My daily routine.Use of present simple tense

Activity

• Find in the letter soup some

verbs related to daily routines

W C F F G A C S E G T D T D F

A O G R Y R P P P O D D O P S

K M R E I F U M R E S H D U J

E B C K L D T O S E S H A V E

U N O H G I A B D S S J Y D E

P O S E U P S R G S X T D E V

T A M D G E T U P L S D H E E

W G E I P U A S D E G Y A D R

U D R Y T T K H A E A E V R Y

R T R M U E E D A P P K E D D

S S A O S E A C S A R M S E A

T A A L W A Y S Z E E R A D Y

A D R D G R N E F R D R S K E

Y I C L E A N O G O A D D F E

F R E T G O D M O R N I N G L

Daily routines

• “What time do you wake up?”

• “What time do you leave home?”

• “What time do you have breakfast?”

Simple present tense

The simple present tense in English is used to express

routines or habits.

My daily routine

• On Weekdays I usually wake up at 5:30 am.

• I stay in bed about 10 minutes, then I get up

• I wash my face and take a shower.

• Then I dry and comb my hair.

• I have breakfast at around 8:30 am.

• After breakfast I brush my teeth.

• I put on make up.

• I get dressed.

• I leave home around 5:50 am.

Verb Conjugation and

Spelling

In general, on third person we must add

To spell the verb in third person

, you have to change it,

depending on the verbs’ end…

1. Verbs with -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X,

or -Z at the end, we have to add -ES in

the third person.

• go – goes

• catch – catches

• wash – washes

• kiss – kisses

• fix – fixes

• buzz – buzzes

2. Verbs with a consonant + Y at the end, we

have to remove the Y and we have to add -IES.

• marry – marries

• study – studies

• carry – carries

• worry – worries

EXCEPTION:Verbs with a vowel + Y at the end, we just add -S.

•play – plays

•enjoy – enjoys

•say – says