Simple Present Tense Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand and use the Simple Present Tense to describe regular actions and routines.
Warm Up Daily Routine Share the one thing that you do consistently every day. You can use these guide questions in writing your answer on the worksheet: “What do you do every morning?” "What time do you go to work or school?” "What do you do in the evening?"
Simple Present Tense The simple present tense is used to describe actions, events, or situations that are habitual, general truths, or ongoing in the present. It's one of the most common tenses in English and is characterized by its straightforward structure.
Simple Present Tense Example Sentences: “I work from 9 AM to 5 PM.” “She drinks coffee every morning.” “The sun rises in the east.”
Warm Up Activity - Simple Present Tense FORMING SENTENCES – Write 5 sentences that describe actions, events, or situations that are habitual, general truths, or ongoing in the present.
Simple Present Tense FORM Affirmative Sentences: Subject + Base Verb (e.g., “He works”) Questions: Do/Does + Subject + Base Verb? (e.g., “Do you work?”) Negative Sentences: Subject + Do/Does + Not + Base Verb (e.g., “They do not work”)
Simple Present Tense EXAMPLES Affirmative Sentences Subject : She Verb : reads (base form of "read" + s for third-person singular ) Object : books “She reads books.”
Simple Present Tense EXAMPLES Affirmative Sentences Subject : They Verb : work (base form of "work" for plural subject) Object : at a hospital "They work at a hospital."
Simple Present Tense Structure Breakdown: Subject : The person, place, or thing performing the action (e.g., She, They, The sun, I, My dog). Verb : The action or state of being. For most subjects, use the base form of the verb (e.g., work, enjoy). For third-person singular (he, she, it), add -s or -es (e.g., reads, rises, barks). Object/Complement (if needed): The part of the sentence that receives the action of the verb or gives more information (e.g., books, at a hospital, in the east, watching movies, loudly).
Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense PRACTICE EXERCISE - Complete each sentence using the correct form of the verb in parentheses. 1. My brother plays the guitar every day. 2. The teacher gives homework on Mondays. 3. Cats sleep for most of the day. 4. She studies hard for her exams. 5. We visit our grandparents every summer. ANSWERS
Simple Present Tense PRACTICE EXERCISE 2 - I dentify the Subject, Verb, and Object in each of the following sentences: 1. Subject : My brother Verb : plays Object : the guitar ANSWERS 2. Subject : The teacher Verb : gives Object : homework 3. Subject : Cats Verb : sleep Object : (None; "sleep" is intransitive here and does not require an object)
Simple Present Tense PRACTICE EXERCISE 2 - I dentify the Subject, Verb, and Object in each of the following sentences: 4. Subject : She Verb : studies Object : (None; "studies" is used with a direct object in this case but not specified in the sentence. "Hard" is an adverb describing how she studies, and "for her exams" is a prepositional phrase.) ANSWERS 5. Subject : We Verb : visit Object : our grandparents
Simple Present Tense READING EXERCISE - Read the passage and underline the Simple Present Tense verbs. ANSWERS