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Everyday Activities and Routines in Simple Present Tense

Explore the uses and rules of the simple present tense in daily activities, habits, and truths. Learn about third person usage and spelling rules. Practice forming negatives and questions in this tense. What are your daily routines?

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Everyday Activities and Routines in Simple Present Tense

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  1. Simple Present Tense

  2. Simple Present Tense: Uses • Everyday activities: What do you do every day? • Routines, habits • General truths

  3. What do these people do?

  4. bake

  5. cut / style hair

  6. build

  7. deliver

  8. draw / design

  9. drive

  10. fix / repair plumbing, appliances

  11. fly

  12. garden

  13. guard

  14. manage / supervise

  15. paint

  16. use a computer / program

  17. answer telephone, type, file, take messages

  18. sell

  19. serve, help customers

  20. teach

  21. research, do experiments

  22. wash dishes

  23. clean, wax

  24. weld

  25. Third Person • He / She / It • Singular subject (my friend, the boss, a co-worker) • Verb + s • Goes, works, talks, does, speaks

  26. Spelling rules: Third person verbs in simple present tense • teach research wash push

  27. Third Person Spelling Rules pass fix wax Rule 1: verbs ending in –ch, -sh, -ss, and –x + es

  28. Third Person Spelling Rules • fly dry try study Rule 2: final consonant + y -> - y + ies

  29. Third Person Spelling Rules • do go have

  30. What about you? • Ask and answer these questions with a classmate: • What time do you get up in the morning? I get up at … • What time do you go to bed? How many hours do you sleep per night? • Do you eat breakfast? What do you usually have?

  31. What about you? • What do you like to do in your free time? • Do you exercise? What exercises do you do or what sports do you play?

  32. What about you? • What chores do you do in your household? • What do you do at your job?

  33. Find and correct the mistakes: • I’m work for a very good company, and I also student at MiraCosta College. • The manager talkes with all employees once a week. • The manager and I has a meeting today. • The company’s profits looks good. • The technician fixxes any computer problems we have. • Everybody working hard every day, and company morale is high. • The people in this company really likes working here.

  34. Negatives in Simple Present Tense • Change these to negative: • I work. • I like my job. • They have benefits. • We have a nice boss.

  35. Negatives in Simple Present Tense • Change these to negative: • She has a lot of experience. • He drives to his work. • The new employee comes early. • My co-worker talks to me.

  36. Negatives in simple present tense • I / you / we / they Plural subject (the workers, the people) + do not (don’t) + verb • He / she / it Singular subject + does not (doesn’t) + verb (no –s)

  37. Questions in Simple Present Tense • Change these statements to questions: • I work. • I like my job. • They have benefits. • We have a nice boss.

  38. Questions in Simple Present Tense • Change these statements to questions: • She has a lot of experience. • He drives to his work. • The new employee comes early. • Your co-worker talks to you.

  39. Questions in Simple Present Tense • Do + I / you / we / they + verb + ? • Does he / she / it + verb + ?

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