Present simple-continuous-past-continuous Mavo

something that is true in the present
John lives in Hoofddorp.
I teach Art at the Haarlemmermeer Lyceum

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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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something that is true in the present
John lives in Hoofddorp.
I teach Art at the Haarlemmermeer Lyceum

Slide 1 - Slide

How old are you?
answer using the present simple:

Slide 2 - Open question

For something that happens again and again in the present like a routine or habit
I go to the gym three times a week.
She brushes her teeth in the morning
I often leave early to go to work
she's always late

Slide 3 - Slide

write a sentence using the present simple of a habit or routine in your life

Slide 4 - Open question

We use the present tense when something is always true

water boils at a hundred degrees celcius

Slide 5 - Slide

I work every Saturday afternoon in a shop, so I usually do exercise in the mornings.

what are the two actions talked about?

Slide 6 - Open question

I eat meat and my mother eats fish.

change this sentence into a negative

Slide 7 - Open question

You live here. Your sister lives here.

change asking 2 questions

Slide 8 - Open question

Adverbs of frequency: word order

After the verb to be.
              Tim is never on time.

Before any other verbs.
    e.g. He always arrives early.
      Mary sometimes travels for work

Slide 9 - Slide

She - is- late
where do you place the adverb 'always' in the sentence?

Slide 10 - Open question

He - arrives - late
where do you place the adverb 'always' in the sentence?

Slide 11 - Open question

Present continuous
Is your mum at home today?

Yes. She isn’t working today because she’s ill. She’s sleeping at the moment.

Which of these two actions is a temporary action?

Which of these two actions is happening right now?

Slide 12 - Slide

write a sentence in the present continuous
about an action happening now.

Slide 13 - Slide


Slide 14 - Open question