Review The PRESENT SIMPLE

THE PRESENT SIMPLE It is the verb tense you should use in your paragraphs. It is used for facts, opinions, ideas, routines, and habits. It is often used with adverbs of frequency, such as: Sometimes, never, always, usually, every day, every year, every season, every month, every minute, every Monday, rarely, often, frequently, occasionally,

What does it look like? SUBJECT VERB I eat You eat He, She, It, John, The student eats We eat They, John and Mary, The students eat Stop now and let’s do Practice 3 and 4 on the hand-out.

SOME IMPORTANT VERBS TO KNOW BE and DO

BE – Irregular Verb SUBJECT VERB I am You are He, She, It, John, The student is We are They, John and Mary, The students are

DO – An IMPORTANT Verb SUBJECT VERB I do You do He, She, It, John, The student does We do They, John and Mary, The students do

How to make it negative HINT: Use DO

What does THE NEGATIVE look like? SUBJECT VERB I DO NOT eat You DO NOT eat He, She, It, John, The student DOES NOT eat We DO NOT eat They, John and Mary, The students DO NOT eat Stop now and let’s do the next activity, Practice 27, in the handout

The Present Progressive Review The Present Progressive

Present Progressive It is very useful for speaking but you will seldom use it in your paragraphs. It is used to describe what is happening right NOW. It is used with words and phrases about specific times, such as: Today, tonight, this afternoon, now, this summer, this weekend It can be used to discuss right now: Right now, you are reading these words. It can be used to discuss the near future: What are you doing this weekend? What are you doing this summer?

What does it look like? SUBJECT VERB I am eating You are eating He, She, It, John, The student is eating We are eating They, John and Mary, The students are eating Let’s do the next exercise, Practice 1 The Present Progressive

NON- ACTION VERBS These verbs will never be in the progressive form. Only use them in the simple form. Know Believe Doubt Recognize Remember Suppose Understand Like Appreciate Care about Prefer Dislike Fear Hate Belong Possess Own Desire Need Want Wish Consist of Contain Exist Matter Hear Sound Seem Look like Resemble Agree Disagree Mean Promise Amaze Surprise

NON- ACTION VERBS Look Appear Think Feel Have See Taste Smell Love Be These verbs can be put in the progressive but the meaning of the verb changes. Be careful! Look Appear Think Feel Have See Taste Smell Love Be Let’s do the first activity on the back page of the handout

How to make it negative It’s easy!

What does it look like? SUBJECT VERB I am NOT eating You are NOT eating He, She, It, John, The student is NOT eating We are NOT eating They, John and Mary, The students are NOT eating Let’s do the next exercise, Practice 6 The Present Progressive: Negative

Subject-verb agreement The Subject and the Verb Must Match

Quantifiers ALWAYS SINGULAR ALWAYS PLURAL ONE EACH EITHER NEITHER MUCH NOTHING ANYONE BOTH SEVERAL MANY SOMETIMES SINGULAR/PLURAL SOME ALL MOST A LOT NONE Let’s do the last exercise!