present simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome 

Coursebook and workbook + pen.

Please sit down quietly.

I will check your homework during ´quiet time´

Goals

• Present simple
• Practice / exercises
• Short video (if you do well as a class) 

Present simple / Tegenwoordige Tijd

• When? 
• Present 
• But...
• Only when it is repetitive, always or never happens

Examples

I always wake up at 6 am. - always
I take the train to work everyday. - repetition
We never jump in the classroom. - never
The bell always rings at 8.30 am. - always
You cycle to school everyday. - repetition

We go to the beach every summer. - repetition

How to use it

First form of the verb - To go, to walk, to sing, to write 

I walk                                                             

You walk 

He, She, It walks

We walk
You walk
They walk 

<-   What is different?

To go - verbs that end with o

I go

You go

He, She, It goes

We go

You go
They go

Negative - Ontkennend

I don’t want any pasta.

You don’t want any pasta.

He / She / It doesn’t want any pasta.

We don’t want any pasta.

You don’t want any pasta.

They don’t want any pasta.

Questions - Vragend

Do I like rugby?

Do you like rugby?

Does he / she like rugby?

Do we like rugby?

Do you like rugby?

Do they like rugby?

Present simple vs Present continuous 

I always take the train to school but I am cycling to school now.

Present continuous - not always, but in this moment

Always - present simple

Now - present continuous

Practice 

6-7-9-10 p. 135 (first 5 mins quiet)

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