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2. cgpplus.co.uk Learning Intention and Success Criteria
Learning Intention:
I will be able to identify and use the simple present tense
Success Criteria:
•I know when to use the simple present tense.
•I can use the simple present tense in the singular forms.
•I can use the simple present tense in the plural forms.

3. cgpplus.co.uk What Is The Simple Present Tense?
The simple present tense is used to describe an action that happens often.
Let’s look at some examples:
We go to school
during the week.
School starts at
9 am every day.
I play hockey at
the weekend.

4. cgpplus.co.uk Action Verbs
Let’s create a list of action verbs (a list of things that we can do).
Work with a partner and list as many action words as you can in 2 minutes.
Look at the pictures below if you are stuck:

5. cgpplus.co.uk Action Verbs
Let’s have a look at some action verbs:
How many did you get?
Did you get any that are not listed?
read sleep run swim
eat jump sit kick throw
write drink draw
dance
climb
skip play bake sing

6. cgpplus.co.uk First Person
Let’s check if they work in the first person by adding “I”:
I read I sleep I run I swim
I eat I jump I sit I kick I throw
I write I drink I draw
I dance
I climb
I skip I play I bake I sing

7. cgpplus.co.uk Daily Actions
Think about your daily routine. What things do you do every day at around the same time?
I __________ at 6 o’clock.
I __________ at 7 o’clock.
I __________ at 8 o’clock.
I __________ at 9 o’clock.

8. cgpplus.co.uk Daily Actions
Think about your daily routine. What things do you do every day at around the same time?
I wake up at 6 o’clock.
I eat breakfast at 7 o’clock.
I catch the bus at 8 o’clock.
I start school at 9 o’clock.
These sentences
are written in the
first person
singular form.

9. cgpplus.co.uk Daily Actions
What else do you do regularly?
Write three sentences by yourself to describe what you do.
Use the pictures to help you if you get stuck.

10. cgpplus.co.uk Second Person
Now, we are going to have a look at using the simple present tense
in the second person singular form.
Ask a friend what they do every morning, and then tell them back:
You _________ every morning.
You _________ after school.
You shower every morning.
You read after school.
Ask a friend what they do after school, and then tell them back:

11. cgpplus.co.uk Third Person
Now, we are going to have a look at using the simple present tense in
the third person singular form.
What do you notice about the verb?
He eats breakfast at 8 o’clock.
She wakes up at 7 o’clock.
Theo goes to school at 9 o’clock.
Did you notice that an ‘s’ or an
‘es’ has been added to each verb?
When talking in the third person
singular, we add an ‘s’ or an ‘es’
to the verb.

12. cgpplus.co.uk Plural Forms
Let’s have a look at using the simple present tense in the plural forms.
•Hands up if you wake up at 7 o’clock.
They wake up at 7 o’clock.
•If you are talking about yourselves as a group, what would you say?
We wake up at 7 o’clock.
•Stand up if you walk to school every day. What would you say as a group?

13. cgpplus.co.uk Present Simple Tense
Congratulations!
You can now use the
present simple tense.