eles Cea te f (RE RR RRR RRR RE REE eee eee eee eo i cS es ‘Essential Grammar inUse SECOND apy aLON Pere remy CAMBRIDGE A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of Ae Ae 6S[18] | do/work/like etc. (present simple) They're looking ar their books. Hek eating an ice-cream. They read a lot. He likes ice-cream They read / he likes / L work ete. = the presest simple: I/we/you/they read like work live — watch do have he/she/it reads likes works ives watches does. has: Remember: he works / she lives / it rains ett. © Lwork in ashop. My brother works ina bank. (of ‘My brother work’) © Linda lives in London. Her parents live in Scotland, © Icrains a lot in winter. Uhave = he/she/ichas: © John has a shower every day: Spelling (= Appendix 5): ~es after-s/-sh/-ch: pass 9 pases _ finish finishes. watch > watches ~y>-ies: study studies try — tries alo: do—>does go > goes We se the presente simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all che time: © ike big cities. The shops open at 9 o’clock and close at 5.30, Tim works very hard, He starts at 7.30 and finishes at 8 o'clock in the evening, The Earth goes round the Sun. We do a lot of different things in our fee time. Ie costs a lot of moncy to stay at lnxury hotels. always/never/often/sometimes/usually + present simple © Sue always arrives at work early. (1of ‘Sue arrives always’) Tusually go to work by car but sometimes I walk. (net “I go usually’) Julia never eats breakfast. “Tom lives near us. We often see him Ldon’t ... (negative) > [IMJ Do you... ? (questions) > [EJ Tam doing and I do = [TY always/usually often etc. (word order) =>BA 52 53 55 EXERCISES Write these verbs + -$ or -es. i fread) she ..reads, 3 (fy) it 5 (have) she 2 (think) be 4 (dance) he © (finish) it Complete the sentences about the people in the pictures. Use these verbs: eat golive play _— play _— sleep 1 He plays. the piano, cou. tenis, 2 They ina very big house tothe cinema a lor 3 alot offiuit. 6 .. eight hours a night Complete the sentences. Use these verbs: boil close cost cost like like mect open speak teach —_ wash Margaret SPe4K$., four langua: 1 2) at 9.30 in the morning. 3 at 5 o'clock in the evening. 4 Tina isa teacher, She nonin Mathernatics to young children, 5. My job is very interesting, 1 a lot of peopl 6 Peter comm his hair twice a week. 7 Food iy expensive. It alot of money. 8 Shoes are expensive. They aloc of money. 9 Water... sone att 100 degrees Celsius. 10 Julia and Tare good friends. I : her and she me Write sentences from these words, Put the verb in the right form (arrive or arrives etc.). (always / ealy / Sue / arrive) He. always. arrives, early, (basketball /L/ play / often) I = (work / Margaret / hard / usually) 4 - (Jenny / always / nice clothes / wear) . : (Ginmer / we / have / always / at 7.30) z 7 (iclevision / Tin / watch / never) (like / chocolate / children / usually) Julia / parties / enjoy / always) z evaueens Write sentences about yourself. Use always/never/often/sometimes/usually. 1. {watch television) | never watch television. / | usually watch television in the evening. (etc.) 2 (read in bed) Bonen (gct up before 7 o'clock) 4 (go to work/school by bus) 5 (drink cofee) iitrts 6 I don’t... (present simple negative) A. The present simple negative is don’t/doesn’t + verb: She doesn’t drink coffee. He doesn’t like his job. positive negative 1 | work t we | like we | do not you | do you | (don) | work they | have they like |e | works am do hha. | likes she | doesnot | have She | does N€ | (doesn’t) it it has @ I drink coffee but I don’t drink tea Sue drinks tea but she doesn’t drink coffve, © You don’t work very hard. © We don’t watch television very often. © The weather is usually nice. It doesn’t rain very often. @ Gerry and Linda don’t know many people B Remember: T/we/you/they don’t... © I don't like football, he/she/it doesn’t... © He doesn’t like football. © I don’t like Fred and Fred doesn’t like me. (not ‘Fred don't like’) © My car doesn’t use much petrol, (not ‘My car don't use’) © Sometimes he is late but it doesn’t happen very often. CE We use don’t/doesn’t + infinitive (don’t like / doesn’t speak / doesn't do etc): @ [don’t like washing the car. I don’t do it very often, indra speaks Spanish but she doesn’t speak Italian. (no! ‘doesn't speaks’) @ Bill doesn’t do his job very wel. (nof ‘Bill doesi' his job’) © Pauls doesn’t usually have breakfast. (not ‘doesn't... hns’) (20) 1 do/work/like ete, (present simple) => Do you ... ? (present iniple questions) =>61 EXERCISES Write the negative. 1 I play the piano very well. 2 Jane plays the piano very well. 3 They know my phone number 4 We work very hard. 5 He has a bath every day. 6 You do the same thing ev Jane y day. Study the information and write sentences with like, UNIT | don’t play the piano very well. Bill and Rose like classical music. 1 Carol Ha classical music. 2. Billand Rose Catol tyou I You | 3 1 classical music? [yes | no | 2 boxing? no | yes | ? 3 horror films? yes | no | ? Write about yourself. Use: Inever ... or often ... of 1 don’t... very aften. (watch TV) (go to the theatre) (ride a bicycle) (cat in restaurants) (eravel by train) WaONS \ don’t watch TV very often. (OR | neve R Loften. .-) Complete the sentences. All of them are negative. Use don’t/doesn't + one of these verbs: cost go know read see use wear T buy a newspaper every day but sometimes t don’t read... jc, 1 2 Paul has a car buche 3. They like films but they 4 Amanda is married but she. pal 6 [es not an expensive hotel. It 7 Brian lives near us but we Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative, is) 1 Margaret .SPe4KS.... four languages ~ 2 1 don’t like. my job. Kesar ose: (like) 3 Where’ Martin? ‘I'm sorry. | 4 Suc is very quiet person, She 5 Jim 6 Iesnortruc! 7 Thats a very beautifial picture. I... 8 Mark is a vegetarian, He _. it very often, to the cinema very often. a ring. much about polities. Un not interested in it, _.. much to stay there. _. him very often. slish, French, German and Spanish. (speak) * (know) very much. (talk) alot of tea. Its his favourite drink, (drink) itl (believe) it very much. (like) meat. (cat) (21