Present simple tense

General structure
1. Affirmative (Positive) Sentence Subject I, We, You, They He, She, It Verb Verb(Present) Verb -e(s)(Present) Rest of the sentence Rest of the sentence. Rest of the sentence.

2. Negative Sentence Subject I, We, You, They He, She, It Auxiliary do + not does + not Verb Verb(Present) Verb(Present) Rest of the sentence Rest of the sentence. Rest of the sentence.

3. Yes/No type Question Auxiliary Do Does Subject I, We, You, They He, She, It Verb Verb(Present) Verb(Present) Rest of the sentence Rest of the sentence. Rest of the sentence.

4.Information Question? Question Word QW QW Auxiliary Do Does Subject I, We, You, They He, She, It Verb Verb Verb Rest of the sentence Rest of the sentence. Rest of the sentence.

I.

Read this short paragraph about Charlie Every day for Charlie Parker is wonderful. He is a very happy :-) man. He lives in a big house in Scotland and works for the post office. He gets up at 7a.m. and has a big breakfast. Then he drives to work in his Rolls Royce car. He has lunch in a caf with his boss and then he works until 5p.m. After he goes home, he watches TV bed at 11p.m. for an hour, has dinner with his wife and goes to

Complete the questions and answers below.

1. Q: _____________________________________________? A: He lives in a big house in Scotland. 2. Q: ____________________________________________? A: Yes, he is. Charlie is a happy man. 3. Q: ____________________________________________? A: He gets up at 7am. 4. Q: ____________________________________________? A: He goes to school by car. 6. Q: ____________________________________________? A: Charlie and his boss have lunch in a cafe. 7. Q: What time does he finish work? A: ____________________________________________ 8. Q: Does he have a wife? A: ____________________________________________ 10. Q: What time does he go to bed? A: ____________________________________________

2. Frequency adverbs Make sentences using these frequency adverbs. Always usually often sometimes never

Write letters to friends Eat fish

Andrea

Pilar

Adelaida

Miss Eva

Get up late at the weekend Have lunch at home Antonia

Josefina

Is busy

Berni

1. ______________________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________________ 3.Wh questions Complete the blanks with the Wh question words... ____________ legs has an elephant got? Four. ____________ is ice? Frozen water. ____________ do you go to work? By car. ____________ is your birthday? In July. ____________ is the Queen of England? Queen Elizabeth. ____________ are they laughing? Because they are watching a funny film. ____________ milk do you drink? Two glasses every day? ____________ is the Parthenon? In Greece.

Question Word what

Function asking for information about something time

Example What is your name?

when

When did he leave? Where do they live? Which colour do you want, the red or the blue one? Who opened the door? Why do you say that? Because . How do you come to school? By car How was your exam? How many cars are there? How much money do you have? How old are you?

where

place

which

choice

who

what or which person or people reason

why

how

manner

condition or quality

how many

quantity (countable) quantity (uncountable) age

how much

how old