Verbs 11 am, is, are: Present Simple tense of verb to be FORM Positive Negative Long Short [Long Short Lam I'm Tam not I'm not You are You're: You are not You aren’t she is she's She is not she isn't He is He's He is not He isn’t Itis It’s It is not Itisn’t ‘We are ‘We're ‘We are not ‘We aren't They are | They're | They are not _| They aren't Note: We can always use the positive short form after pronouns (I'm, you're, she's, he’s, i's, we're, they're) but we cannot always use it after nouns. > See Appendix 3 on short forms. Practice ‘11a Write the short form. 1 Itis a lovely day. 6 It is not very warm. It’s a lovely day. 2. We are not students. 7 He is American. We aren't students. 3. Lam sorry. 8 Lam not very well. 4 She is not here today. 9 You are very cold. 5 They are in the garden. 10 We are late. : 11b Complete the sentences with am, is or are. 1 she my class. 8 The book ............ here. 2 They ../¢.. not in my office. 9 The class ........... very big. 31 . from Spain. 10 The books on my desk. 4 He... a good teacher. 11 My sister and 1. . leaving. 5 HOW veeeeseeesse YOU? 12 It ......ee++. not my pen. 6 . she coming? 13 sscsccsees English very difficult? 7 they at home? 14. .. right?12 has, have got USE FORM Positive Negative T (ve got) T You (You've got) || You | have not we | have Bot | (we've got) |] we | (haven't) | 8" They (They've got) |] They She (She's got) _|[She He | has got __| (He's got) He faa got It {i's got) u Question Short answers 1 1 you Yes, | you have. Have | we Got? No, | we haven't. they they she she Has | he got ie. he ie ; it » fit : » See Appendix 3 on short forms. * Possession: She’s got three cats. Have you got a car? We've got three children. He hasn’t got many friends. * Illnesses: V've got a bad cold. Has he got a headache? * Descriptions: He's got brown hair, blue eyes and a long nose. Note: We can also use have for possession: They have a big house. Do you have a job? I don’t have enough money. But in British English have got is more common than have for possession.Practice 12a Complete the sentences with has and have got. Use the short forms ‘ve got and ’s got. 1 She..2.99f,. a beautiful bedroom. 7 Sarah ..... 12b Look at the two pictures. 2 You..vé.4ef.. a very nice bike. 8 1... 3 He. very long hair. 9 The dog .... 4 They two houses. 10 Alison 5 David . a bad foot. 1 He 6 We............alot of problems. 12 Julie . a new car. .. a terrible headache. . a broken leg. . a very good job. a lot of friends. beautiful hair. Picture A: Jill is in a restaurant. —_ Picture B: Her sister Jenny is in a restaurant. The pictures are nearly the same but there are ten differences. Write sentences about the differences, using 's got and hasn’t got. A /anny’s.ack. a glass of water. 2 vill aot. a fork. venny hasn't gota fork. 3 a napkin. a napkin 4 a menu. a menu, 5 .. a bag. a bag 6 opescsccttseeceeeeeeeeeeeeees @ COAL - a coat. 7 a lighter. .- a lighter. 8 .. a watch, a watch, 9 .. a newspaper, .. a newspaper, .. a ring .. a ring.12 Jack is going on holiday to France. His friend is checking that he has got everything. In your notebook, write questions about the following using “Have you got your ... 2” French phrase book passport address book __ticket French francs sunglasses Swimming costume umbrella travel clock camera | Then look at Jack’s suitcase and answer the questions with Yes, I have. or No, I haven't. Example: 1 Have you got your swimming costume?" ‘Yes, | have.’ 2 Have you got your umbrella?" ‘No, t haven't.” 12d Complete the questions and answers. 1 “..H28.. she ..29t., a sister?’ ‘No, she 14: Hi . you . 4¢f., a telephone?” Yes, 1 we... the tickets?’ “Yes, we . the town ............ a theatre?’ ‘No, it ee vesssesssee a JOB? “No, he .... - your friends ............ some good music?” “Yes, they .. eL ccccsccsse time for a cup of coffee?’ ‘Yes, you eos COM? "VES, NE -esesesveee 2 a garden?” ‘No, they - your son . they you . a good hotel room?’ ‘Yes, we .13 | walk to school: Present Simple tense: positive FORM 1 she a work, He works. We a They © She, he, it: add s to the verb. She You | teach. He | teaches. hig Tt They © Verbs ending in sh, ch, ss, 0 or x, e.g. teach, wash, watch, go: add es to the verb after she, he, it. I She You carry. He —_| carries. we It They ‘* Verbs ending in consonant + y, e.g. carry, study, cry: change y + i and add es after she, he, it. : USE ‘ © To give a general description of a person or thing. Not for an activity happening now. © With chink, know, understand, agree, want (verbs that are not activities). * With sometimes, often, always, usually, never, occasionally (adverbs of frequency). These adverbs usually go before the present simple verb: She often goes there. He doesn’t often go there. Do you sometimes go there? © With repeated times, e.g. every Saturday, in the evening (= every evening), at 8 o’clock (= at 8 o'clock every day), in the summer (= every summer). Practice 13a Complete the sentences with the verb in the correct form. 1 Children _ a lot of questions. (ask) 2 1.,/ové.. classical music. (love) 3 You always .... ... my birthday. (forget) 4 She never ... .. to me, (listen) 5 They usually .. .. coffee after their evening meal. (drink)61 7 My parents usually (come) to work when the weather's cold. (drive) to our house on Sundays. 8 They ... ... two languages at school. (learn) 9 The village shop ............ .. at 8 o’clock in the morning. (open) 10 We.. - her a diary every year. (give) TL He offen ......ssssesetecssseseese With his brother. (fight) 12 You never . .. me with my homework. (help) -13 Big dogs . a lot of exercise. (like) 14 He... .. Arabic. (understand) . 15 Lessons ....... at 9 o'clock every morning. (start) 13b Complete the sentences with the verb in the correct form. 13¢ 1 She .4929.. to college on her bike. (go) A lot of birds ..fly., south in the winter. (fly) She ... very hard at the weekends. (study) My father .................stelevision most evenings. (watch) often at the cinema. (cry) She A mother cat . a lot of homework in the evenings. (do) ve. her kittens. (wash) language very well. (teach) He: asstsece . the shopping for his grandmother. (carry) . other children. (push) we ernaneun 10 He's very naughty - he . Write the sentences again, using she or he. 1 [always listen to the radio in the mornings. (She) She always listens to the radio in the mornings. 2 I take the dog for a walk every day. (He) He takes the dog for a walk every day. 3° usually buy all the food. (She) 4 [teach history and Latin. (She) 5 I walk to the office every day. (He) v6 I never wash the car. (She) 7. Lopen the building every morning. (He) 8 Loccasionally write letters to my old school friends. (He) 9 I drink a lot of tea with my breakfast. (He) 10 I watch the football on television every Saturday. (She) 13d In your notebook, write sentences in the present simple about these people. Name: (Ms) Sarah Jones Name: (Ms) Deniz Ulgen Nationality: British Nationality: Turkish Address: 3, Clapham Terrace, Address: Buyuk Caddesi 15, London, S.W. 2. Kizilay, Ankara, Great Britain Turkey Job: Bank cashier Job: Hotel receptionist Hobbies: I play tennis and Hobbies: I play chess and go work in the garden to concerts Languages: French and a Languages: English little Spanish German Name: (Mr) Pierre Moulin Name: (Ms) Maria Protopapas Nationality: French Nationality: Greek Address: 15, rue du Nord, Address: Agios Pedros 9, 94250 Gentilly, Galatsi 11142 Paris, France Athens, Greece Job: Shop manager Job: School teacher Hobbies: I paint and listen Hobbies: I go for long walks and to music play volleyball Languages: Some English and