The document provides information about telling time using the present simple tense. It includes examples of ways to state the time in English using phrases like "it's six o'clock" or "it's ten past four." It also lists common daily routines and verbs used to describe them. Finally, it provides instructions for an upcoming speaking task where students will present a 1-2 minute description of their daily routine, including times and adverbs of frequency.
The document provides information about telling time using the present simple tense. It includes examples of ways to state the time in English using phrases like "it's six o'clock" or "it's ten past four." It also lists common daily routines and verbs used to describe them. Finally, it provides instructions for an upcoming speaking task where students will present a 1-2 minute description of their daily routine, including times and adverbs of frequency.
The document provides information about telling time using the present simple tense. It includes examples of ways to state the time in English using phrases like "it's six o'clock" or "it's ten past four." It also lists common daily routines and verbs used to describe them. Finally, it provides instructions for an upcoming speaking task where students will present a 1-2 minute description of their daily routine, including times and adverbs of frequency.
The document provides information about telling time using the present simple tense. It includes examples of ways to state the time in English using phrases like "it's six o'clock" or "it's ten past four." It also lists common daily routines and verbs used to describe them. Finally, it provides instructions for an upcoming speaking task where students will present a 1-2 minute description of their daily routine, including times and adverbs of frequency.
NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE CHANGE THE PREPOSITIONS
it's tenhi past/after five= 5:10
it's ten to five= 4:50
what time is it?
Five past / after four 4:05
Five to four 3:55
Twenty-five past three 3:25
Twenty-five to three 2:35 (two thirty-five)
Prepositions and time expressions: PRESENT SIMPLE
Times: AT -at 7:00 o’clock
Days of the week: ON -on Friday
Seasons: IN -in the summer / the spring / autumn / winter
Every + part of the day -every morning / afternoon
Night: AT
Weekend: AT
In the + part of the day -in the morning / the afternoon (at night)
VERBS FOR ROUTINES
Meet some friends
Chat on the phone
Check your emails
Do some exercise
Do nothing
Get up early
Go to bed late Go for a walk
Go shopping
Go for a swim
Have breakfast / lunch / dinner (have a meal)
Have a nap
Have a family meal
Have a lie-in
Have a take-away (food to go)
Listen to the radio
Make breakfast / lunch dinner
Read a magazine / newspaper
Stay in for the evening (stay at home= not going out)
Take a bus / train
Watch TV / DVD
GRAMMAR: PRESENT SIMPLE
USE: The present simple is used
1. To describe your routines and the activities that you do every day:
- I always get up at 7:00 am (+)
- I don’t go to work on Sundays (-)
- Do you have lunch at home? (?)
2. For things that are always true
- Banks in Bogotá open at 9:00 am
- Museums usually close at 7:00 pm
3. For facts: things that never change
- The earth goes around the sun
- Water boils at 100 °C
For the 3rd person singular: pronouns he / she / it you add -s -es -ies to the verbs in positive sentences
My father works in a school / the market opens at 10:00 am
Most verbs only add -s = runs / listens / works / cooks / drives
Watches (verbs ending in -sh -ch change to -es)
Wishes (verbs ending in -sh -ch change to -es)
Study = studies (consonant + y change to -ies)
Play = plays (vowel + y don’t change the -y)
IRREGULAR VERBS
HAVE = HAS
GO = GOES
DO = DOES
In negative sentences you should add doesn’t + the verb without -s
My father doesn’t works in a school
The market doesn’t opens at 10:00 am
*FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESENT SIMPLE, CHECK THE
GRAMMAR IN USE BOOK, UNITS 5-6-7
SPEAKING TASK: STARTS MONDAY, MAY 31ST YOU SHOULD SHARE YOUR SCREEN DURING YOUR PRESENTATION AND HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON
Prepare a 1-2 minute presentation about your daily routine, containing:
Verbs for routines
Times
Adverbs of frequency MONDAY, MAY 31ST WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND FRIDYA, JUNE 4TH BALLESTEROS MARINEZ GODOY FERIA EDWIN RUBIANO AVELLANEDA MATEO GENSSEY ANDREA MAURICIO FELIPE
ENRIQUE CARDOZO NUÑEZ JORGE LAGARES FLORIáN ANDREA SOLANO ROMERO SEBASTIAN LEONARDO JIMENA CAMILO CASTELLANOS BARRERA PARRADO GUATAVITA NATALIA TORRES RUBIANO MARíA ANDRES FELIPE ANDREA ALEJANDRA CRUZ BAQUERO SONIA MILENA PéREZ CRISTANCHO ALMA VEGA PINZóN GIOVANNI GABRIELA ALFONSO GARCIA MEJIA ALEX DAVID REDONDO VANEGAS JAVIER VELASQUEZ MUñOZ LEIDY CAMILO KATERIN GARZÓN CARREÑO MARÍA ROCHA NIñO JENYFER VIDAL ACHIPIZ ANGY JULIETH TERESA ALEXANDRA
