Verb grammar lesson present simple teachers and students

VERB GRAMMAR: LESSONS AND PRACTICES
BY ALBERT LIMSON 2021
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PRESENT SIMPLE SINGULAR 16SEPT2020
PRESENT MEANS USUALLY
Good morning, Teacher. Good morning. Are you all 3Rs for today lesson? Yes, teacher. We are refreshed
recharged and revitalised. Let us start.
In a normal school day, you hear the alarm ring, what is the next thing you do?
I switch off the alarm and sleep. I, no, I quickly get up and go to the bathroom. I let it ring until my mother
comes. I wake up before alarm rings and I get ready for school. I think you are anxious. No, I like school.
Yeah, your reactions tell us the feeling we have for school but that is for another lesson.
Written on the board
switch, sleep, get, let, comes, wake, rings
This means that you do something or you feel something. Yes, I hear you, Alice. You cover your ears and
continue sleeping. You are sleepy. You muffle the noise. Let, wake, get and cover: these words tell us what we
do.
From today and next few weeks, I want to revise this type of words – the do-word. We will cover all these do-
words from single word, that is, one-word, and two-word and so on. We will have exercises to do as well as
you doing presentations on these do-words. In other words, I teach and then you “re-teach”. I have divided you
into groups of four. There are twenty-four students in the class; we can have six groups. Please see the
noticeboard for your group and your presentation assignment.
You all have your exercise books ready. Excellent! In one minute, list down as many verbs as you can,
starting … now!
Activity 1: Write the verb you know below
Your one minute is up. Abu, what are the verbs you have written down. Very good. Is there any volunteer? No.
Siew Mei what are your words? Good. Anyone else? Yes, Puru and David. Puru, you go first.

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Some of the students’ list of verbs
Abu Siew Mei Puru David
push take take go
eat eat write come
call drink push see
write give pour talk
walk sweep climb eat
run wipe jump drink
play lay eat play
climb scrub drink jump
fall carry make skip
bathe fold draw climb
sweep wash hang sleep
wash put tie nap
brush comb cut pour
wipe look pull take
type see arrange give
cut watch talk put
go call hold cut
come slice read watch
hit cook speak speak
think sing jog swim
Good. The rest of you, have you checked your words? Are they all the same words as theirs? No. All right.
One by one, starting from you, Juliana. I have the words train, practise and throw. Please write down the
words given by Juliana – train, practise and throw. Next. Ride, knock and kick. Is there any more different
words to share? Yes and no? All right. After class, you all can check your words among yourselves.
Before we proceed further, we need to remember that for every action there is a doer.
What is the Newton’s first law of motion? Sir, we are learning English or Science? Please remember language
is the foundation, the basic of every knowledge. Without language, we will be oooh ooh oooh aaah aah aah!
Ha, ha, ha, that is funny. Moreover, we will not have any ideals, goals and aims. We will be at the first level of
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. What is that, Sir? That will be for another lesson.
Yes, Harlan. Newton’s first law - an object will stay motionless or move in a straight line unless a force
acts on it. Explain, please. A boy picks a pebble from the ground. He throws the pebble. The pebble
flies through the air. Gravity pulls it to the ground. I don't understand. Harlan can explain to you …
during recess. Of course. Very good. For language, it suffices to say, someone or something does
something.
When the alarm rings in the morning, Abu switches off the alarm and sleeps. Abu, that is what you said,
correct? Who usually wakes you? My mom. I can imagine your mother tenderly waking you with a gentle tap
on your shoulder. Yes, once in a while she does that. Ha, ha, ha. And Fayth quickly gets up and goes to the
bathroom. She has no problem getting up. She loves school. Really? Fayth, why are you showing your tongue
to …? All right, you all can laugh. Back to business, I will write the sentences about Abu and Fayth on the
board.

