Monday, 25 September 2023

EF45 Class 15 simple present verb tense

 

English Foundations 4/5

 

This is the fourth week of class already. Time flies!

 

Today’s agenda

·      Continue review of verb tenses- simple present

·      Goalsetting- setting goals and making concrete plans for yourself for the next six week.

 

·      Hooks/grabbers- from homework, read aloud

·      Finish Wordlist 1.2 speaking and listening

·      HW   Finish simple present verb tense exercises

“Simple Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs”

 

Tuesdays

·      Continue review of verb tenses- simple present

“Simple Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs”

 

Tuesday or Wednesday

·      Continue review of verb tenses- simple past

·       

 

This week  “National Day of Truth and Reconciliation”

                     Begin complex sentences

 

12 verb tenses – narrow the tenses down to the most useful one

simple present

simple past

simple future

 

present progressive

past progressive

future progressive not high frequency

 

present perfect

past perfect not high frequency

future perfect rarely used

 

present perfect progressive

past perfect progressive not high frequency

future perfect progressive not high frequency

 

 

7 most useful verb tenses- everyday usage

simple present

simple past

simple future

 

present progressive

past progressive

 

present perfect

 

present perfect progressive

 

 

 

 

*SIMPLE PRESENT       -habitual(adj) action- habit(noun)

                               good habit, bad habit

-something you do normally, everyday, usual activity, routine

I eat rice everyday.

I take a shower every Tuesday.

She drinks green tea in the morning.

I get up early every weekday (everyday).

She goes to school.

I prepare lunch for my son.

She wakes up at 5:15 every day.

He watches one hour of TV every night.

You walk your dog for one hour between 4 and 5 every evening.

I bring my dog, Butter, to school every Friday.

 

-         emotion, state of being

She is very happy.

He is busy.

Sarah is tall.

 

-         fact, truth

He is 34 years old.

The Prime Minister lives in Ottawa.

Victoria is the capital of BC.

Juan is Joan’s uncle.

Water boils at 100 degrees C.

She is from Mexico.

 

ERRORS

AGR- subject verb agreement error

Sarah live in Vancouver. XXX

Sarah lives in Vancouver.

 

*Does not impede meaning. However, this will hurt your marks.

 

 

ESLLibrary “Indigenous Peoples- Simple Present”

 

“Tanya Tagaq”

Tanya is a singer. simple present

Joe and Sarah are singers.

Inuk- Inuit Eskimo

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada- First Nations(south), Inuit(north), Metis

Nunavut- territory in Canada

Her music sounds very modern.

activist(noun)- a person who works to bring about societal or political change

environmental activists- Greta Thunberg

political activist- Masih Alinejad

women’s rights activist- Malala Yousafzai

 

“Simple Present Tense” Exercises

1.    I eat/have breakfast at 7:00 every morning.

2.    He always wears a suit to work.  suit and tie

3.    stands

4.    brushes

5.    buy/get

6.    has/attends/chair-   She chairs the staff meeting. She runs the meetings.

7.    makes

8.    They take   I take    She takes

9.    watch

10.        listens   He listens to the radio. She listens to her mother.

11.        speaks/knows/is fluent in

fluent- can speak and understand a language very well.

I am fluent in Persian. I am also conversational in Urdu.

12.        fixes        A mechanic fixes cars, engines, airplanes, trucks, and busses, etc. A tech/technician/repair person fixes computers, phones, watches, etc.

13.        washes/does- wash and dry  He puts the dishes away.

14.        They drink/have coffee every morning. He has an apple every morning. The kids have cereal every day.

She eats takes/has some medicine when she has a headache.

 

Beginning level of verb tenses- probably a review

 

 

“Simple Present Tense in the Negative”

She drinks coffee. She doesn’t drink coffee. She does not drink coffee.

1.    I don’t want any dinner.

old-fashioned rule: Don’t use contractions in writing.  don’t  can’t  

Contractions are fine.

2.     don’t   He doesn’t know Sarah. They don’t know each other.

3.    don’t go

4.    doesn’t love

5.    don’t move

6.    don’t drink / should not drink / shouldn’t drink

7.    You don’t wear jeans to a wedding.

jeans- denim-

IDIOM the Canadian tuxedo- jeans and a jean jacket

8.    don’t have   I don’t have any time right now. She doesn’t have any time right now.

9.    don’t need to / don’t have to

You don’t need to “infinitive –‘to’”  to go   to eat

You don’t need to worry.

She doesn‘t have to work.

10.        doesn’t smoke

I don’t smoke cigarettes.

I don’t drink alcohol. She doesn't drink.

11.        They don’t speak English fluently.

12.        doesn’t sell

13.        doesn’t serve /  That restaurant doesn’t do breakfast.

I do/can make a nice romaine salad.

14.        don’t get up

 

“Simple Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs”

Try these for homework.We can go over them tomorrow.

No need to email me the answers.

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

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