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1 Present simple positive

1 We use the present simple to talk about habits and routines.

1 I work in a school in Sydney. 4 He works at the university.

2 She likes her job. 5 You go to work by bicycle.
3 They study Spanish at school. 6 We teach children.
2 Most verbs add -s to the he/she/it form.
3 Some verbs change their spelling for the he/she/it form.

verbs ending in …
-ch, -sh, -ss, -o, + -es
consonant +y, delete -y, + ies
teach →teaches He teaches English.
watch →watches She watches TV at night.
go →goes The bus goes to the airport.
do →does
study →studies He studies at university.
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 4.1 Present simple positive
1 The present simple form of have for he/she/it is has.

1 I have a new bicycle.

2 He/She has a lovely house.

We use
2 We use have/has and have got/has got for possession.
contractions with
have got/has got,
1 He has got a great job. (= He’s got a great job. ) but not with
2 He has a great job. (NOT He’s a great job.) have/has.

3 We use have/has to talk about present simple actions, not have got.

1 We have breakfast at work. NOT We’ve got breakfast at work.

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 4.1 Present simple positive

1 Correct the mistakes.

1 He like football. He likes football.

2 She studys Chinese and English. She studies Chinese and English.

3 The bus go at 10 a.m. The bus goes at 10 a.m.

4 He’s a new car. It go very fast. He has/’s got a new car. It goes very fast.

5 She teachs at university. She teaches at university.

6 He plaies tennis on Saturdays. He plays tennis on Saturdays.

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 4.2 Present simple negative

1 To make the present simple negative we use don’t/doesn’t + verb (infinitive

without to).

subject negative verb

I don’t /do not walk to work.
You don’t /do not cycle to work.
We don’t /do not go by bus.
They don’t /do not like public transport.
He doesn’t /does not walk to school.
She doesn’t /does not drive a car.
It doesn’t /does not go to university.

2 We do not add -s/-es to the he/she/it form of the verb, e.g. It doesn’t works.
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1 Rewrite the sentences to make them negative.

1 He lives in a big house. He doesn’t live in a big house.

2 They speak Chinese. They don’t speak Chinese.

3 She likes football. She doesn’t like football.

4 We teach English. We don’t teach English.

5 It has a big bedroom. It doesn’t have a big bedroom.

6 You go to work by bus. You don’t go to work by bus.

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 4.3 Present simple yes/no questions

1 We make present simple yes/no questions with do/does + subject + verb

(infinitive without to).

be subject Short answers (+) Short answers (-)

I/you/ like tea? No, I/you/we/they don’t .

Do Yes, I/you/we/they do.
we/they speak French? No, I/you/we/they do not.

like coffee? No, he/she/it doesn’t.

Does he/she/it Yes, he/she/it does.
watch TV? No, he/she/it does not.

2 We do not add -s/es to the he/she/it form of the main verb. NOT Does she likes
tea?
3 In short answers we use do/does, not the main verb.
4 We use contractions in negative short answers, but we do not use them in
positive short answers.
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 4.3 Present simple yes/no questions

1 Turn the sentences into questions.

1 You like your job. Do you like your job?

2 She speaks Japanese. Does she speak Japanese?

3 He goes to work by car. Does he go to work by car?

4 They study English. Do they study English?

5 He has a new job. Does he have a new job?

6 You cycle to work. Do you cycle to work?

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