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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 6th

Fecha: 28 al 03-02 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 2

Tema: Simple present tense.

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Student will be able to use the simple present tense effectively.

Exploracion Uses of the Simple present Tense

Contextualización

Simple present tense:

It snows in Alaska.Tom watches television everyday.

Conceptualización

The simple present tense expresses events or situations that exist always, usually, habitually, they exist now, have existed in the past, and probably will exist in the future. (Azar, 1999)

Look at the chart and see the uses of the Simple present tense:

Adverbs of Frequency: we use the frequency adverbs to say how frequently we do things:

100% Always Usually Often Sometimes Not very often Hardly ever

0% Never

Position of frequency adverbs: they go before most verbs. But they go after the verb to

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be.I usually work/ I don´t usually work.I´m usually /I´m not usually late for work.

Spelling rules: simple present

1. With verbs that end in –s, -sh, -ch and –x we add –es: He watchES television.2. With verbs that end in consonant + y we change the –y to –I and add –es: She studies

herd every night.3. 3. Some irregular verbs: have has / do does / go goes

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Producción

Simple present tense:

1 Choose the correct sentence in each pair. a Nowaday,our bodies becoming 'old' much later than 100 years ago b Nowaday,our bodies become 'old' much later than 100 years ago.

a Children lost their freedom if they have too many responsibilities. b Children lose their freedom if they have too many responsibilities

We use the present simple tense:

• to make general statements about our world: The earth moves around the sun.• to show a pattern or general truth: People work in order to meet their basic needs.• with adverbs offrequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, never: People who are too lazy to walk often use their cars instead.• with expressions such as: nowadays, these days, today (with a general meaning):

Many students today do their research via computer rather than through books.

• for verbs showing opinions or feelings, e.g. believe, think, hope: I think that we should all do as much as we can to improve our environment.

We form the present simple tense with the base form of the verb. We add s or es to form the 3rd person singular:

I play I watchyou play you watchhe/she/it plays he/she/it watcheswe play we watchyou play you watchthey play they watch

Modelación

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1. Complete the description of Karen with the correct form of the present simple.

Karen wong is a teacher. She ______________ (come) from Shangai. She ____________

(teach) Chinese at a night school in Vancouver. She ________________ (not, have) a typical

routine because she ___________ (study) in the morning and _____________ (work) in the

evening. She __________________ (go) to work by bus and ______________ (arrive) at

about 7 o´clock. She _______________ (finish) at 10 o´clock at night. She _______________

(not, like) life in Canada much because she really _____________ (miss) China and her

family.

Bibliografía

I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty Schrampfer Azar.

II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.

III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.