Pratomsuksa 4

Vocabulary

I'm The Present Simple

Present Simple

Affirmative:

I come home at 5 o’clock.

I often play computer games.

He walks to school.

S + V.1 (s)

Negative:

• I do not come home at 5 o’clock.

• You do not play computer games.

• He walks to school everyday.

S + do/does + not + V.1

Question:

Do you come home at 5 o’clock?Do you play computer games?

Does he go to school ?

Do/Does + Subject+V.1?

Usage

We use present simple tense when :

1. It is a fact or general.

• The sun rises in the east.

• Sugar is sweet.

Using

2.the action is repeated or usual. It can be a habit, a hobby, a daily.

• I get up at six o’clock everyday.• He always takes a shower every

morning.

Usage

Chris: Hi, Dave.

Dave: Hi. You do not look well. What’s wrong?

Chris: I feel very tired.

Dave: It’s your own fault, Chris. You work too hard.

Chris: My fault?! You never help me with the housework. I’m the one that get up at 6 o’clock, make the breakfast and the beds before I catch the 7:15 train to work.

Dave: But you can relax in the evenings.

Chris: No I can’t! I come home at 5 o’clock, water the plants, clean the house, then cook the dinner while you sit and watch TV, and after that…..

Dave: And after that?

Chris: I walk the dog while you play computer games.

Direction

• Make a group of six-seven and come to get a set of flashcards from the teacher.

• While the music is playing, the students start ordering the flashcards in to a sentence.

• When the music is stopped, the groups complete the sentences correctly.

Let’s start!

We catch the train to go shopping.

My brother comes homelate at night.

My sister waters the plants in the morning.

Ashley always walks the dogs at the park.

Today my mother cooks Tomyum for dinner.

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Direction

• Make a story

• The first student begin a story by answering the teacher’s question

• Then the next student continually tell the story from the first student – say at least one sentence

• Do like this until the last person

What is your daily routines?

Example

I get up at 5 o’clock. I eat moo ping with sticky rice for breakfast. I clean the house….…...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………