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CHAPTER 3 Using the Simple Present 3-1 FORM AND BAS! PRESEN’ a eS oe cong ceune | Soeeceae ee ee eet ee oes oe | ec Tear ear ee ciorgteetenys oe wes ey ih ne aera aes (@) They go to the beach every weekend. ‘Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday, | ae re Cl EXERCISE 1. Let's talk: pairwork, Directions: Work with a partner. parr 1. What do you do every morning? On the left is a list of habits. Check (V) your habits every morning. Put them in order. What do you do first, second, third, etc.? Write them on the lines. a aarrs cat breakfast g0 to class put om my clothes drink a cup of coffeetes shave pat on my make-up take a showervbath setup pick up my books walk to the bathroom watch TV look in the mirror turn off the alarm clock go to the kitchen/the cafeteria bbrush/comb my hair say good-bye to my roommate! wifeshusband/parents/partner/ete. brush my teeth do exercises wash my face is 2. 3, 10. n 2 1B. 4 15. 16. [MY HARITS EVERY MORNING The alarm clock rings. turn off the alarm clock, arr 1, Tell a partner about your habits every morning. Close your book. 84 CHAPTERS 1 EXERCISE 2. Listening. Gq Directions: Listen to the sentences and circle the verbs you hear. GG) wakes 2. wake wakes beget pew ago goes S.do docs 1 EXERCISE 3. Sentence practice. 6. watch watches 7. take takes Bo take takes 9, take takes 10. talk talks Directions: Choose the correct completions. 1, My mother and father ___eat___ breakfast at 7:00 every day. eat eats 2. My mother tea with her breakfast. drink drinks 3.1 a bath every morning. take takes 4. My sister a shower. take takes 5.1 English with my friends. study studies 6. We 10 school together every morning. walk, walks 7. Class at 9:00 every day. begin begins 8 It at 12:00 for lunch. stop. stops: 9. We in the cafeteria eat eats 10. My friends and 1 hhoine at 3:00 every afternoon. 0 goes Using the simple Present 55 3-2 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER 100% always (a) Bob aways eats breakfast atoays 90%-99% usualy (0) Mary usually eats breakfast ually 75%-90% often (©) They often watch TY 2t night. Liasd 25%6-15% sometines (8) Tom sometimes watches TV. | SUBIECT * somina)* vis S%10% — tedom—(@) Tseldom watch TV. a 1% 10% rarely) rivet drink milk, never 0% ) I never eat paper. ‘The words in this list ae called “frequency adverbs.” They come berween the subject and the simple present verb.*| *Some tequency adverts can also come athe beginning oa the end of sentence. For esrpl: ‘Sometimes 1g! up tc. I sometimes e up at seen. 1p wp atten sometime. Ale See Chart 34.5, forthe oe of equeney ave ith Ba EXERCISE 4. Sentence practice. Directions: Complete the sentences in the chart. Use each frequency adverb once. Vakways often never rarely seldom sometimes usually ‘Sua, Fries 1. Ann — always — drinks ta with tanch. | TF a/G/F alaialr Qage Fa | Sie Bole 2, Bob —__ din tea ith unc. Se|e 3. Masia tings ta with tune So|e 4. Gary drinks sea with heh, B/e|e 5. Alt __ drinks ten with ne Cle 6. Sonya sinks tea with lnc e 7, Joe _____ drinks tea with lunch, 86 CHAPTERS Cl EXERCISE 5. Sentence practice. Directions: Write S over the subject and V over the verb in each sentence. Then rewrite the sentences, adding the italicized frequency adverbs. sv 1, always ——_‘Leat breakfast in the morning. J always eat breakfast in the morning. 2. never eat carrots for breakfast. ee Fogle uncare 3. seldom watch TV in the morning, inthe morning, 4, somerimes Thhave tea with dinner, ith inner, 5. uswally Sonya eats lunch at the cafeteria, at the cafeteria 6. rarely Joc drinks tea. 7. often We listen to music after dinner. after dinner. 8, always ‘The students speak English in the classroom. in the classroom. EXERCISE 6. Let's talk: class activity. Directions: Your teacher will ask you to talk about your morning, afternoon, and evening activities. Close your books for this activity ‘TEACHER: Tell me something you always do in the morning. never do in the afternoon. never do in the morning. often do in the evening, - sometimes do in the evening. usually do in the afternoon, ). rarely do in the evening. 1 A 3. sometimes do in the morning, 4, 5. seldom do in the afternoon. 10. sometimes do on weekends. Using the Simple Present 57 ‘once a day. twice a day. three times @ day. four times a day. ete. (b) I sce my grandparents three times a week. (©) Ise my aunt once a month (@ Isee my cousin Sam twice a year. (@) Tdrink tea ‘We can express frequency by saying how many times something happens a day. a week. ‘a month year. () T see my roommate every morning. 