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Abu switches off the alarm.
He sleeps.
Fayth gets up.
She goes to the bathroom
Let us look at the sentences and identify the doers. Can one of you tell me who are the doers?
Activity 2: Write the doers in the table below
Yes Qian. They are Abu, he, Fayth and she. I hear a disapproval. Does anyone want to disagree? Unless you
want to split hair, there are only two persons. Yes. He is Abu. She is Fayth. Why do we use he and she? They
refer to Abu and Fayth, so we do not have to repeat Abu, Abu, Abu many times. We use he to refer to Abu.
The same goes for she that refers to Fayth. The doers in the sentences are, I will underline them, Abu, he,
Fayth and she.
Abu switches off the alarm.
He sleeps.
Fayth gets up.
She goes to the bathroom.
Abu is one person, and Fayth is one person. We have a word for this: it is called singular name or singular
noun. The words, he and she, which refer to Abu and Fayth, are also singular. Only one person does
something. Now I think it is a good time to revise singular nouns and pronouns. Take this down in your
exercise book.
Singular names and pronouns
Proper name Common name Pronoun
Ali A fireman He
Siti An orangutan She
Tom A farmer It
Muthu The headmaster -
Done? That was fast. Monitor, please distribute this homework after class.
Revisionary Exercise 1:
Cross out names and pronouns that are not singular and rewrite the sentences (page 7)
If you notice carefully, the do-words used have something extra. They are “s” and “es”. The grammar rule is
that singular name and singular pronoun will have the do-word with either an “s” or “es”. Now let us revise this
do-word. Copy this table and try to write the do-word with “s” or “es” correctly. Number zero (0) has been done
for you.

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Activity 3: Add “s” or “es” to the root word correctly
ROOT With suffix ROOT With suffix
0. pick picks 5. cry
1. teach 6. miss
2. pull 7. swim
3. go 8. mix
4. wash 9. buzz
One minute to complete. You are very fast, Kalsom. Most of you have got them correct. Excellent! Try them
yourselves. No peeking left and right. Nor right and left. All right, time’s up. Who wants to share the answers?
Yes, Rayna.
They are teaches, pulls, goes, washes, cries, misses, swims, mixes and buzzes. How do you spell ‘cries’? C-
R-I-E-S. Good.
The addition of “s” or “es” is called suffix. Now can anyone tell me the reason some do-words get suffix “es”?
We memorised the spellings. Teacher taught us to put “es” for these words. I don’t know, sometimes I get
them wrong.
It is quite easy to remember when to add “es”. Listen to the ending sound or last sound of the word buzz –
BUZZzzzz. When you hear the last sound of the word has sound of air escaping from a balloon … SSSSZZZZ.
Yes, that is the sound, then you add “es”. The word mix – M..I.. K..Sss. These are the sounds you hear, yes?
Yes. Besides this, when you end a word and you can prolong the sound, these words get the “es”. Remember,
it is the sound: not the last letter you see. The last sound you hear.
The word cry has no escaping air sound. That is a good observation. For word like CRY, the second last letter
must be a consonant. What is a consonant? Consonants are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z.
Yes, you all can recite without missing a beat. You must have been practising hard. This was one of the
challenges during our camp. Was it the school annual Uniformed Unit Premier Camp? That’s right, Teacher.
For the word cry, the “y” is changed to “i” and then add “es”. Another example is fly.
The word fly –
f..l..y change to “i”,
then add.”es”.
– f l i es flies
All right. Let’s continue. We will do some practice. Take down this short paragraph.
Adam: I usually wake up at 5.30 in the morning. I brush my teeth and have a
bath. Then I pray. I have my breakfast. I cycle to school.
Olivia, can you please read the passage?
Good, thank you.
Upkar, please tell us about Adam. Adam usually wake … No. wakes. Adam usually wakes up at 5.30 in the
morning. Adam brushes my … No, his. Adam brushes his teeth and ha…s a bath. Then Adam prays … Good,

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Would you agree that it is better we use ‘he’ instead of repeating Adam too many times? Yes. Continue. He
prays. He has his breakfast. He cycles to school. Well done!
Let’s ask Jiha to tell us about her usual morning. I will write what she say on the board and you all copy in the
exercise book.
Najiha: I wake up at 5.30. I get ready and help my mother make breakfast.
Then I come to school.
Good. Harlan report. Najiha wakes up at 5.30. She gets ready and helps … her mother make breakfast. Then
she comes to school. Excellent!
Now, in your exercise book, write what is your normal routine during schooldays. Write ten sentences. You
have five minutes.
Activity 4: Write ten sentences describing what you usually do during schooldays.
No. What do you usually do?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Your time is up. Stop. Next. Choose a partner. Have you all a partner? Tell him or her what is your usual
routine. Listen carefully to what your partner say and write them down. You need not whisper. Speak louder so
your partner can hear you.
Activity 5: Listen to your partner and write down what he or she say
No. What does your partner usually do?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Stop. You and your partner find another pair to make a foursome. Your task is to describe your partner’s
routine to your new members. Waylon and Talia are a pair. Now, Waylon will talk about Talia, and Talia
Waylon to their new foursome group. Do you understand? Yes. Good. Write down what your friends tell you.
You write in paragraph, instead of sentence-by-sentence. We have six groups. You can start now.

