Meeting 2: Describing Daily Activities

(Simple Present Tense)

Sigit Prasetyo, S.S, M.Pd.
 Warm Up
Answer the following questions in your own
way:
1. What do you do on weekends?
2. What is your favorite color?
3. Does your brother/sister live with you?
4. What time do you go to bed?
5. Where does your father work?
Form of Simple Present Tense
A. Affirmative (Positive) Sentence
I / You / We / They V1 O + Adverbs
He / She / It Vs / V-es O + Adverbs

I / You / We / like pizza study English have dinner at 8

They
He / She / It likes pizza studies English has dinner at 8
• Rule 1: After I, you, we, and they – V1 is used  I work…
• Rule 2: After he, she and it (3rd person singular) – Vs / V-es
is used  She works…

 Example:
• Mary speaks English every day. (Vs)
• We watch TV every evening. (V1)
• My girlfriend texts me every day. (Vs)
• Sally and Tom study English on Mondays. (V1)
• My father usually leaves home at 8 o’clock in the morning.
(V-es)
Form of Simple Present Tense
B. Negative Sentence
I / You / We / They do not + V1 O + Adverbs
He / She / It does not + V1 O + Adverbs

I / You / We / don’t like pizza don’t study don’t have

They English dinner at 8
He / She / It doesn’t like doesn’t study doesn’t have
pizza English dinner at 8
In the negative form of simple present tense, helping verbs (auxiliary verbs “DO
and DOES” are necessary to use.
• After I, You, We, and They -- DO NOT (DON’T) is used with the simple form
of the verb (V1)
• After He, She, and It -- DOES NOT (DOESN’T) is used with the simple form
of the verb (V1); -(e)s is never used. It is only used in affirmative sentences.

 Example:
• Sam doesn’t know French.
• It doesn’t snow in Egypt.
• They don’t have breakfast every morning.
• I don’t get up early on Sundays.
• She doesn’t want to go to school this morning.
• My mother doesn’t watch football matches on TV.
• Mary and Jack don’t like ice cream.
Form of Simple Present Tense
C. Question Sentence
Do I / You / We / They V1 O + Adverbs
Does He / She / It V1 O + Adverbs

Do I / You / like pizza? study have dinner at

We / They English? 8?
Does He / She like pizza? study have dinner at
/ It English? 8?
 In question sentences, the helping verbs DO and DOES are
used in the beginning of the sentences. The simple forms of the
verbs are used: -(e)s is never used

 Example:
• Does Jane live in London?
• Do you watch TV every evening?
• Does your father read newspapers?
• Do you live with your parents or in a boarding house?
• Does your boyfriend call you every evening?
 The Use of Simple Present Tense

General Truth
• The earth goes around the sun.
• Kangaroos live in Australia.
• Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
• Wood floats on water.

Habitual Activities
• He plays football but he doesn’t play tennis.
• Ahmad works very hard.
• I eat rice with egg and drink a glass of water for breakfast.
• Does she work at bank?
Likes & Dislikes
• We don’t like horror movie.
• I never drink alcohol.
• She doesn’t smoke.
• Ari likes to watch movies on weekends.

Regularly Repeated Actions and Daily Routines

• I usually wake up at 5.30 a.m.
• Alex goes to work by bus.
• The office opens at 8.30 during this pandemic.
• The bus 2B arrives at the station at 10.30 and 14.30.
• It rains very often these days.
• John and his family go on vacation to Bali every year.
Describing Senses & Mental Process
Like , love, hate, prefer, need, want, know, believe, understand, remember,
see, hear, taste, smell, etc.
• I love cooking on Sundays.
• She needs to know the result of the test.
• This food tastes delicious.
• They remember when they met Mr. Lee at campus.
• Do you understand?

Referring to The Future

• Hurry up! The train departs in 10 minutes.
• She has Aikido class after work.
• I leave Frankfurt at 5 in the morning and arrive in New York at midnight the
next day.
• Andy starts the meeting in the afternoon.
Giving Instructions and Directions
• Open the sachet and pour the contents into hot water.
• To start the machine, press the yellow button and turn the arrow to the right.

Newspaper Headlines
• AND INDONESIA BECOMES THE CHAMP!
• THE SCIENTISTS FIND THE ANTI VIRUS

Ceremonial Use
• I pronounce you husband and wife!
• I name this ship QUEEN MIRANDA

Instantaneous Use / Sport Commentaries

• Messi passes the ball to Suarez!
• Valentino Rossi maintains his lead over the other racers
 Using Adverbs of Frequency and Adverbs of Time
in Simple Present Tense

SUBJECT ADVERB of VERB ADVERB OF TIME

FREQUENCY

Marc always drinks coffee in the morning

She usually / generally sleeps at 11 p.m

I very often watch series at night

Some students often / frequently submit their homework on weekends

Carla sometimes calls her parents twice a day

My neighbors seldom / rarely visit my house on Sunday mornings

Daniel never comes to campus these days

Assignment / Quiz
Share your ideas / opinion about one of the following current issues
(choose one only) in at least 10 sentences. The ideas / opinion
must be typed in the comment box of today’s stream.

1. Beach is a favorite place to escape on weekends

2. Many people feel free to go out without wearing masks.
3. Online classes
4. Doing hobbies during this pandemic situation.
5. English is important.
THANK YOU