1 pay my bills every month, I see my doctor every year. Every is singular. The noun that follows (e.g morning) must be singular. INCORRECT: every mornings EXERCISE 7. Sentence practice. Directions: How often do the people in the chart take the bus? Use the chart to complete the sentences. ‘Sun. ‘Mon. [ Tues. | Wed. [Thurs.| Fri. Hamid Es) @8| 68/65 a ‘Anna Yoko ‘Marco = Joe 3) ae ald Se oe Mr. Wu ‘Mrs. Cook 8 aaa 8 8 BeBe 1, Hamid takes the bus ___seven times _ a week. That means he ——alweays__ takes the bus. 2. Anna takes the bus takes the bus. 3. Yoko takes the bus takes the bus. ‘a.week. That means she a week. That means she 4. Marco takes the bus _____ a week. Tha means he takes the bus. 5. Joe takes the bus ‘week. That means he takes the bus. a Ms We ace hc int 7, Mrs. Cook takes the bus __________ a week. That means she takes the bus. EXERCISE 8. Listening. Gq__ Directions: Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear. 1. Gori) morsings day das ayer yea 6. time ines 3. year ‘years 7. night nights fdy days &. month monde SUBECT + mE + FREQUENCY Frequency adverbs follow am, is, are ADVERR (the simple forms of be). Tom + is + | sometimes) + late for class. SUBIECT + FREQUENCY + OTHER SIMPLE Frequency adverbs come before all ‘ADVERE PRESENT VERBS simple present verbs except be. often Tom + | sometimes} + comes late. rarely Using the simple Present 59 Cl EXERCISE 9. Sentence practice. Directions: Add the frequency adverbs to the sentences. 1. always 2. always 3. offen 4. often 5. never 6. never 7. usually 8. usually 9. seldom 10. seldom 11, sometimes 13. usually 14, never ‘Ann is on time for class. -+ Ann is akvays on time for class ‘Ann comes to class on time. > Ann alta comes to class on time. ‘Maria is late for class. ‘Maria comes to class late. It snows in my hometown, Itis very cold in my hometown. Bob is at home in the evening. Bob stays at home in the evening. ‘Tom studies at the library in the evening. His classmates are at the library in the evening, I skip breakfast. Thave time for a big breakfast. Tam very hungry by lunchtime. Sue drinks coffee. Cl EXERCISE 10. Let's talk: class activity. Directions: Talk about what your classmates do in the evening. part 1, Check (7) the boxes to describe your activities after 5:00 PM. always | usually | often | sometimes | seldom | rarely | never eat dinner {go t0 a movie ‘50 shopping 0 swimming spend time with my friends be at home listen to music watch videos or DVDs 9. speak English 10. send e-mails 11, suef the Internet 12, drink coffe after 9:00 13, be in bed at ten o'clock [M4 8010 be Hate 60 CHAPTERS Parr i, Exchange books with a partner. Your partner will tell the class two things about your evening. Example: (Carlos) is usually at home. He sometimes sends e-mails. (Olga) sometimes drinks coffee after 9:00. She usually goes to bed late. 1 EXERCISE 11. Paragraph practice. Directions: Write about a typical day in your life, from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed. Use the following words to show the order of your activities: then, next, at ....0°clock, after that, later. Example: | usually get up at seven-thirty. 1 shave, brush my teeth, and take a shower. Then | put on my clothes and go to the student cafeteria for breakfast. After that | go back to my room. | sometimes watch the news on TV. At 8:15, ‘eave the dormitory. 1 go to class. My class begins at 8:30. I’m in class from 8:30 to 11:30. After that | eat lunch. | usually have a sandwich and a cup of tea for lunch. (Continue until you complete your day.) SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES seuuma | PRONUNCIATION -sh (@) push > pushes pushfan! Ending of verb: shy -chy 85, sch (@) teach > teaches taachlan! Spolling: add -e, ss (c) kiss > kisses issioal ‘Pronunciation: /oa/ m= Oi > fs fates! Cl EXERCISE 12. Sentence practice. Directions: Use the verbs in italics to complete the sentences. 1. brush Alice ____brushes her hair every morning. 2. wach Alex English, 3. fix Jason his breakfast every morning. He makes eggs and toast. 4, drink Sonya tea every afternoon. 5. match Joon Kee often television at night. 6. hiss Peter always his children goodnight. Using the simple Present 61 OOo Dir ually et jeans to class. 8. wash Eric seldom dishes. 