4. Choose the correct time expression that will
make the sentences express events at present.
1. I go to school (every day, last Sunday).
2. We (later, always) use the bike in going
to school.
3. Mother goes to the market (every
Monday, last month)
5. There are many
things that we
do everyday.
Let us read the
following
sentences.
1. Bing hides very well
everyday.
2. He startles others when
he comes out of his hiding
place every morning.
3. Bing and his friends play
hide and seek every
morning.
6. Let’s answer
these:
• Who is being talked about in
the first sentence?
• When does Bing hide?
• When does he come out of his
hiding place?
• When do Bing and his friends
play hide and seek?
7. What time do the words in the chart tell?
These are called time expressions.
These time expressions are in the present tense.
What other time expression do you know that
indicates the present tense?
8. Remember the words today, now, every
morning, every afternoon are time
expressions in the present tense. They
denote that actions are done regularly.”
9.
10. Read the sentences and fill with the
correct time expression.
1. Ryan and Athena are friends. They play in the park _______.
2. I feel wonderful __________. My mother will take me to the
movie house.
3. My Father reads the newspaper __________________.
4. The gumamela plant needs a great amount of water. Elsa and
Ana water it ___________.
5. A growing gumamela needs plenty of nutrients. The sisters
put fertilizer ________ month.
11. Keep in mind. . .
Present tense habitual activities are frequently
signaled by time expressions. Some of the time
expressions used in simple present tense
include every day, once a week, always and
others. These time expressions add details
about the particular period when the actions
take place.
12. Generalization: Fill in the blank with the
correct word.
Time expressions such as every day,
sometimes and___________ help us
tell an action in the ___________.
13. Evaluation: Read the sentences carefully and write the
correct time expression in your notebook.
1. Fish and Frog are friends. They play in the pond _______.
2. _________, they meet at the pond.
3. And ______ the tadpole discovers that he has two legs.
4. _______ the fish did not believe that the tadpole has legs.
5. _______ they quarrel. In the end, agree that “fish are fish and
frogs are frogs.”
