Grammar structures and exercises with THE PRESENT SIMPLE Verb Be/Other verbs (eat, jump, etc.) and the modal Verb Can.

1. THE PRESENT SIMPLE
Verb Be/Other verbs (eat, jump, etc.)
Verb Can
Welcome to this English course
My name is Rosalba Bryan.

2. Thanks for asking
And you?
Thank you. How about
you?
So-so

3. Verb To Be: Present: is, am, are
The verb be indicates existence, a condition or permanent status.
It expresses situation in space or time, and physical or moral states
The verb "to be" is used with:
-Ages: How old are you?
I am thirteen years old. Carlos is fifteen (years old).
-Nationality: Where are you from?
I am Panamanian.
-Jobs, occupation: What is your occupation? What do you do?
I am a student. She is a teacher. He is a student.
What are you like? What do you look like?
-Adjectives: I am intelligent. I am beautiful.
How are you?
-Mental condition: I am happy. You are sad.
-Physical condition: He is hungry. I am sick.
What time is it?
-Time: It is 10:00 in the morning.
Where are you?
-Position/location: We are in the English classroom. I am here.
- Weather: What is the weather like? It is sunny. / It is rainy.

4. Verb To Be- Present simple

6. Sentence Structure- Verb To Be
Formative Assignment: Write 15 sentences about your friends. Describe you and your frien
5 affirmative sentences, 5 negative sentences and 5 interrogative sentences.

7. I am a teacher.
My favorite
food is sushi.
My name is Rosalba.
I am thirty seven
years old.
I am beautiful.
I am tall. I am
not slender.
I am
Panamanian.
I am very
intelligent.
Describing Myself
Verb Be
 Describe yourself using Verb Be
My hobbies are
Reading and
watching Game
of Thrones

11. Affirmative sentences – Subject in third person singular

12. Use your English/Spanish dictionary to make sentences with this Verb .
1. __I know your secret.______________________________. know ( +)
2. __I don’t know your secret.______________________________. know ( -)
3. __Do I know your secret?______________________________. know ( ?)

13. SUBJECT MAIN VERB REST OF SENTENCE
SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB
(DO-DOES) / NOT
MAIN VERB REST OF
SENTENCE
QUESTION
WORD
AUXILIARY VERB
(DO-DOES)
SUBJECT MAIN VERB REST OF
SENTENCE
Interrogative sentences
Simple Present - Sentence structure
Facts, Habitual activities, habits, hobbies
Affirmative sentences
Negative sentences
I live in Panama.
He lives in Colon.
I do not (don’t) live in Costa Rica.
He does not (doesn’t) have any hobbies.
Do you live Colombia?
Where do you live?
Formative Assignment: Write 15 sentences to describe your habitual routines and permanent
Aspects of your life. 5 affirmative sentences, 5 negative sentences and 5 interrogative sentences.

14. Possible responses:
 Likewise
 Same to you
 You too
See you
next class/later/tomorrow

16. What do you do?
I am a waiter.
What exactly you do at your job?
I serve food and drinks to customers.

17. What does she do?
She is a teacher.
What exactly does she do at her job?
She teaches/instructs students.

19. Example: The boy in my classroom is sick.
( I know the boy.)
Example: a boy is sick.
( I don’t know the boy.)
No specific
Singular nouns
Specific
Plural or singular
nouns

21. Possessive Adjectives

24. • Oral part: Practice # 1 Questionnaire: Verb BE – Present Simple
Answer the following questions:
• Why is English important for your career?
• How old are you?
• What is your occupation? What do you do?
• Where are you from?
• What are you like? Personality
• What do you look like? Physical Description
• How is your mother?
• Where are you right now?
• Who are you?
• What is this?

25. Present Simple :
1. What do you eat on Mondays?
2. When do you study English?
3. Where do you go on Saturdays?
4. What do you do to help your
mother at home ?
5. What do you do to improve your
English?
Oral part: Practice # 2 - Questionnaire: Present simple with other verbs.
Answer the following questions:

26. What are modal verbs?
• Some of them are:
• Can
• Could
• May
• Must
• Should
• Will
• Would
Modal verbs are sometimes
referred to as
Modal Auxiliary verbs because
they help other verbs
They are Auxiliary verbs that
provide additional and specific
meaning to the main verb of the
sentence

27. How do we use modals?
Example: Mary canplay the piano
S
Subject
MAIN
Verb
Modal
Verb
They do not accept conjugation
They do not need other auxiliary verbs

28. Form
He can ski He cans ski or He can skis
Would you like to come with me?
Do you would like to come with me?
They can’t (can not) be serious
They don’t can be serious
There is no “s” in singular
There is no “do / does” in the question
There is no “don’t / doesn’t” in the
negative

29. Form
to can / caning to must /musting
She must study (duty, Responsibility)
He could play football in his youth (general ability)
Modal verbs do not have infinitives or –ing forms
Modal verbs are followed by an infinitive without to

30. Sentence Structure- Modal verbs