9. walk Jenny her dog twice each day. 10, seth, When Jack gets up in the morning, he and aon Cl EXERCISE 13. Listening. Gq Directions: Listen to the sentences and circle the verbs you hear. 1 each 6. wich watches teach teaches bm bees 2.x fxs abs bees 4 sues wash nhs Sch wats 10. wh aes CI EXERCISE 14. Verb form practice, Directions: Complete the sentences. Use the words in the list and add -s or -es. ‘Then practice reading the story aloud (with a partner or in small groups). bruh get take ‘wash cook Y leave urn ‘watch Laura leaves her office every night at 5:00 and _____ on ‘a bus to go home, She has a regular schedule every evening. She dinner and then down to eat at 6:00, After she the dishes, she on the TV. She usually the news and then 2 movie. At 9:00, she a shower. She always hher teeth after her shower. Then she picks up a book and in bed for a while. She usually asleep before 10:00. 62 CHAPTERS oD elt 1 EXERCISE 15. Spelling practice. Directions: Complete the chart with the correct form of each verb. 1, Tuy, He 2, We study, She 3. They say. Ie 4, You worry. ‘My mother 5. We fly. Abird 6, I stay awake, Paul awake. 7, Lenjoy games. Ann games. 8, Students buy books. My brother books. 9._We pay bills. Gina bills. 10. Tplay music. PP My fiend musi. EXERCISE 16. Sentence practice. Directions: Use the words in italics to complete the sentences. 1. pay, aleways Boris _always pays _his bills on time, 2. ery,seldem Our baby at night. 3. smudy Paul at the library every day. 4, stay, usually — Laura hhome at night. Using the Simple Present 63 5. fy Kunio is a pilot. He _____ a plane. <=} ‘plane 6. carry, akomys Caroler books to class. 7. buy, seldom = Ann ________ new clothes. 8. worry ‘Tina is a good student, but she _____ about her grades. 9. enjoy Ron ____ good food. IRREGULAR (@) Thave a book. Have, do, and go bave irregular forms for third person singular: (0) He has a book. awe > hat do > does (©) Ido my work she popes he | + does ‘daz! (@ She does her work. — it (© They goto school. she | he | + goes igows! (D) She goes to school. it (EXERCISE 17. Sentence practice. Directions: Use the given verbs to complete the sentences. 1. do Pierre always __does __ his homework. 2.do We always _do our homework. 3. hace Yoko and Hamid __ their books. 4. have Mrs. Chang scar, 5.0 Andy __ to school every day. 64 CHAPTERS 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES SPELLING PRONUNCIATION @ mab + rubs rublt “To form a simple present ver in 3rd person Fide rides il) fingale, you svaly 206 only -¥, 08a (0) and). smile anes Sel! ——— Ges idaes dose In (a): a is pronounced //. The final sounds in @) cae ae Ean ae “voiced.” Voiced sounds make your vocal von Sais art! cords vibrate. The sound / isa voiced sound drive > drives Siete see ses sat tno > sone ona! (0) dink drinks tel In (tis pronounced //. The final sounds in (6) cep Sept are “vojeless”* Your vocal cords do sor vibrate eee ee tvth voiceless sounds. You puth air trough your Deicege Low teeth and lips. The sound fp ia voiceles sound. (@ push pathos pushin! End of ves ah, och, oa, teach ~*waches aces Speling: add -es Kis > hiner fsa! Promunciation: (sa! fix + fses fin! (@) cry — ores cota End of verb: consonant +9 sidy*enaios ———studial Spelling: change y tof, add -es © papas pon End of ver: vowel + = buy be brave! Spelling: change yt 4 ad -es have > has fea! “The 3rd person singular forms of hae, and do eo” geen ‘gow! are regular. do does fae! “Vos sands = 8 evn nny ite owas hae ose sounds » £25 pth ai hk (EXERCISE 19. Let's talk: class activity. Directions: ‘Talk about everyday activities using the given verbs. Close your book, Example: TEACHER: eat SPEAKER A: I eat breakfast every morning, ‘TEACHER: What does (Speaker A) do every morning? SPEAKER B: She/He eats breakfast. 1. eat 4, brush 7. getup 10. do 13. puton 2. go 5. have 8. watch LL listen to 14. carry 3. drink 6. study 9. speak 12. wash 15. kiss 66 CHAPTERS EXERCISE 20. Sentence practice. Directions: Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. Use the simple present tense. Pay special attention to singular and plural and to the spelling of final ~sines. 1. The students (ask, often) ___often ask___ questions in class. 2. Pablo (study, usually) at the library every evening. 3. Olga (bite) her fingernails when she is nervous. 4. Donna (cash) __ a check at the bank once a week. 5. Sometimes I (esorry) ___ about my grades at school, Sonya (worry never) about her grades. She (study) hard. 16. Ms, Jones and Mr. Anderson (tach) at the local high school. Ms, Jones (teach) —___ math 17. Birds (ly) —_____.. They (have) ______ wings. 8. A bird Gy) — . Tt ¢have) wings. 9, Jason (do, aloays) —__ his homework. He (g0, never) to bed until his homework is finished. 