Present simple

UNIT 6
PRESENT SIMPLE
Ms. Ngoc (Jennifer)


How to use?
1) Regular actions or habits (often with adverbs
of frequency)
Ex: - Marry gets up at half past six in the morning.
- We usually learn English class on Sunday.
2) Permanent situations
Ex: - My grandparents live in Ho Chi Minh city.
3) General truths or law of nature
Ex: - The earth goes around the sun.


structure
Positive sentence
SUBJECT

VERB

I
You
We
They

drink

He
She

OBJECT

water
drinks


REMEMBER!
Rules
1. Verbs ending in –s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o ->
Take –es in the third person singular.
2. Verbs ending in a consonant + -y ->
Change the –y to i and take -es
3. Verbs ending in a vowel + -y -> Simply
take -s

Example
Wash ->Washes
Fly -> Flies
Play -> Plays


structure
Auxiliary verb
negative sentence

Subject + don’t/doesn’t + Verb (B.I)
SUBJECT
I
You

We
They
He
She
It

VERB
Don’t

OBJECT

drink
water

Doesn’t

drink


Example: Write the negative form
1. We take the bus to school.
=> We don’t take the bus to school
2. David lives in a capital city.
=> David doesn’t live in a capital city
3. He watches TV.
=> He doesn’t watch TV


A

Exercise A: Circle the correct
words
1. Gets
3 minutes
2. Fly
3. Has
4. Goes
5. Look
6. Comes


B

Match and complete sentences
3 minutes

1. The airplane flies to Canada at
night.
2. Grant teaches math at a middle
school.
3. Most people don’t like tests.
4. Cindy does her homework after
school.


Auxiliary verb

structure
Yes/no question

Do/ Does + Subject + Verb (B.I) ?

Do

Does

SUBJECT
I
You
We
They
He
She
It

VERB

OBJECT

drink
Water?
drink


structure
Answer the question
I
You
No, We
They

Yes,

do
don’t
Yes,
No,

He
She
It

does
doesn’t


A

Complete the questions - 5
minutes

1. Do you like spicy food?
2. Does it rain a lot in Thailand?
3. Does Jim bake bread every
morning?
4. Do they have cell phone?


B
1.

2.
3.
4.

Choose and complete the
dialogues

Work in pair – 5 minutes
Do you often play your computer? Yes, I do
Does Sam ride his bike on Sunday? No, He
doesn’t
Do your brothers eat dinner? No, they don’t
Does your dog have a long tail? Yes, it does


PRACTICE
Exercise A: Write the sentences (5 minutes)
POSITIVE
1. Mike rides the school
bus
2. My parents play tennis
together
3. She listens to the radio
4. Ryan reads comic books
at night
5. The children swim in the
sea

✘ NEGATIVE
1. Mike doesn’t ride the school

bus
2. My parents don’t’ play tennis
together
3. She doesn’t listen to the
radio
4. Ryan doesn’t read comic
books at night
5. The children don’t swim in
the sea


Exercise C: Complete the dialogues
( work in pairs -5 minutes)


GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
Exercise A: Complete the Robin’s story (5 minutes)


GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
Exercise A: Complete the Robin’s story (5 minutes)


GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
Exercise B: Find the five mistakes and correct them
5 minutes

1.
4.
6.

7.
8.

Has -> have
Fixes -> fixe
Work -> works
Guards -> guard
Do -> does


Homework:
- Do Practice/ Exercise
B
- Write all vocabularies
on your notebook (at
least 20 times/word)


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