PRESENT SIMPLE GUIDED DISCOVERY

Key= Q/W = Question word IQ= Information question

Present simple
Look at the following sentence and complete the formulas below:

 I play football.

(+) Subject + verb infinitive + object

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(-) Subject + _____+______+ verb infinitive +___________

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(?) _____/does +_________+ ________+____________?

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(-?) ____/____ + ________+___________+____________+_____________

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(IQ) Q/W + Do/does + _____________+____________+_________________?
Look at the sentence again: I play football and answer the questions below.
Is this sentence about the present, the past or the future? Is it about something that I do once or regularly?
Is it about something that I do a lot or that I am doing now (at the moment)?
Rewrite the sentence using “My brother” instead of “I”: “My brother ______up at 7 o’clock.”

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Complete the rule using the following words: repeated, permanent, generally, usually, habits
We use the present simple tense for:
actions, events and situations that happen ___________, ____________ or that are ________
___________,and ____________:
__________________ or unchanging situations or facts

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Circle the correct word in brackets:
Tony (write/writes) with his left hand.
Me and my brother (hate/hates) boxing.
Mark on the line below where you think this grammar belongs.

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