10, Mr. Cook (say, always)* ___________heello to his neighbor in the morning, 11, Ms. Chu (pay, always)* _________ attention in class. She (answer) _________ questions. She (listen) to the teacher. She (ask) ______ questions. * Pronunciation of sqye = he! Pronunciation of pave fp Using the Simple Present 67 12. Sam (enjoy) cooking. He (1, often) new recipes. He (like) to have company for dinner. He (invite) me to dinner once a month, When I arrive, 1 (go) to the kitchen and (watch) him cook. He usually (have) three or four pots on the stove. He (watch) _—_____ the pots carefully He (make) big mess in the kitchen when he cooks. After dinner, he (wash) all the dishes and (clean) ____ the kitchen. I (cook, never) - It (be) —_____ to much trouble. But my friend Sam (love) _____ to cook. EXERCISE 21. Let's talk: pairwork. Directions: Work with a partner. Use frequency words like sometimes, rarely, etc. ‘Parr 1. Billy, Jenny, and Peter do many things in their evenings. How often do they do the things in the list? Pay attention to final -s. Example: Billy rately/seldom does homework, woe TENY PETER: do homework once aweek | Gdaysaweek | every day surf the Internet| every day ‘once a week once a month |_wateh TV 3-4 days aweek| 34 days aweek | 3-4 days a week read for pleasure | Sdaysaweck | Sdaysaweek | 5 days a week | try to goto bed early) onceaweek | Sights aweek 6 nights a week parr it, For homework, write ten sentences about the activities of Billy, Jenny, and Peter, 68 CHAPTERS Cl EXERCISE 22. Let's talk and write: pairwork, Directions: Work with a partner. Partner A: Tell Partner B five to ten things you do every morning. You can Jook at the list you made for Exercise 1. Partner B: Take notes while Partner A is talking. (You will use these notes later to write a paragraph about Partner A’s usual morning habits.) Stoitch roles. Partner B: ‘Tell Partner A five to ten things you do every morning. Partner A: Take notes while Partner B is talking. When you finish talking, write a paragraph about your partner’s daily morning activities. Pay special attention to the use of final -s/-es. Show your paragraph to your partner, who will look at your use of final -s/-es. E SIMPLE EON COL MURYD @t dlomot dink coffe, | NEGATIVE: 1 We donot drink coffee. + + ma You donot —_drink coffe. You | * donot ont They donot drink coffee. They () She does not drink coffee. ae He does not _—_drink coffee. He | + does mot + main verb ie does not drink coffee. i | Do and does are called “helping vez. ‘Notice in (b): In 3rd person singular, there is no -# on the main verbs the final -#is part of does. (©) Ldon’e drink tea don’t ‘They don’t have a car. doesn't (@) He doesn’ drink tea, People usually use contractions when they speak, Mary doesn’t have a car. People often use contractions when they write. EXERCISE 23. Sentence practice. Directions: Use the words in izalics to make negative sentences. Use contractions. 1. like, not Ingrid _doesn't like tea, 2. like, not 1 __dont like tea, 3. hows, not Mary and Jim are strangers. Mary ir. Using the Simple Present 69 10. a 12, 4. 15, need, not 5. smor, not speak, not be, not live, not have, not be, not be, not have, not have, not be, not Irs a nice day today. your umbrella. Ie 1 I Butterflies A butterfly A butterfly Butterflies We ‘This city It i CO EXERCISE 24. Let's talk: paliwork. Directions: Work with a partner. Make two sentences about cach picture. Example: PARTNER A: Ann takes showers, She doesn’t take baths, Your turn now. PARTNER B: Omar has a dog. He doesn’t have a cat. Your turn now. YES 70 cuaPters 1, (Ann \ take) showers baths in Bangkok in the winter. arg, You — an umbrella French. bungry. long. a long life. large. a butiesty lass every day. —_____ hice weather in the summer. cold today. every cay. (Omar \ have) a dog. (1\ drink) rea coffee (Rob and Ed \ live) fan apartment a house (Becky \ drive) an old car Q\ play) soccer (Mr. Davis \ teach) English, French (we \ use) typewriters ‘computers: (Alex \ watch) news reports ‘old movies (Marco \ study) history physics NO Using the Simple Prosent 71 CO EXERCISE 25. Let's talk: game. Directions: Si in a citcle. Choose any of the verbs in the list. Make sentences with not. have like need play read __speak Example: like SPEAKER A: I don’t like bananas. SPEAKER 8: (Speaker A) doesn’t like bananas. I don’t have a dog. SPEAKER C: (Speaker A) doesn’t like bananas. (Speaker B) doesn’t have a dog. I don’t play baseball Continue around the circle, each time repeating the information of your classmates before saying your sentence. If you have trouble, your classmates can help you. Your teacher will be the last one to speak. Cl EXERCISE 26. Sentence practice. Directions: Use verbs from the list to complete the sentences, Make all of the sentences negative by using does not or do not. You can use contractions (doesn’t/don’t), Some verbs may be used more than one time. 1. Bob __doesn’t go __to school every day. 2, My roommates are from Japan. They 3, Roberto has a beard. He in the. morning, 4. We to class on Sunday. 