UNIT 5.

Grammar focus 1
Present simple: positive and negative (he/she/it).
Add letters to complete the he/she/it form of the verbs.
1 My mother read Hi! magazine.
2 James watches in the morning.
3 Winnie comes from South Korea.
4 Richard lives in the United States.
5 She goes to bed at eleven o'clock.
6 He enjoys watching football on TV.
7 My brother says he's fine.
8 She flies to London every summer - she never goes by train.
9 Tom always plays football on Saturday.
2a Look at the table and complete the sentences about Akiko with the Present simple form
of the verb in brackets.

1 She comes from (come from) from Japan.

2 She works (work) as a fashion designer.
3. she Lives (live) in San Francisco.
4. She Speaks (speak) Japanese and English.
5. she likes (like) cooking and dancing.
3 Look at the table in exercise 2a. Write sentences about David, Lauren and Tomasz using the
Present simple.
1 David teaches English.
2. he comes from England/ L.K.
3. He lives in Seoul.
4. he speaks English, Italian and Korean.
5. He plays the guitar.
6. Lauren lives in Spain.
7. She comes from Australia.
8.She speaks Spanish, Catalan and English.
9. she works in a bank.
10. She goes to the gym.
11. Tomasz speaks Polish, French and Russian. (speak)
12. He comes from Poland.
13. he lives in Paris.
14. He teaches music.
15. he plays computer games.
4a Make the sentences negative.
1. Maria likes studying grammar.
Maria doesn't like studying grammar.
2. it rains in summer.
It doesn’t rain in summer.
3. My brother likes getting up at seven o'clock.
My brother doesn’t like getting up at seven o'clock.
4. The restaurant closes on Sunday evening.
The restaurant doesn’t close on Sunday evening.
5. Martin comes to class every week.
Martin doesn’t come to class every week.
6. Tony buys all his food at the supermarket.
Tony doesn’t buy all his food at the supermarket.
7.Carla drives to work.
Carla doesn’t drive to work.
5 Complete the text with the Present simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Malcolrn Tracey 1 doesn't go (not go) to work; he only 2 leaves (leave) his hometown to go on
holiday in the Caribbean. But Malcolrn is a millionaire. He 3 writes (write) books about money
and how to make a lot of it. His new book is called Easy Money: How to make money without
getting out of bed. Malcolrn lives (live) in a large house near London. He 5 gets up (get up) at
about eight o'clock in the morning and (have) breakfast with his family: After breakfast, he 7
drives (drive) his children to school and 8reads (read) the newspaper in the garden until
lunchtime. After lunch, he 9 buys (buy) and 10sells (sell) on the interment. He 11 finishes
(finish) work at four o'clock when his children come home. I've got a simple system for making
money;' Malcolm 12 Says (say). 'It 13 doesn’t work (not work) for everybody; but it 14 Works
(work) for me!'
6 Read about Irene and Agnes. Write sentences about the things they like and dislike.
Irene and Agnes are both au pairs. They live with a family, do housework {clean the house) and
help with the children. In the afternoon, they take an English course. In the evenings, they
often babysit.
2. (housework)
Irene hates housework
Agnes loves housework
3 (talking to the family)
Irene loves talking to the family.
Agnes doesn’t like talking to the family
4 (the English course)
Irene likes the English course.
Agnes hates the English course.
5 (babysitting)
Irene doesn’t like babysitting.
Agnes likes babysitting.
Vocabulary
Activities
7 Add letters to complete the activities in the text.