5A Grammar simple present: I and you

 a Complete the conversations with do or don’t.

1 A 1Do you speak Arabic?

B No, I 2   ,
don't but I speak Spanish.
A Oh, 3   
do you read in Spanish, too?
B Yes, I 4   .
do I read magazines in Spanish.

2 A 5   
do you watch MTV?
B No, I 6    .
don't I watch CNN.
A 7   
Do you listen to pop music?
B No. I 8   
don't like pop music. I listen to
classical music.

  b Complete the conversations with the right form of the verb in parentheses.

1 A 1Do you have a big family? (have)

B Yes, I 2do. I 3   
have six brothers and sisters. (have)
A 4   
DO you    
live in a big house? (live)

B No, I 5   .
don't Our house is very small.

like
2 A I 6    Italian food. (like)
B Why not? It’s great. 7   
Do you    
like pizza? (like)
A Well, yes, I 8   .
do Pizza’s very good.
B Well, so you 9   
like one Italian food. (like)
A Yes, that’s right!

activation
  c Work with a partner. Act out the conversations in a and b.

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 5B Grammar  simple present: we, you, they;
Wh- questions
 a Complete the conversation. Use the words in parentheses.

A Where 1do you live? (live)

live havew
B We 2    in Los Angeles, but we also 3    an apartment
in New York. (live; have)
Do you    
A 4    have
big, expensive cars? (have)
B No, we don’t . We 5   
like small cars. (like)

A 6   
Do
you    
read magazines? (read)

B Well, yes, we 7   

reads Rock Star magazine every week. (read)

A And newspapers?
don't read
B No. We 8    newspapers. We 9   
watch the news on TV every

morning. (not read; watch)

 b Complete the conversation. Write the questions.

A 1When do they eat breakfast?

B They usually eat breakfast at eight o’clock.
who food do they have at home?
A 2              ?
B They usually have eggs, cereal, and fruit for breakfast.
who do they orange juice
A Wow! That’s a big breakfast. 3            ?
B No, they don’t. They don’t like orange juice.
A 4              ?
where do they drink chocolate

B They drink hot chocolate.

where do work office
A Good. 5              ?
B I work in an office downtown. Here’s the phone number.
A 6              ?
what do I cell phone number

B Yes, I do. My cell phone number is 555-166-6555.

activation
  b Practice the conversations with a partner.

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