5. Sally is healthy. She cigarettes. 6. Jane and Alex always have lunch at home. They at the cafeteria. 7. Sometimes 1___ my homework in the evening. I watch TV instead, 8, My sister likes tea, but she ________ coffee. 72. CHAPTERS 9, Hamid is a careful writer, He _____ mistakes in spelling when he writes, 10, Pm lazy. 1 exercises in the morning. 11, Sometimes Ann her shoes when she goes outside. Ol EXERCISE 27. Let's talk: class activity. Directions: “Use the given words to make truthful sentences. Example: Grass \ blue, SPEAKER A: Grass isn’t blue. SPEAKER 8: Grass is green. Example: Dogs \ tails SPEAKER C: Dogs have tails. SPEAKER D: People* don’t have tals, 1, A restaurant \ sell shoes. 10. A bird \ have whiskers. 2. A restaurant \ serve food. 11. Doctors \ take care of sick people, 3. People \ wear clothes. 12. Doctors in my country \ be expensive. 4, Animals \ wear clothes, 13. A bus \ carry people from one place 5. A child \ need love, food, care, to another, and toys. 14, It\ be cold today. 6. A child \ need a driver’s license. 15. English \ be an easy language to learn, 7. Refrigerators \ hot inside. 16. People in this city \be friendly. 8, Refrigerators \ cold inside. 17. Te\ rain a Jot in this city. 9. A cat \ have whiskers. "Popes plural nous. Ieakes 2 plural ves Using the Simple Present 73 DOIDOES + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB (@) Do I like coffee? () Do you tke coffee? (© Do we ihe coffee? (@) Do they like coffee? Does she Does he} + main verb (simple form) Does it (©) Does she tke coffee? | Notice in (@): The main verb in the question does not (©) Does he Hike coffee? | have a final ~s. The final -s is part of does. (@) Does it taste good? | inconnscr: Does she likes coffee? (hy Ave you a student? ‘When the main vetb is a form of be, do is NOT used. iNconeEcT: Do you be a student? See Chart 2-1, p. 24, for question forms with be. ‘question snort answer | Do, don’t, does, and doesn’t are used in the short inswers to yes!no questions in the simple present. (Do you tke tea? + Yes, Ido. No, I don't. i) Does Bob like tea? —> Yes, he does. No, he doesn’ EXERCISE 28. Question practice. Directions: Make questions, Give short answers. 1. A: __Do you like tea? B: Yes, I do. (ike tea.) 2. A: ___Do you like coffee? B: ___No, Idon't, 1 don't like coffee.) Si [ee eee Ct don open Chinese) Cir (Ann speaks Italian.) 74 CHAPTERS (Ann and Tom don’t speak Arabic.) 6A: (1 do exercises every morning.) 7A B: —_________ (Sue has a cold.) 8A: B ___________— im doesn’ do his homework every day.) oA: Be trains a tot in April) 10, A: Bo rags don't ave tails.) 1 EXERCISE 29. Interview and question practice: pairwork. Directions: Work with @ partner. Ask and answer questions. PART 1, Ask each other about the following activities. Check (/) the correct box. ‘You can look at your book before you speak. When you speak, look at your partner. Example: drive a car PARTNER A: Do you drive a car? PARTNER B: No, I don’t. Do you drive a car? PARTNER A: Yes, I do. yes no yes no 1. live in an apartment od 6. dream in English =O 2. go to movie theaters, oo 7, have acell phone OO 3. play tennis oo 8, likevegetables «= sO 4. enjoy sports on TV oda 9. eat red meat oo 5, read newspapers every day OO 10, like chocolate oo arr il, Write five sentences about your partner. Write five sentences about yourself. Using the Simple Present 75 Cl EXERCISE 30. Let's talk: pairwork. Directions: Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions. parr 1. Take turns making questions and giving short answers. Use the names of ‘your classmates in the questions. Note: This is speaking practice. Do not write the answers yet. Example: PARTNER A: PARTNER B: PARTNER A: Is Ali in class today? PARTNER B: Yes, he is Example: PARTNER B: PARTNER A: PARTNER 8: Does Yoko speak Spanish? PARTNER A: No, she doesn’t. 1, Partner A: Partner B: 2, Partner B Partner A: 3, Partner A: Partner B: 4, Partner B: Partner A: 5. Partner A: Partner B: 6. Partner B: Partner A: 76 cHaPrERs (He is in class today.) (She doesn't speak Spanish.) (He speaks English in class every day.) te rs ts eet rE (Shoe/curnes to, close avery, day.) ree (She sits in the same seat every day.) (He wears jeans every day.) —— Ctney aren't from Australia.) 7. Partner A: Parmer B; ________________ (They don’t have dictionaries on their desks.) 