Simple Present

Universidad de el salvador facultad multidisciplinaria paracentral departamento de ciencias de la educacion

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Microteaching Topic: Simple present tense Presented by: Steven Jefferson Mena Palacios Liseth Eunice Cornejo Rivas

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AT THE END OF THE CLASS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: • Apply the correct grammatical structures (3rd person, affirmative, negative and questions) in the simple present • Memorize signal words (always, normally, usually, never) related to the simple present

Agenda

*warm up *simple present tense *signal words *3rd persons spelling rules *simple present in affirmative , negative and questions

warm up

the simple present tense

When to use simple present?

• Facts

• repeated actions and routines (signal words: every, always, often …

• a list of actions that happen one after the other

• schedules and timetables (also for the future)

English Basic

Signal words for the simple present tense

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Always, normally, usually

Never

Often, sometimes, seldom

Every day/week/month

3rd person s spelling rules

There are some spelling rules for the 3rd person s. add -es when the verb ends in -o, -ch, -sh or -ss Example: do → does go → goes the ending consonant + y becomes -ies Example: I study → she studies modal verbs (can, may, might, should, would, must) never take an s in the 3rd person singular Example: I can → he can

How to conjugate the simple present?

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

Add -s in the 3rd person singular (he/she/it). All other forms are the same as the infinitive of the verb

negative sentences

To form negative sentences in the simple present, use the auxiliary verbs don´t and doesn´t followed by the infinitive.

He full forms of don’t and doesn’t are do not and does not. We use them in formal contexts.

Questions

To make simple present questions, use the auxiliary verbs do and does. They come before the subject.

TIME TO PRACTICE

¡Thanks forpaying attention!