Form & Rules ✍️
My professor ______ (explain) the rules every semester.
My professor explains the rules every semester.
Dentists (clean / are cleaning) teeth every day.
Dentists clean teeth every day.
Say one thing you always do in the morning before class.
I always brush my teeth before class.
Alexander don’t study dentistry.
👉 He doesn’t study dentistry.
Your patient always arrives late. Make a Present Simple sentence about it.
My patient always arrives late to the clinic.
Right now, the dentist ______ (check) a patient’s teeth.
Right now, the dentist is checking a patient’s teeth.
Look! The student (takes / is taking) notes during the lecture.
The student is taking notes during the lecture.
Say one thing your classmate is doing right now in this classroom.
My classmate is writing in his notebook right now.
Isis and Jessica is writing an exam now.
👉 Isis and Jessica are writing an exam now.
Right now, a classmate is checking a patient. Describe the situation using Present Continuous.
My classmate is checking a patient right now.
In Present Continuous we always use the verb “to be” + _______.
Verb + -ing
We usually ______ (wear) white coats in the clinic, but today we ______ (wear) casual clothes.
We usually wear white coats in the clinic, but today we are wearing casual clothes.
Describe your daily study routine using two Present Simple sentences.
I study English every afternoon. I read my dentistry notes at night.
We usually are eating lunch at the cafeteria at 2 pm.
👉 We usually eat lunch at the cafeteria at 2 pm.
Compare:
What does a dentist usually do in a consultation?
What is the dentist doing now?
👉 A dentist usually cleans teeth and gives advice.
👉 Now, the dentist is taking an X-ray.
Change to negative:
Our classmates are preparing a presentation now.
Our classmates aren’t preparing a presentation now.
Write a Wh-question:
your teacher / explain / what / now?
What is your teacher explaining now?
Say one difference: What do you usually do on Sundays? What are you doing this Sunday?
I usually study on Sundays, but this Sunday I am going to the beach
She watching TV every night.
👉 She watches TV every night.
Correct the mistake:
The dentist usually is wearing gloves.
👉 The dentist usually wears gloves.
Make a Yes/No question in Present Simple with:
the clinic / open / on Saturdays
Does the clinic open on Saturdays?
Correct sentence:
Right now, we ______ (practice) in the lab, but usually we ______ (study) in the library.
Right now, we are practicing in the lab, but usually we study in the library.
Create 2 sentences:
one in Present Simple and one in Present Continuous, using “patients.”
👉 Dentists always help patients.
👉 Right now, the dentist is talking to a patient.
Does she studies in Oaxaca?
👉 Does she study in Oaxaca?
Imagine you are in the clinic. Say two sentences in Present Continuous and two in Present Simple.
👉 Present Continuous:
The students are preparing the instruments.
The professor is explaining the procedure.
👉 Present Simple:
The clinic opens every morning at 8.
Dentists always use masks with patients.