8, Partner B: Parmer A: = ____ (They speak English.) arr 1. Now write the questions and answers in your book. Cl EXERCISE 31. Let's talk: pairwork. ‘Directions: Work with a partner to make conversations. Begin your answers with no. Example: children \ walk to school every day PARTNER A: Do the children walk to school every day? ae SPEAKER 8: No, they dont ‘They take the bus pamrnen a: Your turn now Ledhestudens\comewochsaioo 2. Amy \ watch TV in the mornings f 3. Luis \ write letters 4. Beth \ drive a car 5. the workers \ wear shoes 6. Joe \ have a cat Using the Simple Present 77 3-11 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHER} (irene) + po! + suapecr + mans swort axswer | (a) = a yesino question nes oer (b) = an information question @ Do they five in Miami? -> Yes, theydo. | Where asks for information No, they don't. | about a place, ©) Where do they ‘ve? + In Miami “The form of yes/no J areestions and information © Does Gina tive in. Rome? ~r Yes, she does. | uestions is the same: No she doesn’t, | DoiDoes + subjer + main (@) Where does Gina five? = In Rome. hou CO EXERCISE 32. Question practice. Directions: Make questions. 1, A: Does Jean eat lunch at the cafeteria every day? B: Yes, she does. (Jean eats lunch at the cafeteria every day.) 2, A; __Where does Jean eat lunch every day? B: Ar the cafeteria. (ean eats lunch at the cafeteria every day.) 3. A: B: Atithe post office. (Peter works at the post office.) 4A: B: Yes, he does. (Peter works atthe post office.) 5. A: B: Yes, Ido. (Clive in an apartment.) 6A: B; Inan apartment. (Clive in an apartment.) TA B: Ara restaurant, Bill eats dinner ata restaurant every day.) Ba; B: In the front row. (I sit in the front row during class) 78 CHAPTERS B: At the University of Toronto. (Jessica goes to school at the University of Toronto.) 10. A: B: On my desk. (My book is on my desk.) La: B; To class. (I go to class every morning.) 12. A: B: In class. (The students are in class right now.) 13. A: B: In Australia, (Kangaroos live in Australia.) (EXERCISE 33. Let's talk: pairwork. Directions: Work with a partner. Partner A: Ask your partner questions using where. Your book is open. Partner B: Answer the questions. Your book is closed. Example: live PARTNER A (book open): Where do you live? PARTNER B (book closed): (ree response) live eat lunch every day go after class study at night g0 to school buy schoo! supplies Switch roles. Partner Partner Close your book. ‘Open your book. Your turn to ask questions now: 7. buy your clothes 8. go on weekends 9. sit during class 10. eat dinner 11, do your homework 12, go on vacation Using the Simple Present 79 3-12 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION UESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME @woRD* + Dol + sUBECT + MAIN sont answer | When and what time oes VERE ask for information about time, (@) When — do you gto class? > At-mine o'clock. (©) What time do you 50 to class? + At nine o'clock. (© When docs Anna eat. dinner? -> At six rae (@) What time does Anna eat dinner? + At six nat. (©) What time do you usually go to class? | The frequency adverb usually comes immediately after the subject in a question: | Qeuord + docsido + subjec + usually + main verb A "Q-Word” i“ question word.” Whee, when, hat wha time ho, and why ar examples of question words EXERCISE 34, Question practice. Directions: Make questions. 1. A: __When/What time do you eat breakfast? B: Ar7:30. (1 eat breakfast at 7:30 in che morning.) 2. A: When/What time do you usually eat breakfast? = B: At 7:00. (I usually eat breakfast at 7:00.) Pa B: At 6:45. (L get up at 6:45.) 4a B: Ar 6:30. (Maria usually gets up at 6:30.) aN Se BA, B: At8:15. (The movie starts at 8:15.) = B: Around 11:00, (I usually go to bed around 11:00.) aes ca Td B: Athalf-past twelve, (I usually eat lunch at half-past twelve.) 10. (The restaurant opens at 5:30.) 80 CHAPTERS OA: eee B: At 9:05. (The train leaves at 9:05.) 10. A: = —— B: Between 6:30 and 8:00. (1 usually eat dinner between 6:30 and 8:00.) LA: B: Ar eight fifteen. (My classes begin at eight fifteen.) 