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Activity 6: Paragraph Writing – Listen and write
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I think you have finished. I need a volunteer to share what is his or her usual day. Yes, Gavin, proceed. I am
usually up by 5 a.m. I brush my teeth. I bathe. I put on my uniform. I meditate. I make my own breakfast. I do
some reading if it is still early. I wait for my friend. I walk to school. In school, I chat. Thank you, Gavin.
Elyse, what does Gavin do daily in the morning? Gavin is usually up by 5 a.m. He brushes his teeth. He
bathes. He wears his school uniform. He meditates. He makes breakfast. He reads if it is still early. He waits
for Puru. They … Gavin walks to school. Before class begins, he chats with his friends. Wonderful. Thank you.
Homework. As an example, Gavin will write about himself, and he will write about his three friends. Go home
and write about yourself and about your friends from the notes you have. Write in paragraphs, this is an essay.
The title of your writing is ‘School Day Routine’. Like a meal, if you think the cooking is too bland, you may
garnish it. Add pepper and salt. Fermented soy sauce. You can add relevant idea or information, but keep it
less than 350 words.
Assignment 1: Essay – School Day Routine
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Cross out name and pronoun that are not singular and write the correct sentences
0. (The table / The tables) is full of things.
Answer: The table is full of things.
1. (Maini / Maini and Malini) walks to school.
Answer:
2. (The firemen / The fireman) lifts a boy from the river.
Answer
3. (They / It) eats all the fish.
Answer
4. (She / We) goes to the library every Saturday.
Answer
5. (His classmates / Tom) arranges the chairs for the concert.
Answer
6. (James / The children) helps to push the stalled car.
Answer
7. (The book / The books) has many colourful pictures.
Answer
8. (The fishermen / The fisherman) mends the fishing net.
Answer
9. (The mice / The mouse) scurries into the hole.
Answer
10. (The bottle / The bottles) is still full of water.
Answer

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Cross out name and pronoun that are singular and write the correct sentences
0. (The table / The tables) are full of things.
Answer: The tables are full of things.
1. (Maini / Maini and Malini) walk to school.
Answer:
2. (The firemen / The fireman) lift a boy from the river.
Answer
3. (They / It) eat all the fish.
Answer
4. (She / We) go to the library every Saturday.
Answer
5. (His classmates / Tom) arrange the chairs for the concert.
Answer
6. (James / The children) help to push the stalled car.
Answer
7. (The book / The books) have many colourful pictures.
Answer
8. (The fishermen / The fisherman) mend the fishing net.
Answer
9. (The mice / The mouse) scurry into the hole.
Answer
10. (The bottle / The bottles) are still full of water.
Answer

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Questions with do and does
Strike out the wrong words from the substitution table below and re-write the questions
0.
What does Ali eats
eat
drink
drinks
?
What does Ali eat?
What does Ali drink?
1.
What does he do
does
take
takes
?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.
What do they play
plays
makes
make
?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.
Where do we send
take
sends
takes
this to?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4.
Why does she says
builds
say
build
that?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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Comprehension – read the short passage below and answer the questions
I wake up early at about half past five. I bathe and put on my school uniform. Then I eat breakfast. My
mother usually prepares half-boiled eggs and toast bread for me. I revise some lesson for the day. I cycle to
school. On the way, I meet up with other schoolmates. I reach school at about seven.
0. When do you wake up?
….I wake up at about 5.30 a.m.
1. What do you do after you have your bath?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What do you have for breakfast?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What do you do before you go to school?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. How do you go to school?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. At what time do you arrive at school?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Read the passage below. Construct questions based on the answers given.
Gavin is usually up by 5 a.m. He brushes his teeth. He bathes. He wears his school uniform. He
meditates. He makes breakfast. He reads if it is still early. He waits for Puru. They … Gavin walks to school.
Before class begins, he chats with his friends.
0. When does Gavin usually get up?
Gavin gets up by 5 a.m.
1. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
After he wakes up, he brushes his teeth and bathes.
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
He wears his school uniform.
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Before breakfast, he meditates.
4. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
He waits for Puru.
5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
He goes to school on foot.

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