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    Leitura e Redação em Língua Inglesa - Aula 3

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    This document discusses how to organize a paragraph and use the present simple tense to describe routine actions. It explains that a well-organized paragraph contains a topic sentence, supporting sentences that provide facts and descriptions clearly linked to the topic, and a concluding sentence that summarizes. It also outlines the basic uses of the present simple tense, including to describe habitual actions. Adverbs of time and frequency are presented as helpful tools to establish routines when used with present simple verbs. Examples from a sample paragraph about a student's daily routine are provided to illustrate these concepts.

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    LEITURA E REDAÇÃO EM LÍNGUA

    INGLESA

    DESCRIPTION OF A PARAGRAPH, ITS


    ORGANIZATION AND THE USE OF THE
    PRESENTE SIMPLE TO DESCRIBE ROUTINE
    ACTIONS

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    Olá!
    In the end of lesson, the student should be able to:

    1. Organize a paragraph;

    2. know how to use the present simple and adverbs to describe his / her routine.

    How to organize a paragraph?

    If you think you do not write well, and that writing compositions or essays is something that only the gifted ones

    can, let me tell you that you are completely wrong.

    There are some strategies you can use which will help you to develop your writing skills.

    Take a look at the paragraph below.

    (1) José is a very busy student. (2) He studies History at State University and he also studies English. (3) During

    the day, he goes to classes. (4) At night, he works in the bookstore. (5) On the weekends, he volunteers at the

    children´s hospital. (6) José doesn´t rest!

    Sentence (1) is a topic sentence. It covers all the information in the paragraph. Sentences (2), (3), (4), and (5) are

    supporting sentences. They give facts and descriptions. Supporting sentences are clearly linked to the topic

    sentence. Sentence (6) is a concluding sentence. This sentence summarizes the paragraph.

    Paragraphs should contain ideas, thoughts and clear purposes. It is important to ask yourself what the main

    objective of the paragraph is. Is the paragraph expanding previous ideas?

    Is this stating something again? Is this describing? Is this comparing? Is this contrasting? You have to clarify

    what your real purpose is.

    Present Simple

    There are seven basic uses of the simple present tense. We use it for:

    • Permanent truths: Summer follows spring.


    • ‘The present period’ (= ‘this is the situation at present’): My sister works in a bank.
    • Habitual actions: I get up at 7.
    • Future references (for timetables, etc): The concert begins at 7.30 next Friday evening.
    • Observations and declarations: I love you / It says here that…
    • Instructions: First you weigh the ingredients.
    • Commentaries: Becker serves to Lendi.

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    In this lesson, if you take a look at the previous functions, you will able to realize that the one we are using in the

    organization of the paragraph about José is the description of habitual actions.

    We can notice that in the paragraph, verbs in the present simple vary in form in the third person singular.

    Example:
    • He studies History at State University and he also studies English.
    • During the day he goes to classes.
    • At night, he works in the bookstore.
    • On weekends, he volunteers at the children´s hospitals.
    See more examples about the Present Simple

    Adverbs are also of great help to establish routines. In the paragraph about José, adverbial expressions such as

    during the day, on the weekends or at night come together with verbs in the present simple to highlight the

    description of habitual actions.

    Adverbs of time tell us when something happens:

    everyday, this week, on Mondays, at 5 o’clock, in the morning, etc.


    • On Mondays she goes to school by car.
    Adverbs of frequency can also help you describe routines:

    always, almost always, generally, usually, normally, frequently, often, sometimes, hardly ever, seldom, ever,

    never, etc.
    • The dog seldom sleeps in the house.

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    What come next class
    •Some reading strategies;

    •the concepts of pre-reading, reading and pos-reading.

    CONCLUSÃO
    Nesta aula, você:
    • To organize a paragraph;
    • learn how to use the ‘present simple’ and ‘adverbs’ to describe your routine.

    Referências
    GRANT, Hilary. Grammar Connection: structure through content. Boston: Thomson Heinle, 2008.

    ALEXANDER, L. G. Longman English Grammar Practice. New York: Longman, 1990.

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