B1H Present simple

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B1H Present simple

Agenda

Warm up

Recap present simple with "to be"

Explanation Present Simple form

Practice

Write a sentence using a form of "to be" (+ - ?)

Present Simple To be

	+	-	?
I	Am	'm not	Am I?
You	Are	're not	Are you?
He/She/It	Is	Isn't	Is he/she/it
We/You/They	Are	Aren't	Are we/you/they

Present Simple

How does it look?

When do you use it?

What are the signal words?

Present Simple Form 

You make the present simple with the standard form of the verb

(Verb=Werkwoord). 

I drink tea every morning.

The he/she/it forms have an "s" at the end

She drinks tea every morning.

This is called the SHIT rule :)

Negative form

In negative sentences you use the auxilliary verb "to do" and the negative word "not". You can write this in two ways:

I do not drink tea every morning.

I don't drink tea every morning.

Question form

When you make a question, you always begin with a question word. For present simple you need the auxiliary verb "to do".

Do I drink tea every morning?

Negative and Questions: the shit rule

When you have an auxiliary verb, the SHIT rule applies to it, and not the main verb.

He doesn't drink tea every morning.

Does he drink tea every morning?

When do you use Present Simple?

Facts	Feiten
Habits	Gewoontes
Things that happen regularly	Regelmatigheden

Facts

The sun rises in the East.

Water turns into ice when it's cold enough.

Can you think of one?

Tell me a fact using the present simple.

Habits

She bikes to school each morning.

They highlight important things when they read

Tell me about one habit that you have.

Regelmatigheden/signal words

You use the present simple for things that always, never, sometimes, and regularly happen. There are many signal words for this:

always, every, never, normally, now and then, occasionally, often, rarely, seldom, sometimes, usually