Present simple and possessive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Lesson plan

• Rules
• Lesson aims
• Grammar explanation + exercises
• Recap lesson aims
• Homework

Rules

• Respect
• Raise hands
• Phones in bags
• Silence when I speak

Lesson aims

After this lesson you can:

• Correctly use and explain the present simple;
• Correctly use and explain the possessive.

Present simple

Use it when:

• Something always/regularly/never happens;
• Recognized by words like "Always, never, often, every day"
• Most basic form of the verb
• +s after he/she/it -> "work" becomes "works"

Present simple

Negative sentence:

• Don't/doesn't + verb
• Example negative sentence:
• "I don't like homework." (don't + verb)

Question sentence:

• Do/does + verb
• Example question sentence:
• "Do you like school?" (do + verb)

Present simple

Special cases for he/she/it:

• Verbs ending with s, sh, ch, and x -> -es
• Example: "Wash" becomes "Washes"
• Verbs ending y -> -ies
• Example: "Worry" becomes "worries"
• Irregular verbs: Have -> has (learn by heart)

He ... a big backpack. (have)

1. Haves
2. Has
3. Have
4. Haven't

They ... their clothes in the river. (wash)

1. Washes
2. Wash
3. Washis
4. Washn't

... they ... to watch football? (like)

1. Do they like to watch football?
2. Does they like to watch football?
3. Do they likes the watch football?
4. Does they likes to watch football?

He ... fast. (not walk)

1. He don't walk fast.
2. He walkn't fast.
3. He doesn't walk fast.
4. He walks not fast.

Possessive

You use 's to show who something belongs to:

• Singular: always 's
• "The man's car"
• Plural (meervoud): ' after -s, other cases add 's
• For example:
• "My friends' cat" 
• "The people's opinion"

Possessive

When talking about things, countries or cities you use "of"

• For example:
• The people of New York
• The windows of the house
• The cities of the Netherlands

My friend + house

1. My friend's house
2. My friends house
3. My friends' house
4. The house of my friend

My mom + car

1. My moms' car
2. The car of my mom
3. My mom's car
4. My moms car

New York + citizens

1. The citizens of New York
2. New York's citizens
3. New Yorks citizens
4. New Yorks' citizens

The pupils + class

1. The pupils' class
2. The class of the pupils
3. The pupil's class
4. The pupils class

Recap lesson aims

• After this lesson you can:
  
• Correctly use and explain the present simple;
  
• Correctly use and explain the possessive.

Homework

Unit 2 - Cities - Lesson 1 - Reading

Make: B - D for next class