UNIT 2: DAYS
LESSON 3: PRESENT SIMPLE:
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE
What do you do
in the morning?
I wash my face I take a bath
Do you make your bed everyday?
Yes, I do No, I don’t
What time do you eat breakfast? I eat breakfast at 6
in the morning.
THE SIMPLE PESENT TENSE - THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN
We use the present simple to talk about:
1 2 3
I'm nineteen years old.
something that I'm a student.
is true in the He lives in London.
present: The earth goes around
the sun.
We use the present simple to talk about:
1 2 3
I play football every weekend.
He works in a big bank.
something that happens Mary gets up at 6 every
regularly in the present: morning.
The children don't go to
school on Sundays.
We use the present simple to talk about:
1 2 3
Every day/ every morning/...
Day after day/...
Use the simple present with:
STRUCTURES
Affirmative form: (+) S + Verb / Verb -s/-es
Eg: They live in Ha Noi.
She lives in Ha Noi.
Negative form: (-) S + don't / doesn't + Verb-bare
Eg: They don't live in Ha Noi.
She doesn't live in Ha Noi.
SPELLING RULES
We use the present simple when we talk about facts and routines. The verbs
for he, she and it end differently:
We add -s to most verbs:
+ Work works
+ Live lives We remove -y and add -ies
We add -es when a verb when a verb ends with a
ends with: -o, -ch, -s, -sh, consonant + y.
-x or -z. + Try Tries
+ Watch watches + Fly flies
+ Wash washes *** With a vowel + y:
+ Mix mixes + Play plays
+ Go goes + Stay stays
EXERCISE 1: Compare the sentences. Then match a-d with spelling rules 1-4
The sentences Spelling rules
a. I study a lot. / Her older daughter 1. We add -s to most verbs: play plays.
studies hard
b. We have breakfast at 7.30 a.m. / He 2. We add -es when a verb ends with -o, -
has breakfast at 5.30 a.m. ch, -s, -sh, -x or -z.
c. My brother and I go to school. / He 3. We remove -y and add -ies when a verb
goes to work. ends with a consonant + y.
d. I get up at 7 a.m. / Noel gets up at 4.45 4. We use has instead of have.
a.m.
1-d; 2-c; 3-a; 4-b
EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct verbs
1. You go / goes to bed at 9.30 p.m.
2. My parents relaxes / relax in the evening.
3. My teacher speaks / speak four languages.
4. Our English class finish / finishes at 3 p.m.
5. I has / have lunch at home.
6. My sister studies / study at the weekend.
EXERCISE 3: Pronunciation-third person -s
/s/: -p, -k, -t, -f /iz/: /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/. /z/: /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /ð/, /m/,
/n/, /ŋ, /l/, /r/,...
Eg: Stops /stop/ Eg: Watches / wɑːtʃiz/ Eg: Plays /pleɪz/
Laughs /læfs/ Washes /wɑːʃiz/ Bags /bægz/
1 a. relaxes b. finishes c. studies d. boxes
2 a. goes b. does c. watches d. toes
3 a. aches b. watches c. beaches d. matches
4 a. washes b. wishes c. makes d. witches
5 a. takes b. makes c. aches d. watches
EXERCISE 4: Complete the examples from the text on page 26.
don't help
1. The younger children ………………
doesn't watch
2. Sue ……………….....TV a lot.
don't go
3. The Radfords ………...usually ….....to restaurants.
EXERCISE 5: Look at the information in the table. Write affirmative and
negative about people.
Tom Vicky Mina
Wash the dishes ✓ X ✓
Wash the car ✓ X ✓
Sit on the sofa a lot ✓ ✓ X
Make breakfast X X ✓
Watch TV a lot X ✓ X
Tom and Vicky sit on the sofa a lot.
Mina doesn't sit on the sofa a lot.
Tom and Vicky don't make breakfast.
Mina makes breakfast.
Tom and Mina don't watch TV a lot.
Vicky watches TV a lot.
EXERCISE 6: Discussion
What does each person in your family do at home?
- Learn by heart all the new words
- Prepare for next lesson – Speaking
