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4 Language summary

Grammar Vocabulary
Simple present statements Getting around Days of
drive a car the week
Affirmative statements Negative statements
ride a bicycle / bike Monday
I drive I do not ride a motorcycle Tuesday
You drive You do not take a taxi / cab Wednesday
He drives He does not take the bus Thursday
to work. walk.
She drives She does not take the subway Friday
We drive We do not take the train Saturday
They drive They do not walk Sunday
weekdays
• Use the contractions don’t (do not) and doesn’t (does not) in speech. Telling time
weekend
• Use the simple present to talk about routines. It’s twelve o’clock.
It’s noon. Routines
Irregular verb have in the simple present It’s twelve p.m. cook dinner
Affirmative statements Negative statements It’s midnight. drink coffee
It’s twelve a.m. eat breakfast
I have I do not
It’s twelve-oh-five. exercise
You have You do not
It’s five after twelve. get up
He has He does not
a car. have a car. It’s twelve-fifteen. go to bed
She has She does not
It’s a quarter go to school
We have We do not
after twelve. read the news
They have They do not
It’s twelve-thirty. study
It’s half past twelve. watch TV
Irregular verb go in the simple present
It’s twelve-forty.
Affirmative statements Negative statements It’s twenty to one.
It’s twelve forty-five.
I go I do not
It’s a quarter to one.
You go You do not
a.m.
He goes He does not
home. go home. p.m.
She goes She does not
We go We do not Time expressions
They go They do not on Sunday(s)
on Sunday afternoon(s)
Simple present yes / no questions on weekdays
on the weekend
Yes / no questions Short answers Short answers
on weekends
Affirmative Negative
in the morning(s)
Do I work? you do. you don’t. in the afternoon(s)
Do you work? I do. I don’t. in the evening(s)
Does she work? she does. she doesn’t. at noon / midnight
Does he work? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t. at night
Does it work? it does. it doesn’t. before 7:00
Do you work? we do. we don’t. after midnight
Do they work? they do. they don’t. every day

Function
Asking the time
What time is it?
What’s the time?

Language summary T-230