This document discusses how to use the present simple tense to talk about routines and frequency of actions. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences using the present simple for "I/you/we/they" and "she/he". It then introduces how to add frequency words like "once," "twice," "always" to the present simple sentences to indicate how often an action occurs.

1. Routines and common actions

2. I You We They play go do badmington riding karate He She plays goes does volleyball swimming gymnastics

3. I You We They play go do badmington riding karate He She play go do volleyball swimming gymnastics DON’T DOESN’T

4. I you we they play go do badmington riding karate YES, DO ? I you we they NO, DON’T I you we they DO

5. she he play go do YES, DOES ? NO, DOESN’T DOES volleyball swimming gymnastics she he she he

6. With the Present Simple we can also say how often we do something. Picture from the book Explorers 5 by Oxford

7. You can say exactly ...... DO HOW OFTEN play go do ? volleyball swimming gymnastics you play go do volleyball swimming gymnastics I once twice three times four times… a week a month every day

8. ..... or approximately DO HOW OFTEN play go do ? volleyball swimming gymnastics you play go do volleyball swimming gymnastics I always usually sometimes never