I work, she works

  • A1 · Beginner
  • Grammar lesson
  • 60 min
  • present simple

The present simple for routines and facts: Wanjiru opens the shop at seven. She sells forty kinds of tea. The student reads about a tea shop in Montreal, learns the -s, -es and -ies endings and their three sounds, and gives the teacher a short guide to their city.

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I workshe workshe lives

What's in the lesson

  1. 1Warm-up
  2. 2In this lesson
  3. 3Reading: a tea shop in MontrealReading comprehension
  4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
  5. 5Find the verbs with -sGrammar exercise
  6. 6The present simpleGrammar rule
  7. 7Choose the right formGrammar exercise
  8. 8Three soundsGrammar exercise
  9. 9At the zooGrammar exercise
  10. 10Say it naturallySpeaking practice
  11. 11A guide to my citySpeaking practice
  12. 12About youGrammar exercise
  13. 13Wrap-up

Homework

  1. 1Homework: a dog walkerGrammar exercise
  2. 2Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
  3. 3Homework: make sentencesGrammar exercise
  4. 4Homework: a small businessDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

  1. Who cooks in your family?
  2. Tea or coffee: which is your favorite?
  3. What is a good small shop near your home? Who works there?

Grammar rule

The present simple

I / you / we / theyhe / she / it
I work in a bookstore.My brother works in a bookstore.
You live near the river.She lives near the river.
They ride bikes to school.He rides a bike to school.
One person or thing (he, she, it, Wanjiru, my dad, the shop) → -s. Two or more (they, my parents, the shops) → no -s.

When?

  • routines and habits: My dad runs every morning. We eat at seven.
  • facts (true all the time): Bees make honey.
  • time words: every day, every morning, on Saturdays, at night, in the afternoon

Spelling: he, she, it

  • most verbs: + s → sleeps, eats, sees
  • after s, sh, ch, x and o: + es → misses, brushes, teaches, mixes, does
  • a consonant + y: y → ies → try → tries, cry → cries
  • a vowel + y: + s → pay → pays, enjoy → enjoys

Three sounds

  • /s/ after p, t, k, f: sleeps, eats, walks
  • /z/ after other sounds: sees, rides, sells
  • /ɪz/, a new syllable, after s, z, sh, ch, x, ge: kisses, pushes, changes

Watch out

  • No is before the verb: She works here. (not She is work here)
  • The -s goes only with he, she and it: I work. (not I works)

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