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(1)Present simple with “I”
Read the sentences Who is speaking – Louise (L), Gabor (G) or Carolina (C)?
a) “I have a one-year-old daughter ………
b) “I don’t have many brothers or sisters” ……… c) “I don’t live in a flat” ………
d) “I work for a big company” ……… e) “I work in a school” ………
f) “I don’t have a job” ……… g) “I study a lot” ………
h) “We have a big garden” ………
G
L C
C
C L
G
(2)The simple present tense
• Use:
The simple present tense is used to express: A general truth
A present habit (always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never)
(3)To be (is, am, are)
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Yes No
I + am I + am not Am I…? Yes, I am No, I am not
You + are You + are not Are you…? Yes, you are No, you aren’t
He/She/It + is He/She/It + is not Is he/she/it…? Yes, he/ she/ it
is No, he/ she/ it isn’t
We + are We + are not Are we…? Yes, we are No, we aren’t
You + are You + are not Are you…? Yes, you are No, you aren’t
(4)To have (have, has)
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Yes No
I + have I + don’t have Do I have…? Yes, I do No, I don’t
You + have You + don’t have Do you have…? Yes, you do No, you don’t
He/She/It + has He/She/It + doesn’t
have Does he/she/it have…?
Yes, he/ she/ it does
No, he/ she/ it doesn’t
We + have We + don’t have Do we have…? Yes, we do No, we don’t
You + have You + don’t have Do you have…? Yes, you do No, you don’t
(5)Other verbs
To go
I/ We/ You/ They + go
He/ She/ It + goes
I/ We/ You/ They + don’t go
He/ She/ It + doesn’t go
Do I/ we/ you/ they + go…? Does he/ she/ it + go …?
To speak
I/ We/ You/ They + speak
He/ She/ It + speaks
I/ We/ You/ They + don’t speak
He/ She/ It + doesn’t speak
Do I/ we/ you/ they + speak…? Does he/ she/ it + speak…?
Notes: when the verb ends in: o, s, ss, sh, ch, z, y + es (y ies) with the third person
(6)Complete the sentences with the right form or tense of the verb in brackets
1 They (listen) ………… to their teacher
2 Nam (write) ………… on the desk
3 It (not be) ………… hot now
4 The car (run)
…………very fast The Earth (move)
………… around the Sun
1.They listen to their teacher
2.Nam writes on the desk
3.It isn’t hot now
4.The car runs very fast
5.The Earth moves
(7)Complete the sentences with the right form or tense of the verb in brackets
1 She (watch) ………… the weather forecast on TV this evening
2 ………… Tom (do)
………… his homework by himself?
3 Minh (have) …………a lot of good marks this
semester
4 John’s brother (not come) ………… to the party
5 Nga (say) ………… she is a salesgirl
1 She watches the weather forecast on TV this
evening
2 Does Tom his
homework by himself? • Minh has a lot of good
marks this semester • John’s brother doesn’t
come to the party • Nga says she is a
(8)Complete the sentences with the right form or tense of the verb in brackets
1 John (go) …to school by bike every day
2 They (understand) …the problem now
3 Henry always (swim) …in the evening
4 The coffee (not taste) …very delicious
5 Mark usually (walk) …to school
6 We often (have) …English on Monday and Friday
7 We (not be) … in the swimming-pool now
8 The cake (smell) …very good
1 John goes to school by bike
every day
2 They understand the problem
now
3 Henry always swims in the
evening
4 The coffee doesn’t taste very
delicious
5 Mark usually walks to school
6 We often have English on
Monday and Friday
7 We aren’t in the
swimming-pool now
(9)Arrange the following verbs into the right column that “s, es” pronounced
cooks, comes, practices, knows, changes, talks, misses, sees, keeps, lives, washes, studies, stops, meets, works, feels, understands, rises, eats, calls, catches, builds, laughs, thinks, arranges, answers, gets, remembers, watches, speaks
/s/ /z/ /iz/
(10)Underline the Present simple verbs in the texts on page 42
(11)I live in a small flat in the centre of the
(12)I work with small children and I live
(13)Transformation
• Rewrite the passages, replacing “I” with “He, She, Mary”
(14)Rewrite the sentences in Exercise to make them true for you Compare your answers with a partner
a) “I have a one-year-old daughter
I don’t have a one – year – old daughter!
b) “I don’t have many brothers or sisters” c) “I don’t live in a flat”
d) “I work for a big company” e) “I work in a school”
f) “I don’t have a job” g) “I study a lot”
(15)(16)Writing Task
Write four of these sentences about yourself but not write your name
I live in … I don’t live in …
I have … I don’t have …
I study … I don’t study …
I work in/ with/ for … I don’t work …
I live in Alexander Street I have one brother, but I don’t have any sisters I