12. A: B: Ar 10:00 pat. (The library closes at 10:00 v.at. on Saturday.) Cl EXERCISE 36. Let's talk: class interview. Directions: Ask and answer questions. parr t, Walk around the room, Ask # question using when or what time, Write the answer and your classmate’s name. Then ask another classmate a different guestion, Example: cat breakfast SPEAKER A: WheryWhat time do you eat breakfast? SPEAKER 8: T usually eat breakfast around seven o’clock, Name Answer SPEAKER A: (write) _Yoko Za Name Answer 1. wake up 2. usually get up 3. eat breakfast 4, leave home in the morning 5, usually get 0 class 6. eat lunch 7. get home from school 8. have dinner 9. usually study in the evening 10. go to bed PART It, Tell the class about a few of the answers you got. Using the simple Present 81 Co EXERCISE 36. Interview and paragraph practice. Directions: Interview someone (a friend, a roommate, a classmate, etc.) about her/his daily schedule. Use the information from the interview to write a paragraph. Some questions you might want 1 ask during the interviews: 2 ‘What do you do every morning? What do you do every afternoon? ‘What do you do every evening? EDS EM LONUHY PUSS What time do you When do you ...? Where do you FORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE AND DO @worD + RE + SURIECT LONG ANSWER (@) Where és Thailand? Thailand ée in Southeast Asia, (©) Where are your books? “+ My books are on my desk © When isthe concert? “+The concert és on April 3a. @ What is your mame? “+ My name is Yoko, (© Whatime i iv > Teds ten-thiry. word + po + sumecr + MaIVERR | LONG ANSWER ) Where do you ive? > [live in Los Angeles (@) Whattime does the plane arrive? + The plane arrives at six-fifteen. (h) What do monkeys. eat? «+ Monkeys eat fruit, plants, and insects. @ When docs Bob study? + Bob studies in the evenings. orice: In questions with be as the main and only verb, the subject follows be. In simple present {questions with verbs other than be, the subject comes between doldoes and the main verb. Ol EXERCISE 37, Question practice. Directions: Complete the questions in the written conversations. Use is, are, does, or do, 82. CHAPTERS CONVERSATION ONE ‘A: What ime does the movie star? Bi Seventeen. __ you want to go with us? A: Yes, What time it now? B: Almost seven o'clock. you ready to leave? A: Yes, lee’ go. CONVERSATION TWO Where __ my keys to the car? 1 don't know. Where ____ you usually keep them? In my purse, But they're not there. Are you sure? Yes, __you see them? No, —____ they in one of your pockets? 3 I don’t think so. your husband have them? 3 No, He has his own set of car keys. Well, I hope you find them. ‘Thanks. Pee De Be Be we CONVERSATION THREE A = 308 80 to school? Yes. q-—— Your brother go to schoo! too? No. He quit schoo! last semester. He has a job now. <= — it good job? Not really, Where —___ he work? Ata resturant ‘He washes dishes. heise wih you? No,be ves with ny pas Sq prs egy ta ok ha “Theyre very unhappy about it _ they want him ro return to school? SP ee we we we BP Of course. They have many dreams for him and his future, Using the simple Present 83 ¢ small group activity. small groups. Complete the sentences with és, are, do, or does. Circle if the answer is yes or no. Discuss your answers with your classmates. If you don’t know the answer, guess. 1. Does the moon go around theearh? Ge). 2, _______ the sun go around the earth? yes no eee oe 4, the suma plane _— s 5 sacs planet - o 6 emus hoo? aos 1 Neprune easy to se? yes 0 8 Toniter windy? _ = 8. emus and Mars go around the sun? yes 10, Sarum and Uranus have moons? yes 84 CHAPTERS EXERCISE 39. Question practice. Directions: Complete the questions and answers with your own words, LA Do B: No, I don’t. 2. A: Where are B: I don’t know. O88 Aso ir ve | B: 4. A: When do. B: ge B: 6. A: What is 2 8. A: Whatare B: CO ier ee By 10. A: What does © EXERCISE 40. Chapter review. Directions: Add ~s oF -es where necessary, ABDUL AND PABLO lives = live + /2/) (1) My friend Abdul live, in an apartment near school. (2) He walk to school almost every day. (3) Sometimes he catch a bus, especially if it’s cold and rainy outside. (4) Abdul share the apartment with Pablo. (5) Pablo come from Venezuela. Using the simple Presont 85 (©) Abdul and Pablo go to the same school. (7) They take English classes. (8) Abdul speak Arabic as his first language, and Pablo speak Spanish. (9) They ‘communicate in English. (10) Sometimes Abdul try to teach Pablo to speak a litte Arabic, and Pablo give Abdul Spanish lessons. (111) They laugh a lot during the Arabic and Spanish lessons. (12) Abdul enjoy having Pablo as his roommate, but he iiss his family back in Saudi Arabia, Cl EXERCISE 41. Chapter review: pairwork. Directions: Work with a partner. PART 1. Partner A: Ask Partner B five questions about things s/he has and doesn’t have (for example, a car, a computer, a pet, children, a TV set, a briefcase, etc). ‘Take notes. Partner B: Answer the questions. Example: PARTNER 4; Do you have a cat? PARTNER B: No. PARTNER A: Do you have a computer? PARTNER 8: Yes, but it's not here. It's in my country