PRESENT SIMPLE

VOCABULARY
Complete each phrase 1-8 with the words from the box

Drink - read - listen to - do - eat - play - go - watch

1. She_____drinks________coffee / water
2. Maria_____watches___________ films / TV
3. Carolina______plays__________ tennis / football
4. Martín_____eats___________ junk food / popcorn
5. Pedro_____reads___________ books / magazines
6. Linda_____listens to_________ music / an MP3 player
7. The cat_______goes_________ running / to the cinema
8. He_______does_________ sport / exercise

Add these words to phrases 1-8

Tea - a sandwich - DVDs - swimming - golf - newspapers - nothing - the teacher

1. She drinks tea______________________________________________

2. Maria watches DVD´s______________________________________________
3. Carolina plays golf______________________________________________
4. Martin eats a sandwich______________________________________________
5. Pedro reads newspapers______________________________________________
6. Linda listens to the teacher__________________________________________
7. The cat goes swimming_______________________________________
8. He does nothing__________________________________
 Read and understand
GROUPTALK.net

FILM GROUP
We love films old black and White films, new films, all kind of
films. We write about films on our group forum. We watch DVDs
and films on TV, and sometimes we go to the cinema together.
And yes, we like popcorn, too!

TRAVEL GROUP
We love to travel! We go everywhere. We meet people from
different countries and we chat with them about their lives. We
take photos of our travels, and post them on our website. We read
travel books and we like maps.

SPORT GROUP
We love sport! We do lots of sport. We play tennis and go running
or swimming every day. At the weekend, we do exercise in the gym
or we play football. We also watch sport on TV. We don’t eat junk
food, only good food. We don’t drink coffee, only water; 2-3 liters
a day.

LAID-BACK GROUP
We do nothing… just relax… all the time! We don’t like to work
and we hate sport, but we listen to our MP3 players a lot. We
watch TV every evening…. For 4-5 hours! We don’t read books or
newspapers, but sometimes we read magazines. Easy magazines,
of course!

ANSWER
1. How many online groups are there? There are three online groups_____________

2. Which is the right group for these people?

“I eat a lot of fruit and no fast food” _This is for sport group_____________________
“I watch everything with Johnny Depp in it” _This is for film group__________________
 “Sleep? I love it”. _This is for laid-back group_________________________________
“I send a postcard to my mum from every city”. _This is for travel group________________

3. Choose one of the groups below and write answers to the questions
a. Party Group
b. Good food Group 1. What do people in our group do? (write
c. Car Group four activities)
d. English Group
2. What don’t you do? (write 2 activities)
1.

 We read texts in English and argue about.

 We talk in English all the time.
 We recommend books in English.
2.

 We don´t talk in Spanish.

 We don´t give up.

Taking into account the reading “grouptalk.net” write verbs in the positive or
negative form
In the laid-back group they (1)____don´t like_______ to work and they (2) ____relax_____ all
the time. They (3)_____do_____________ nothing all day.
In the sport group they (4) ____play_______ tennis and (5) ______go_______ running or
swimming every day. At the weekend, they (6) ______do___________ exercise at the gym.
They (7) ____don´t eat____________ junk food and they (8) _____don´t drink_________
coffee.