What do you do in a day at work?

What do you do in a day at work?

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) have meetings ( ) make phone calls

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) have meetings ( ) make phone calls

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) send e-mails ( ) fill forms

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) send e-mails ( ) fill forms

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) have lunch ( ) have dinner

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) have lunch ( ) have dinner

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) send e-mails ( ) make phone calls

Which activity does the picture represent?

( ) send e-mails ( ) make phone calls

Present Simple
Tense
We use the present simple for things that are true in general,
or for things that happen sometimes or all the time:

I work in Online Education.

I usually have lunch with my coworkers.

Lucy works from 8am to 5pm.

Present Simple
Tense
We use the present simple for things that are true in general,
or for things that happen sometimes or all the time:

I work in Online Education.

I usually have lunch with my coworkers.

Lucy works from 8am to 5pm.

Adverbs of always often sometimes seldom never

frequency 100% 75% 50% 25% 0%

I often have lunch with my clients. → James is always working.

Present Simple
Tense
I work as an English teacher and Lucy works as a
nurse. We have very different jobs.
Present Simple
Tense
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
sentences sentences sentences

I work.
You work.

She works.
He works.
It works.

We work.
They work.
Present Simple
Tense
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
sentences sentences sentences

I work. I don’t work.

You work. You don’t work.

She works. She doesn’t work.

He works. He doesn’t work.
It works. It doesn’t work.

We work. We don’t work.

They work. They don’t work.
Present Simple
Tense
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
sentences sentences sentences

I work. I don’t work.

You work. You don’t work.

She works. She doesn’t work.

He works. He doesn’t work.
It works. It doesn’t work.

We work. We don’t work.

They work. They don’t work.

don’t = do not
He works. doesn’t = does not
He doesn’t work.
He doesn’t works.
Present Simple
Tense
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
sentences sentences sentences

I work. I don’t work. Do I work?

You work. You don’t work. Do you work?

She works. She doesn’t work. Does she work?

He works. He doesn’t work. Does he work?
It works. It doesn’t work. Does it work?

We work. We don’t work. Do we work?

They work. They don’t work. Do they work?

don’t = do not
He works. doesn’t = does not
He doesn’t work.
He doesn’t works.
Present Simple
Tense
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
sentences sentences sentences

I work. I don’t work. Do I work?

You work. You don’t work. Do you work?

She works. She doesn’t work. Does she work?

He works. He doesn’t work. Does he work?
It works. It doesn’t work. Does it work?

We work. We don’t work. Do we work?

They work. They don’t work. Do they work?

don’t = do not
He works. He works. doesn’t = does not
He doesn’t work. Does he work?
He doesn’t works. Does he works ?
Let’s practice!

Sam doesn’t want

Do you want
Does Helen live
Sarah knows
I don’t travel
❏ skills
❏ goals
❏ qualification
❏ work experience
❏ skills
❏ goals
❏ qualification
❏ work experience
Do you know who this woman was?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (a.k.a RBG)
She was an associate justice
of the Supreme Court of the
United States, the second
woman to be appointed to
the position.
She spent decades as a
trailblazer* in gender
equality law before she
became an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court —
and a pop culture icon.

*trailblazer: the first person to do something or go somewhere, who shows that it is also possible for other people.
 She attended James She graduated from Cornell
Madison High School, with a bachelor of arts
and graduated in degree in government in
1950. 1954.

Ginsburg transferred to
She taught at Columbia Law School, and
Rutgers graduated first in her class
University Law in 1959.
School from
1963 to 1972. Ginsburg enrolled at
Harvard Law School in
1956.

She was appointed to the

U.S. Supreme Court in
1993 by President In 1999 she won the American Bar
Clinton. Association's Thurgood Marshall
Award for her contributions to
In 1980 President Carter gender equality and civil rights.
appointed Ginsburg to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia.
She graduated from Cornell.

She won an award for her contributions to gender equality

and civil rights.

Past Simple
This tense is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific
time in the past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.

→ Regular verbs: graduate → graduated

→ Irregular verbs: win → won

Past Simple

→ Regular verbs:
The past simple is often -ed (regular verbs). For example:

They watch TV every evening. (present simple)

They watched TV yesterday evening. (past simple)

work → worked
dance → danced
clean → cleaned
stay → stayed

Here are some examples:

I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.

Terry worked in a bank from 2005 to 2011.
Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.
Past Simple

→ Irregular verbs:
Some verbs are irregular (= not regular). The past simple is not -ed. Here are
some important irregular verbs:

begin → began
break → broke
come → came
do → did
drink → drank
eat → ate
am/is → was
are → were
Past Simple

→ Irregular verbs:
Some verbs are irregular (= not regular). The past simple is not -ed. Here are
some important irregular verbs:

begin → began
break → broke
come → came
do → did
drink → drank
eat → ate
am/is → was
to be
are → were
Past Simple
● Affirmative sentences

SUBJECT + PAST FORM OF THE VERB + COMPLEMENT

She attended James Madison High School.

● Negative sentences DIDN’T = DID NOT

SUBJECT + DIDN’T + BASE FORM OF THE VERB* + COMPLEMENT

She didn’t graduate from Harvard, because she moved to NYC.

The base form (or root) of a verb is the form liste

● Interrogative sentences in the dictionary. It is the version of the verb
without any endings (endings such as -s, -ing,
and ed). The base form is the same as the
DID + SUBJECT + BASE FORM OF THE VERB* + COMPLEMENT + ? infinitive (e.g., to walk, to paint, to think) but
without the to.
Did Ruth have children?
Let’s practice!

I forgot
did you get
I didn’t speak
Did you have