Etc Switch roles. (Partner B now asks five questions.) ‘PART 1 Partner B: Ask Partner A five questions about things sihe likes and doesn't like (for example, kinds of food and drink, music, movies, books, etc.) Partner A: Answer the questions. Example: PARTNER B: Do you like pizza? PARTNER A: Yes. PARTNER B: Do you like the music of (name of a group or singer)? PARTNER A: No, I don’t. Etc, Parr ii, Write about your partner. The vocabulary on the next page can help you, + Give a physical description. + Write about things this person has and doesn’t have. + Write about things this person likes and doesn’t like. 86 HAPTER Here's some vocabulary to help you describe your partner. eye color: hair types: hair color: brown, straight brown blond blue curly black dark green wavy red light Cl EXERCISE 42. Chapter review: question practice. Directions: Complete the questions and answers with the words in parentheses. Use the simple present of the verbs. Beene a) Ear B: I (study) _______ at least three hours every night. My roommate (study) _____ atleast five hours. She's very serious about her education. How about you? (you, spend) ——_~¥——* lot of time studying? A: No,Idon'. 1 pond) ___ a ite time as possible, 1 (ike, no) —___ costa. B: Then why (pou, be) a student? A: My parents (want) ______ me to go to school. 1 (want, not) 7 B: In that case, (think) _________ that you should drop out of school and find a job until you decide what you want to do with your life. Using the simple Present 87 EXERCISE 43. Chapter review. Directions: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. 1 (have) two roommates. One of them, Sam, is always neat and clean. He (wash) : his clothes once a week. (you, kntoze) ‘Matt, my other roommate? He (be) z —__________ the opposite of Sam. For example, Matt (change, not) e the sheets on his bed. He (keep) ____ the same sheets week after week, He (wash, never) ee his clothes. He (ewear) ______ the same dirty jeans every day. Sam's side of the room (be, aleoays) neat, and Matt's side (Be, aleays) ___________a mess. As my mother always (say) —_____ it ahs) _____ all kinds of people to make a world. ‘Sam's sise Matt's sie Cl EXERCISE 44. Chapter review: let's talk. Directions: Work with a partner. parr 1, Complete the conversations. 1, PARTNER a: Do you___? PARTNER B: Yes, I do, How about you? Do you __? PARTNER A: 2. PARTNER B: Are you__? PARTNER A: Yes, I am. How about you? Are you__? PARTNER B: 3. PARTNER A: you usually the morning? PARTNER Bi: PARTNER A: When __? PARTNER B: 4. PARTNER B: __? PARTNER A: Yes, I do. PARTNER B: ___? PARTNER A: No, he doesn’t PARTNER B: __? PARTNER A: Yes, I am. PARTNER B: PARTNER A: No, he isn’t, PART It, Share one or two of your dislogues with the class. Cl EXERCISE 45. Chapter review. Directions: Make questions. Use your own words. LA B: No, I don’t, Yes, Tam, In an apartment. 4A B: Six-thiry. 5A B: Monday. Ge ee B: At home. TA, B: No, he doesn't BA, B: No, she isn’t 9. A 2 B: South of the United States. yo, Ar B: Yes, itis. Was B: Yes, they do. Using the Simple Present 89 12. A: 13. A: 14. A: B: In Southeast Asia. B: Hot in the summer. B: September. 15. a: B: Yes, I do. CI EXERCISE 46, Chapter review: let's talk. Directions: Which lifestyle do you like the most? Ask your teacher questions to get more information about them. Then decide which you like best and explain why. Example: SPEAKER A: ‘TEACHER: SPEAKER B: ‘TEACHER: SPEAKER C: ‘TEACHER: SPEAKER D: ‘TEACHER: Where does Peter live? Ona boat ‘What does Kathy do? She teaches skiing. ‘Where does Ron work? Ata jewelry store. ‘What pets does Lisa have? ‘She has a snake. Continue asking questions until your chart is complete. Name Where does | What does Where does | What pets does shefhe live? | he/she do? shefhe work? | he/she have? PETER ‘on a boat Kary teaches skiing RON ‘at a jewery store usa a snake wack Cl EXERCISE 47. Chapter review: error analysis. Directions: Correct the errors. lives 1, Yoko ive. in Japan. 2, Ann comes usually to class on time. 3. Peter use his cell phone often, 4. Amy carry a notebook computer to work every day. 5. She enjoy her job. 6. Ino know Joe. 7. Mike don’t like milk, He never drink it. 8, Tina doesn’t speaks Chinese, She speakes Spanish. 9, You a student? 10. Does your roommate sleeps with the window open? 11. A: Do you like strong coffee? B: Yes, I ike. 12, Where your parents live? 13. What time is your English class begins? 14, Olga isn’t need a car. She have a bicycle. 15, Do Pablo does his homework every day? Using the simple Present 91

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