Present Simple Tense: Usage, Exercises, and Questions, Apuntes de Filología Inglesa

¡Descarga Present Simple Tense: Usage, Exercises, and Questions y más Apuntes en PDF de Filología Inglesa solo en Docsity! Unit 5 I do/work/like etc. (present simple) A We read a lot. I like ice cream. They have a lot of books. He’s eating an ice cream. They read a lot. He likes ice cream. They read / he likes / I work etc. = the present simple: I/we/you/they read like work live watch do have he/she/it reads likes works lives watches does has Remember: he works / she lives / it rains etc. I work in a shop. My brother works in a bank. (not My brother work) Lucy lives in London. Her parents live in Scotland. It rains a lot in winter. I have → he/she/it has: Joe has a shower every day. Spelling (→ Appendix 5): -es after -s / -sh / -ch: -y → -ies: also: pass → passes finish → finishes watch → watches study → studies try → tries do → does go → goes B We use the present simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all the time: I like big cities. Your English is good. You speak very well. Tom 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 free time. It costs a lot of money to build a hospital. C always/never/often/usually/sometimes + present simple Sue always gets to work early. (not Sue gets always) I never eat breakfast. (not I eat never) We often go away at weekends. Mark usually plays football on Sundays. I sometimes walk to work, but not very often. I don’t … (negative) ➜ Unit 6 Do you … ? (questions) ➜ Unit 7 I am doing and I do ➜ Unit 8 always/usually/often etc. (word order) ➜ Unit 94 Unit 5 Exercises Write these verbs with -s or -es. 1 (read) she reads 3 (fly) it 5 (have) she 2 (think) he 4 (dance) he 6 (finish) it Complete the sentences about the people in the pictures. Use: eat go live play play sleep 1 My piano. 2 Our house. 3 4 Tennis is my favourite sport. 5 We love films. 6 1 He plays the piano. 4 tennis. 2 They in a very big house. 5 to the cinema a lot. 3 a lot of fruit. 6 seven hours a night. Complete the sentences. Use: boil close cost cost like like meet open speak teach wash 1 Maria speaks four languages. 2 The shops in the city centre usually at 9 o’clock in the morning. 3 The City Museum at 5 o’clock in the evening. 4 Tina is a teacher. She mathematics to young children. 5 My job is very interesting. I a lot of people. 6 Peter’s car is always dirty. He never it. 7 Food is expensive. It a lot of money. 8 Shoes are expensive. They a lot of money. 9 Water at 100 degrees Celsius. 10 Laura and I are good friends. I her and she me. Write sentences from these words. Use the right form of the verb (arrive or arrives etc.). 1 (always / early / Sue / arrive) Sue always arrives early. 2 (to the cinema / never / I / go) I 3 (work / Martina / hard / always) 4 (like / chocolate / children / usually) 5 (Jackie / parties / enjoy / always) 6 (often / people’s names / I / forget) 7 (TV / Sam / watch / never) 8 (usually / dinner / we / have / at 7.30) 9 (Kate / always / nice clothes / wear) Write sentences about yourself. Use always/never/often/usually/sometimes. 1 (watch TV in the evening) I usually watch TV in the evening. 2 (read in bed) I 3 (get up before 7 o’clock) 4 (go to work/school by bus) 5 (drink coffee in the morning) Unit 7 Do you … ? (present simple questions) A We use do/does in present simple questions: positive question I we you they work like do have he she it works likes does has do I we you they does he she it work? like? do? have? Do you play the guitar? B Study the word order: do/does + subject + infinitive Where How often What How much Do Do Does Does do do does does you your friends Chris it your parents you this word it play live work rain live? wash mean? cost the guitar? near here? on Sundays? a lot here? your hair? to fly to Rome? Questions with always and usually: What Does do Chris you always usually work do on Sundays? at weekends? What do you do? = What’s your job? ‘What do you do?’ ‘I work in a bank.’ C Remember: do I/we/you/they … Do they like music? does he/she/it … Does he like music? D Short answers Yes, I/we/you/they do. he/she/it does. No, I/we/you/they don’t. he/she/it doesn’t. ‘Do you play the guitar?’ ‘No, I don’t.’ ‘Do your parents speak English?’ ‘Yes, they do.’ ‘Does James work hard?’ ‘Yes, he does.’ ‘Does your sister live in London?’ ‘No, she doesn’t.’ I do/work/like etc. (present simple) ➜ Unit 5 I don’t … (negative) ➜ Unit 6 questions ➜ Units 44–47 Unit 7 Exercises Write questions with Do … ? and Does … ? 1 I like chocolate. How about you? Do you like chocolate ? 2 I play tennis. How about you? you ? 3 You live near here. How about Lucy? Lucy ? 4 Tom plays tennis. How about his friends? ? 5 You speak English. How about your brother? ? 6 I do yoga every morning. How about you? ? 7 Sue goes away a lot. How about Paul? ? 8 I want to be famous. How about you? ? 9 You work hard. How about Anna? ? Make questions from these words + do/does. Put the words in the right order. 1 (where / live / your parents) Where do your parents live ? 2 (you / early / always / get up) Do you always get up early ? 3 (how often / TV / you / watch) ? 4 (you / want / what / for dinner) ? 5 (like / you / football) ? 6 (your brother / like / football) ? 7 (what / you / do / in your free time) ? 8 (your sister / work / where) ? 9 (breakfast / always / you / have) ? 10 (what / mean / this word) ? 11 (in winter / snow / it / here) ? 12 (go / usually / to bed / what time / you) ? 13 (how much / to phone New York / it / cost) ? 14 (you / for breakfast / have / usually / what) ? Complete the questions. Use these verbs: do do enjoy go like start teach work 1 What do you do ? 2 it? 3 What time in the morning? 4 on Saturdays? 5 How to work? 6 And your husband. What ? 7 What ? 8 his job? I work in a bookshop. It’s OK. At 9 o’clock. Sometimes. Usually by bus. He’s a teacher. Science. Yes, he loves it. Write short answers (Yes, he does. / No, I don’t. etc.). 1 Do you watch TV a lot? No, I don’t. or Yes, I do. 2 Do you live in a big city? 3 Do you often ride a bike? 4 Does it rain a lot where you live? 5 Do you play the piano? ➜ Additional exercises 4–7