en to have got  (en andere hulpwerkwoorden) zijn uitzonderingen op deze standaardregel.

Het werkwoord to do wordt als volgt vervoegd:

• I /you/we/they       do      :     I like chocolate             Do I like chocolate?
• He/ she/it                does  :    She likes chocolate    Does she like chocolate? 

present simple: questions

Wanneer er een vorm van to be of to have got of een ander hulpwerkwoord in de zin staat dan verplaatst deze naar de start van de zin om de vraag te maken.

examples: 

He can swim very fast.              Can he swim very fast? 

That dog is happy.                        Is that dog happy? 

My favourite colour is green    Is my favourite colour green?

They are the best.                         Are they the best? 

Let's practise! 

________ John and Mary like pizza?

1. Do
2. Does

_________ Elizabeth play tennis?

1. Do
2. Does

_______ they like chocolate?

1. Do
2. Does

_______ he live in London?

1. Do
2. Does

Present Simple.
Change this sentence into a question.
He has blond hair.

1. Does he have blond hair?
2. Has he blond hair?
3. Does he blond hair?

Present Simple.
Change this sentence into a question.
They study a lot.

1. Study they a lot?
2. Do they study a lot?
3. Does they study a lot?

Make a sentence(question) in Present Simple:
......they walk to school?

1. Does
2. Do

write down the complete question:
........ John .......... French? (speak)

Rewrite as a question:
Your sister likes pizza.

Turn this into a question (present simple): You are a student .

Turn this into a question (present simple): I can speak English

PRESENT SIMPLE: NEGATIONS

Bij ontkenningen zetten we een vorm van to do + not tussen het persoonlijk voornaamwoord / onderwerp en het werkwoord.

I feel good. -> I do not / don't feel good.

He looks happy. -> He does not / doesn't look happy.

Let op: omdat we het werkwoord to do vervoegen voor he / she / it (does), zetten we het andere werkwoord in de volledige werkwoordsvorm. Looks -> look

present simple negation:
We ..... (to like) school that much.

Which sentence is the present simple?
(- negative/negation)

1. I am not liking cats.
2. I don't like cats.

present simple negation:
She ..... (to talk) a lot.

Turn this sentence into a negation (ontkennende zin) in the present simple:
"Joey likes cake"

What to do?

- Work on your writing with the reader (handed out in class)

- Work on the goals in KLIK