1. PRESENT SIMPLE
By Shanti

2. Look at these sentences about me. Are they true or false?
I am a teacher.
I teach at UAEU.
I have two children.
I come from New Zealand.
I drive to work every day.
I read the newspaper every morning.

3. What is true for you? I come from __________________.
I speak ______________________.
I live in ______________________.
I study at ____________________.
I get up at ____________________.
I go to bed at _________________.

4. We use the present simple to talk about something that is always true or true for a long time I live in a nice house.
past
future
now

5. We also use the present simple to talk about habits – things we often do.
I eat lunch in the cafeteria.
I visit my friends at the weekend.
I play tennis with my best friend on Saturday.
I buy food from Carrefour.
I drink coffee in the morning.
I drinking coffee in the morning.

6. Which ones are always / long time true
Which ones are always / long time true? Which ones are things we often do?
I have a cat.
I have an old grandmother.
I have a shower in the morning.
I do not come from the UAE.
I drink tea in the evening.
I live in Al Ain.

7. How to make the present simple.
BE verb
I am a teacher.
You are a student.
He is a bus driver.
She is a mother.
It is a Thursday.
We are UGRU students.
They are my friends.

8. Negative BE verb I'm not You're not She isn't We're not They're not
I am not a doctor.
You are not a teacher.
He is not a bus driver.
She is not a mother.
It is not a Wednesday.
We are not French students.
They are not my friends.
I'm not
You're not
She isn't
We're not
They're not

9. Other verbs s s s Subject verb I eat You have They like We enjoy
fruit every day.
He eat
She eat
It eat s s s

10. Negative present simple
Subject verb
I do not eat
You do not have
They do not like
We do not enjoy
fruit every day.
He does not eat
She does not eat
It does not eat

11. SPELLING I eat She eats 1) Many verbs add ‘S’ I cook She cooks
I play She plays
2) If the verb ends in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o add ‘es’
I miss He misses
I finish He finishes
I watch He watches
I fix He fixes
I go He goes
I do He does

12. More spelling… 3) If the verb is a consonant and ‘y’, add ‘ies’
(b,c,d,f,g..)
I study She studies
I try She tries
I fly She flies
4) If the verb is a vowel and ‘y’, add ‘s’
(a,e,i,o,u)
I buy She buys
I play She plays
I stay She stays

13. Is the spelling right or wrong?
1. He studys at UGRU every day.
2. She cooks dinner for her children.
3. He gos to school by car.
4. Marwa drinkes tea with milk and sugar.
5. I teach wonderful students.
6. Jamal buyies bread from the bakery.
7. Afra eats rice for lunch every Friday.

14. Talking about how often…
always
usually
sometimes
never

15. We sometimes use these words with the Present Simple.
I always cook dinner.
You
We usually watch TV.
They
He sometimes cooks dinner.
She
It never watches TV.

16. Which sentences are wrong?
1. He sometimes play tennis on Friday.
2. I usually wear black shoes to school.
3. She always make breakfast for her family.
4. My sister never drinks coffee.