1 Present Simple (affirmative) Grammar Practice Say and read these sentences Te] ae Jyor | Bee scroa | They work | in Middleford. lives: in Applefield. goes to school Sno | Sere rains every day We use the Present Simple tense for habits for things which we do always, or usually or every day. This is different from the Present Continuous tense (see Unit 5) which we se for things which are happening now. [Present Simple | Present Continuous | smoke cigarettes {am not smoking now. Heworks atthe library | but | he snot working now She drinks tea for breakfast she is drinking coffee now. Exercise 1a Fill the spaces with verbs. Use the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Say the sentences first, then write them. These are the verbs. rain, drink, drive, read, go a) it MNS. alot in England, AS raining we can't go out b) Look at the cat! It your teal Some people wine with every meal ©) DrNewton alarge black car. Bruce is in his car; he to London. d) MrSteele the newspaper at breakfast every day. Arthur's in the sitting-room; he a book. e) It's five o'clock; | home. Arthur home at five o'clock every day. 592. Present Simple (interrogative) Exercise 1b This exercise is about you. Fillthe spaces and cross out the wrong words. 1 in the town of, iM oan at o'clock in the morning. For breakfast ' and coffeeltea. | toworkd school by busitrain/car. |. lunch at . o'clock. In the afternoon H 1 home at o'clock. In the evening | television/records/a book. At the weekend | Say and write these questions and answers. \ | Do | ¥2"| tive they, got school | in Middleford? F work in Applefield? e Does | she | it [Taineveryday| a 1 | you you ; xe | do YOU | don't Yes, | they _| | No, | they he he she | does. she | doesn't. it | it Exercise 2 Practise these conversations with a friend. a) A: What do you do? B: | work ima And you? A: | work Ama B: What does your father/mother/brother/sister do? A: He/She works .. Me's a She's a b)"A: Do you live in ? B: Yes, | do/No, | don't; | live in Where do you live? A In _— Where does your father/mother/brother/sister live? B: He/She lives in 603. Present Simple (negative) 4. often, always, sometimes, never, usually This is the spoken form. Say these sentences. \ You | dontt | ve ie goto school | in Middleford, ey work in Applefield. He She_| doesn't . It rain every day This is the written form. Read these sentences. live | goto school in Middletord work in Appletield | She | does not a fit [rain every day Exercise 3 Fill the spaces with negatives. doesn't), then write them (use do not or does not). a) | denote them either, b) Mrs Harrison cook good meals, so Arthur at home very often 1 German people. ) Arthur e) ‘You because my wife want to learn German because | work in London, and he drive very fast, do you?’ 'No, | Tike it” Notice the position of these five words in all these sentences. a) with am, are, is always sometimes never usually late for work, early for school. Say the sentences first (use don't or like omelettes very much, and my brother 42¢6.496.. like eat know any live there either. drive fastb) with the Present Simple (affirmative) ae 3 — \ You en eat eggs for breakfast We Sees watch TV in the evening. They | ever — He | Usually | eats eggs for breakfast She watches TV nthe evening c) with the Present Simple (negative) 1 [2 @ fa I You , We | dont | often, | eat eggs for breakfast They E aways | watch TV inthe evening, ie , She | doesn't : d) with the Present Simple (interrogative) i je [a | you Do | we ore eat eggs for breakfast? > wey awa | watch TV in the evening e Does | Pe, Exercise 4 How often do you do the things in the list below? Put a tick (V) in the right column. Then say the sentences, remembering the position of the adverbs, e.g. | never play football; | don't often dance. Then ask a friend, e.g. Do you often listen to records? Do you always walk to school? always | often | sometimes not often play football dance listen to records watch television eat ice-cream wear jeans drink milk walk to work/schoo! stay at home on Sundays sing dream read newspapers 2Words and Phrases clothe: kloudz, dress dres jeans dgisnz sweater sweta" necklace ‘neklos guest gest landlady “lenlerdi porter ‘porto* postman ‘paustmn cook kuk uncle ‘stju:dnt digs digz flat fet engineering firm ,endgi'nrorig fam university _jusnr'va:satt team tim Yes,|do. No, I don’t (do not). Yes, hedoes. No, he doesn't (does not). Happy birthday Jennifer! Hello, Bob, i's iceto see you. Here's present for you. That's very kind of you. 63 evening vag night nat summer ‘sama* accident ‘wksidant journey ‘dgo:m record player ‘rekord pleta® case kers class kla:s. number ‘nambo* kind kaind bacon 'betkn cigar srga:* awful ‘oxful kind aind poor pus" slow slow local "Tookl Jnaepr’bs:0der nas t9'si “kaind av ju sometimes. “samtarmz, often ‘vin by (bus) bar know now like lark want wont go out with gov aut wid get on (the bus) get on come in kam in live Iv sell sel welcome "welkom dance dazns cook kuk Whattimeisthetrain? — wot'tarm No work tomorrow! Thank goodness! eenk ‘gudnis Didcot “didkot Bob bob Dawson “do:sn Lester “TestoWordgame 1 Wordgame 2 Say the words and write them in the right column. landlady, policeman, expensive, vegetable, interesting, pyjamas, calendar, typewriter, compartment, newspaper, probably, tomorrow, conductor, good- looking, certainly, umbrella tibrary un'eonscious landlady policeman. People at work What do these people do? He tells you the way to the station! He brings you a meal in a restaurant, He takes your bus fare. He/she takes you home on the bus Heishe sells tickets at the station. He/she works with books. He/she works in a hospital He/she plays records on the radio. @Vousens What does she do?Activity 1 Communication Practice Parties Read Jennifer's invitation and then answer the questions. COME T0A PARTY | Temnifer Newton is having a party on Saturday 22nd June for her 17th birthday. Food, drink, dancing. 8 oclock util late. Any Kind of clothes. Bring a bottle aud a friend. RSVP Peav Tree Cottage, Applefield, Berkshive a) Why is Jennifer having a party? 'b) What time does the party start? ©) What time does it finish? d) What can the guests wear? e) ‘RSVP 'is French. It means: 1 ‘Don't be late. 2 ‘Please answer this invitation. 3 This is where | live.’ Now write an invitation to your party. Say: a) the date, time and place of the party. b) the reason for it ©) what you're going to do at the party. d) what you want the guests to bring or wear. etc 65Activity 2 Activity 3 Meeting people ‘Make conversations with two partners. Change the names. ‘Mary, this is Bob. Bob, this is Mary ‘A: | Mary, do you know Bob? ‘Mary, have you met Bob? [Hello,Bob. B: | No, don't. Hallo, Bob. No: |haven't. Hallo, Bob. o. [Halo May. Nieto meet you. | p: | What do you do, Bob? | Wy c, |Imtrom Reading. |_| What about you? I'ma student at Reading University. | | Where do you come from? | What do you do? g. |! from Midalefora. | Lwork in a library. Presents Decide in a group which of these presents you can give to the five people. Say why you want to give them the presents. di TD