English II

Lesson II

Contents
Question Words
Simple Present
Verbs to mention sports: PLAY - GO

Question Words
We use question words to ask certain
types of questions. They are always at the
beginning of a question.

Question Words
Who ?
What ?
When ?
Where ?
How ?
Why ?

Examples:
What is his/her name?

How old are you?

What time is it?

Who is your sister?

Why are you crying?

Where is the party?

Activity 1
Ask questions and give answers about these people.
Use Question Words.

Simple Present
The Simple Present expresses the idea that an
action is repeated or usual. The action can be a
habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or
something that often happens. It can also be
something a person often forgets or usually does
not do.

1. For repeated or regular actions in the

present time period.

I take the bus to the school.

Sebastian sleeps eight hours.

2. For facts.
The President of The USA lives in The White
House.
We come from Santiago.

3. For habits.
I get up at 7.30 AM
They travel to Argentina every day.

4. For things that are always / generally

true.
It rains a lot in winter.
They speak English at work.

Auxiliary Verbs
DO: I, we, you, they
DOES: he, she, it

Structures
+) SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT

-) SUBJECT + DO/DOES + NOT + VERB INFINITIVE + C

?) DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB INFINITIVE + C?

CONTRACTIONS
DO NOT: DONT
DOES NOT: DOESNT

Daily Routine Examples

1- Hello, my name is Jessica and I am a teacher. I do many different things in my
job. I teach little kids and I prepare many activities for them. I work from
Monday to Friday. I like my job but its very exhausting. After work, I go
shopping with my friends.
2- My name is Sergio. I work as a personal trainer in a gym. I do different
activities because we have a lot of members. I evaluate them, then I give them a
routine. Every month, I check their progress and help them to use the different
machines.
3- Hello, I am Pablo. My day begins at 6:30. I get up, take a shower and get
dressed. I have breakfast and drink a cup of coffee. Then I go to the university.
When I finish my morning classes, I usually have lunch at 12:00 in the cafeteria.
After lunch I go to my afternoon classes. I go home at 5:00.
4- Hi, my name is Helen and I am a nurse. I am very busy at work. The most
important thing I do is to help the patients to get well. I give them their
medicine and talk to them about how they are.

Activity 2
Complete these sentences using the Simple Present.
1- Maria __________________ (work) every day
2- Luis and Paola _________________ (eat) sushi
3- My family ______________________ (not / like) to travel abroad!
4- Kevin ________________________ (love) his girlfriend very much!
5- ______________ he _______________ (play) football with you?
6- Daniel ______________________ (not / know) how to drive a car
7- That old airplane ______________________ (not / fly) so high!
8- Pamela _______________________ (have) a new dog
9- Cristopher and Mario _____________________ (play) tennis every Sunday
10- _________________ you __________________ (understand) the
question?

Activity 3
What do these people do?

Activity 4
Read the text An English woman in California. Then,
answer these questions.

1- Where is she from?

2- What is her profession?
3- Where does she live?
4- Does she like it?
5- What kind of a problem does she have?

AN ENGLISH WOMAN
IN CALIFORNIA

Twenty-four-year-old Emma comes from Manchester, in the north

of England, but now she doesnt live in England; She lives in the
United States. Her apartment is near Long Beach, California. Its
fantastic she says. I go swimming every morning. Emma is an
actress; she lives in Los Angeles because its near Hollywood,
the home of the American film industry. I love the way of life
here, she says It is a beautiful and exciting place the
weather is really good it doesnt rain very much, like at home!
- the people are open and everyone looks so good! The only
problem is that people think my accent is strangewhen I speak
to taxi drivers, sometimes they dont understand me.

Routine actions
wake up, get up, take a shower, have
breakfast, get dressed, go to the
university, go to the office, have lunch,
watch television, read books, go to the
gym, go to the cinema, go out for
dinner, have dinner, etc

Activity 5
How often do you ?

smoke

cook

study

go running

eat pizza

drink alcohol

go to the doctor

take a shower

PLAY - GO
Sports and routines can be described using the simple Present.
Depending on the sport, we use the verbs play or go.

We use play with ball sports or competitive games when one team plays
against other.

We use go with sports that end ing. People go somewhere to do

something

Examples:
- They play soccer and go running.
- My friends and I usually play baseball on weekends.
My children always go swimming.

Activity 6
Complete these sentences with play or go.

I usually ________________ rugby.

My sister sometimes _______________ horse riding at
the beach.
Carla ________________ hockey at school.
I never _________________ table tennis with my
friends.
My friends and I often __________________ running.
I always __________________ soccer at the university.