Housewor

k Chores
Activities at home
Wash the windows Iron the clothes Do the laundry
Take out the trash Make the bed

Set the table Do the dishes

Reading
Time! Housework Crazy or just Lazy?

Mary Adams helps out a lot at home. She does the dishes,
takes out the trash, and she vacuums the carpet in her room
every day. And guess what? She likes it!
“It’s fun! My favorite chore is setting the table. I set the table
in the dining room every evening before dinner”, she says.
Her friends think she’s crazy but Mary’s mom doesn’t.
“Angela is a real angel, she even irons my clothes!” she says.

Robert Park plays computer games, reads magazines, watches

TV and does his homework. But he doesn’t want to do
housework. “I’m very busy. I sometimes make my bed and I
rarely do my laundry. But that’s it!” he says. His roommate,
Adam, doesn’t think that’s enough. “He’s just lazy. You see, we
live in a big house and there’s a lot of housework”, Adam says.
They argue about housework every day but in the end they do it
 I
N
Read again and write M for Mary or R for Robert.

1. This person thinks housework is fun.

C 2. This person’s roommate thinks he/she

is lazy.
L 3. This person doesn’t do the housework
alone.
A Write the 4. This person has chores every day.

S activities that
Robert and
S Mary do.
 THE
PRESENT
SIMPLE
We use the simple present:
For habits and actions that we do regularly :
• He goes to school from Monday to
Friday.
• I take a shower everyday.
For general truths:
• The sun rises in the
East.
For permanent situations:
• I live in PERU.
 AFFIRMATIVE
SENTENCE
Sentence structure: For example:
Complet
SUBJECT + VERB +
e:
COMPLEMENT • I usually __go____ (go)
I / YOU / WE / THEY dance Salsa. to school.
• They __________ (visit)
HE / SHE / IT dances Salsa. us often.
• You ___________ (play)
basketball once a week.
• Tom ____________
(work) every day.
• He always ________
(tell) us funny stories.
RULES FOR THE 3RD PERSON
SINGULAR

1) In general, most of the 3) Verbs ending in

verbs + s “o”, “sh”, “ch”, “x”,
I read  he reads “ss”, “z” + es
I cook  she cooks I go  it goes
I run  it runs I wash  he washes
2) Verbs ending in: I watch  he watches
I fix  she fixes
consonant + “y”  erase “y”
I kiss  he kisses
+ ies I buzz  she buzzes
I study  he studies
I cry  she cries
 I Write the third person singular of the following verbs.
N • play ____________ go ____________
• wash ____________ teach ____________
• drive ____________ carry ____________
• fly ____________ start ____________
C • help ____________ kiss ____________
• watch ____________ tidy ____________
L • like ____________ enjoy ____________
• cry ____________ mix ____________
A
S
S
 I Complete the sentences with the Present Simple
of the verbs in brackets.
N • 1. Peter and his friends __________ to school by bus. (go)
• 2. Elephants __________ leaves and grass. (eat)
• 3. David's father __________ in a hospital. (work)

C •
•
4. The bank opens at 9.30 and __________ at 4.30. (close)
5. Tom and Jim __________ football every day after school.
L •
(play)
6. Mr.Jones is a teacher. He __________ History. (teach)
A • 7. Our lessons __________ at 9.00 and __________ at 3.30.
(start / finish)
S • 8. My pen friend __________ in Japan. (live)

S • 9. Mary and her brother __________ cartoons every Sunday

morning. (watch)
 NEGATIVE NEGATIVE
SENTENCE
SENTENCE
Sentence structure: For example:
Complet
SUBJECT+ DON’T/DOESN`T + VERB +
e:
COMPLEMENT • Peter (not to
I / YOU / WE / THEY DON’T dance talk)_________to many
Salsa. people.
• Elephants (not to
live)________in Europe.
HE / SHE / IT DOESN’T dance • The train (not to leave)
Salsa. _______until five.
• You (not to learn)
________very fast.
 I Complete the sentences with the Present Simple
N of the verbs in brackets. negative

• She (not to cry)  _________________no more over

a thing like this.
C • Mary (not to eat) ________________ too much
L pasta.
• Please, (not to open)__________________ the
A window.
S • My family (not to care) ________________ about
me.
S • I (not to drink) _____________________ milk