Present Tense Discussion

For this discussion, you will share some actions in your daily or weekly schedule and practice using simple present tense, adverbs of frequency, and time expressions.

At the start of the course, you have identified the verb tense, aspect, and mood in a sentence. Now that you know more about the simple and continuous aspects of present tense, you can use it more confidently to express your ideas in English.

Instructions:

For this discussion, share five or six actions in your daily/weekly schedule compared with the schedule of a family member or friend. When you write your sentences, use the simple present tense, adverbs of frequency, and time expressions.

You can prepare a few questions to find out how your family member or friend has a different or similar schedule to yours. Write about ten sentences describing your routines. Share your answer in the class discussion forum and see if anything in your routine is similar to your classmates'. If you wish, reply to your classmates to let them know or ask them a question about their routines.

Example:

Sample questions to ask myself & my sister: What time do you eat breakfast? When do you go grocery shopping?

Here is a sample paragraph to prepare for sharing in the forum:

I get up very early at 4:30am. My sister doesn't get up early. She often gets up at 9:00am. I always drink coffee in the morning, but my sister doesn't like coffee at all. She likes tea instead. I am married, but I don't have any children. My sister has two children, so she is busy with them in the mornings. I leave for work at 7:00am. My sister never goes straight to work. She goes to my parents house first. She always helps them because they are very old. 

Source: Susan Caisse, Kristee Emens-Hesslink, and Jennifer Rueda, https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/explorations1/chapter/chapter-3/
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