a Languages: Fluent English and little Italian some Arabic Example: Sarah Jones comes from Britain. She lives in Landon, She works in a bank. She often plays tennis and works in the garden. She speaks French and a little Spanish. Deniz Ulgen ... Pierre Moulin ... Maria Protopapas ...14 Present Simple tense: questions FORM a you Do | we live ...2 | | Does they | 7 live \ * Question form: do, does + subject + infinitive. * There is no s at the end of the verb in questions: She lives ... but Does she live ...? Boes-shetives ...? NOT Short answers 1 I you you | donot. Yes, | we | do. No, |we | (don't) they they Leer ~ | she she ] Yes, | he does. No, | he does not. It it (doesn’t) | J Pracuce az 14a Add do or does to make questions and do, don’t, does or doesn’t to make short answers. 1 ‘.Poes.. she live with her parents?’ ‘Yes, she ..4¢ 2., you like your job?’ ‘No, 1 .dent.? .. l speak Italian well?” ‘Yes, you ... .. you drive to work?” ‘No, I. “Yes, they .... .. they work hard at university?’ ... Alan smoke?’ ‘No, he -- your sister visit you very often?’ ‘Yes, she ....... .. we usually give her a birthday present?” .. you write to your parents very often?’ ‘No, I .. he help you very much?’ ‘Yes, he .14b Make these sentences into questions. 1 The shop closes at 5 o'clock. Does the shop close at 5 o'clock? ‘They go swimming every weekend. Do they go swimming every weekend? She speaks English well. It rains a lot here in winter. You drink a lot of tea. T eat too much, doctor. ‘Tony often plays golf at the weekends. His friends visit him most evenings. 14¢ Write the questions in the present simple. 1 Where / you / work? Where do you work? ‘What / she / do? What does she do? Where / he / live? What music / your husband / like? When / she / do her homework? Why / we / learn Latin? Who / she / teach? How /1 / turn on the television?15 Present Simple FORM tense: negatives 1 You We They do not (don’t) like... . does not (doesn’t) like ... . © Negative form: Subject + do not, does not + infinitive. Note: There is no s at the end of the verb in the negative: ‘She likes ... but She doesn’t like ... - NOT 15 Change these sentences from the positive to the negative. 1 She works very hard. She doesn't work very hard. 2 It usually snows here in the winter. 3. I like a big breakfast every morning. 4 The film starts very early. 5. He swims every morning. 6 They always open the windows at night. 7 We often see our neighbours in the garden. 8 Chris goes on holiday every year. 9 You drive e very fast. 10 These young children learn very quickly.16 Present Simple tense Check 16a Complete the boxes. Use the verb work. Positive Negative 1 fe You You cst work. We They They She she He siitienceeec| | He It | Question Short answers _ T I Yes, | you Do No, Yes, No, 16b Complete the conversation, putting the verbs into the present simple. ‘A: Hello. Nice to see you.' 2e. you ,work (work) here? B: Yes, I do. I'm the head waiter. ‘A: Oh good. And *. B: Oh yes, I’, The chef *.. - You. . (like) it? (love) it here. It’s an excellent restaurant. +++ (cook) wonderful food and the waiters all (work) very hard. The only problem is that I Sceccessseeesesessseee (NOL/go Out) in the evenings any more because I'm always busy here. A: Ah, that’s why we’... B: That's right. I only usually °. +++, (not/see) you now at the club. sss (have) one evening free and 1 .- Maria (stay) at home then, ®. eat (go) to the club now? : Oh yes, she does. She ". .- you (see) her? .. (talk) about you sometimes:tevaeee (not/know) B: No, I don’t. I’m always busy and she ”........ (telephone) her sometimes but about this new job. I “.. she’s always out. A: Well, she ®.... tessa seve (KNOW) SHE” sessecssssee (want) to see (go out) quite often. But | you again. B: Look at the door! It’s Maria. She’s coming in here.