1. Simple Present Tense Adverbs of frequency
Every day actions

2. Simple Present Tense: Main Uses
Everyday activities: What do you do every day? How often?
Routines, habits and costumes
General truths: nature related mostly.

3. Adverbs of frequency:
Adverb %
Example
Always
100%
Mary always does her bed at 7 o’clock in the morning.
Usually
90%
I usually take a shower at 6: 30 in the morning.
Generally
80%
Henry generally takes the bus at 8: 15 in the evening.
Often
70%
They often have lunch at noon.
sometimes
50%
He sometimes drinks milk.
Ocasionally
30%
I ocasionally go to the cafeteria around 7: 45
Seldom/ rarely
10%
I seldom go to the movies.
Hardly ever 5%
I hardly ever go dancing.
Never 0%
She never cuts the grass.
We use adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity.

4. What do these people do? Third Person
He/ She/ It
Verb + s
Get up
Eat
study
work Go
clean

5. He walks

6. She reads the book
It eats all day.

7. He goes to the bathroom early in the morning.
He wakes up at 6 am
He has breakfast at 7 am.

9. Verb: Have

10. Exception to the rule. Have Has I have lunch at noon.
He/she/it has lunch at noon.

11. Negatives in Simple Present Tense
I / you / we / they
Plural subject (the workers, the people)
+ do not (don’t) + verb
Example: I do not work at night.
He / she / it
Singular subject
+ does not (doesn’t) + verb (no –s)
Example: He does not work on weekends.

12. Yes/ No questions Do + I / you / we / they + verb + ?
Yes, I/you we/they do.
No, I/you we/they do not.
Does he / she / it + verb + ?
Yes, He/ She/ It does.
No, He/ She/ It does not.

13. Wh questions
Wh word+ do/ does+ subject+main verb+complement?
Ex.
Where does she work?
She works in New York.
What do you do on weekends?
I study music.