EF34 Class 5- simple present, simple past

 

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Today’s agenda

·      Sentences with simple present verb tenses from homework

·      Begin simple past verbs-

Teach

ESLLIb simple past stories

Irregular Verb List

Write some sentences for homework. Email to me.

·      “Viola Desmond”

·      Teach paragraphs

·      Word List 1.1-1.2- talking and listening

 

Monday

·      “Viola Desmond”

·      Continue simple past verb tense

·      Teach paragraphs

·      Word List 1.1-1.2- talking and listening

 

Tuesday

·      pass-in writing- paragraph

 

 

Butter-

-         very gentle

Golden Doodle, Groodle

half golden retriever, half poodle

seven years old

-relaxing dog

-therapy dog- stress, anxiety

 

 

Simple present verb tense:

These are some of your examples that you sent me by email.

 

1.    I usually shop at the grocery store in the Richmond.

2.    I often clean my house when my daughter goes out.

3.    I sometimes play golf with my daughter.

4.    I seldom play tennis and watch TV.

5.    I never have travel by myself.

6.    I  always wake up at 6:45 A.M.

7.    I usually drink  green tea in the evening. 

8.    I often clean my home twice a week.

9.    I sometimes hair cut my dag. XXX

I sometimes cut my dog’s hair.

 

10.                       I never go to travel to Africa.

11.                       I always cut my hair by myself.

12.                       I usually drive.

13.                       I rarely drink tea.

14.                       I never travel to China. 

15.                       i always sleep at midnight . XXX

I always sleep at midnight .

 

16.                       I usually drink tea before I go to work.

17.                       I sometimes drink wine .

18.                       I seldom playing basketball .             

I never watching movies in the morning.

 

19.                       I always take a walk in the park after dinner.

20.                       I usually speak cantonese with my sister   

I usually speak Cantonese with my sister.

  Languages are capitalized.

 

21.                       I often go shopping at the supermarket.    

22.                       I seldom drink coffee because I have insomnia.

23.                       I rarely go to see movies. I just watch TV at home.

24.                       I always take a shower in the morning .

25.                       I sometimes cook to help my wife.

26.                       I seldom add sugar to my tea.

27.                       I used to ride a bicycle quite often, but now I rarely ride a bicycle.

28.                       I never go to museums.

29.                       I always do  homework by myself.

30.                       I usually walk to the bus station.

31.                       I often go to the bank take a money used machine

I often go to the ATM to take out money.

 

32.                       I rarely talk with his family.

33.                       I never travel to Europe.

34.                       I often drive my car to school.

35.                       I sometimes play badminton with my friend.

36.                       I seldom do the homework.

37.                       I never stand high because i’m afraid.

I never stand on high places because I’m afraid.

 

38.                       I always get up at 7AM in the morning.

39.                       I usually buy groceries on the weekends.

40.                       I often listen to music in my free time.

41.                       I sometimes watch movies with my kids.

42.                       I seldom go to western restaurants.

43.                       I always go online to search for news every day.

44.                       I usually use google maps to drive to new places.

45.                       I often go shopping with my wife.

46.                       I sometimes eat out with my friends.

47.                       I always drink coffee every morning.

48.                       I usually cook dinner every night.

49.                       I often buy toys for my kids.

50.                       I sometimes wash my car.

51.                       I rarely eat exotic food.  exotic- foreign, strange, uncommon

52.                       I usually drive my car to school.

53.                       I often take a walk in the park.

54.                       I sometimes go out for dinner in a western-style restaurant.

55.                       I rarely travel by sea bus.

56.                       I never go to school late.

57.                       sometimes i will go to the bar.

Sometimes I will go to the bar.

 

58.                       I seldom travel to different countries.

59.                       I rarely watch horror movies.

60.                       I never eat coriander.

61.                       I always check my email in the evening.

62.                       I usually take two buses per day.

63.                       I often read a book in bed.

64.                       I sometimes sing in the shower.

65.                       I rarely speak Cantonese.

66.                       I don’t like to go out when the weather is rains rainy.

67.                       Usually I stay at home to watch the soaps when I am have a day off.

68.                       I sometimes play badminton with  my friend.

69.                       I seldom play badminton with my husband. 

Good work. These are very good sentences using simple present verb tense.

 

 

*SIMPLE PAST – one event in the past, finished

-one minute ago, yesterday, five years ago, a million years ago

Sarah watched the World Cup yesterday morning.

My daughter just texted me. ‘just’- close to now, very recent

My daughter texted me last week.

My daughter texted me ten seconds ago.

 

regular verbs   past tense  ‘ed’

talk- talked

walk- walked

try- tried tryed

carry- carried

 

 

irregular verbs – past tense not ‘ed’

“Irregular Verb List”

begin – began  beginned

break – broke  breaked

 

 

-see/saw

I see my son every day. I saw your sister in the mall yesterday.

-forget/forgot

I always forget to lock my door.

I forgot your birthday. I forgot to set my alarm.

-do/did

I always do my homework.

He did his homework yesterday.

-teach/taught ‘tot’

I taught Butter how to sit.

-catch/caught ‘cot’

He caught a cold. I caught Covid last year.

She took/caught a bus to school.

-wake/woke

He wakes up at 6 usually. Today he woke up at 9.

 

-cut/cut – same pronunciation

I cut my apples before I eat them.

I cut my finger yesterday.

-put/put – same pronunciation

-hit/hit – same pronunciation

-let/let– same pronunciation

-shut/shut- – same pronunciation

cost/cost-– same pronunciation

 

-read/read- different pronunciation

She reads cooking magazines.

She read a good book about Prince Harry.

 

MILD, not bad  What the hell!

 

What are you talking about? argument

I’m not sure what you mean.

 

 

IMPORTANT   This a lot to remember. One of the reasonsn people forget them is that they are not using English in their daily life enough.

You can’t just study them. You have to use talking with people.

 

 

DETAIL say/tell

She said to me ....

She told me ....

I want to tell you about what happened yesterday.

She said NOUN CLAUSE.

She said that her son is sick today.

She told me that her son is sick today.

 

REPORTED DIRECT SPEECH “ “ quotation marks

Junko’s son said, “Can I get a puppy?”

 

COMMON ERRORS

I was take took the bus. XXX

She was see saw a movie with her friends yesterday.

 

You really have to doublecheck your verbs when you are writing.

 

already – goes with simple past really well

I ate already. I already ate.

She already saw the movie already.

Dave already finished EF4 already.

She already saw the movie last night.

Dave already finished EF4 last term.

 

Let’s try some sentences from your own imagination that use simple past.

 

listened

 

Examples:

I slept went to bed early last night.

I slept well last night.

 

 

 

·      ESLLib Simple Past stories

Read aloud.

Find the simple past tense verbs.

“What about the tooth fairy?”

closed   sent   had   was   answered   was   was   made   agreed   told   was   told   was

“A Centenarian Became a Celebrity”

had   wanted   was   agreed   donated   achieved   raised   received

knighted   recorded   was   became   raised   became

 

celebrity- a well-known person, a movie star, an actor, a singer

Have you ever met a famous celebrity?

 

Try Exercise 1 (other side of irregular verb list) for homework. We’ll go over it on Monday.

 

 

 

 

Word List 1.2

Find a partner.

Choose one word form each group. Put it into a sentence.

The other person will listen and figure out which word you are using.

Take turns.