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This document outlines the grammar topics covered in Unit 04 of an economics grammar and vocabulary course at the CEFR A1 level. The topics covered include the present simple tense for he/she/it questions and short answers, using verbs like "like" and "study" in the present simple, and examples of its use for facts, habits, and routines. There are also exercises for students to practice filling in verbs in the present simple form, correcting examples, and completing a conversation using the present simple tense.
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Unit 04 - Present Simple 2

This document outlines the grammar topics covered in Unit 04 of an economics grammar and vocabulary course at the CEFR A1 level. The topics covered include the present simple tense for he/she/it questions and short answers, using verbs like "like" and "study" in the present simple, and examples of its use for facts, habits, and routines. There are also exercises for students to practice filling in verbs in the present simple form, correcting examples, and completing a conversation using the present simple tense.
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GRAMMAR FOR ECONOMICS

UNIT 04

ECON. LEONARDO PALACIN BUSTAMANTE


GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY FOR
ECONOMISTS (CEFR-A1)
01. PRESENT SIMPLE (VERB TO BE) 13. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
02. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES 14. SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
03. PRESENT SIMPLE 1 15. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
04. PRESENT SIMPLE 2 16. PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS
05. ADVERBIAL FREQUENCY 17. ARTICLES
06. VERB HAVE/HAS GOT 18. CAN, CAN’T, HAVE TO & DON’T HAVE TO
07. THERE IS & THERE ARE 19. BE GOING TO
08. MODAL CAN (POSSIBILITY) 20. WIL & MIGHT
09. COUNTABLES & UNCOUNTABLES 21. SHOULD & SHOULDN’T
10. HOW MUCH & HOW MANY 22. ADVERBS
11. PAST SIMPLE (VERB TO BE) 23. PRESENT PERFECT 1
12. PAST SIMPLE 24. PRESENT PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE 2
Present Simple : He/She/It questions and short answers.

meet deadlines? + Yes, does.


Does he/she/it calculate functions? - No, he/she/it doesn’t.

Use Does + subject + verb for a question. Does he work for the World Bank? In short answers, use: Yes, she does./ No, she
doesn’t. NOT Yes, she works or No, she doesn’t work.

likes working extra hours. Use the present simple to talk about:
• factual things: My company sells bonds. Mark likes history of
+ He does math exercises. economic thought.
she studies finance. • habits & routines: Kelly studies three times a week. Stephen
- it doesn’t earn so much money. solves difficult math questions.
doesn’t live in the capital city. In the negative, use doesn’t + verb: My brother doesn’t like
reading newspapers..

In spoken English, use the contraction doesn’t (=does not)


PRESENT SIMPLE 2
A Write the he/she/it form of the verbs. C Correct the mistakes.
1 eat eats 3 understand 5 wash 7 write 9 play
1 Dan likes dogs, but he no likes cats.
2 study 4 take 6 chat 8 have 10 do
2 Henry drinks coffee, but he don´t drink tea.
B Complete the texts with the verbs in the box. Use the 3 Sophia reads magazines, but she reads not books.
present simple in the correct form. 4 Lara works at the weekend, but she does work on Monday.
5 The hotel room has a television and a telephone, but it no
go listen to watch study get up drink read
have an internet connection.
meet work start have finish relax talk
D Complete the conversation
Simona is a student. She 1 _____ late, at 10a.m, 2 ______ some A: 1 _____ you work?
black coffee and then 3 ______ to classes at the university. In B: No, I 2 _______, but my wife 3 _______.
the afternoon, she 4 _______ in the library. In the evening TV or A: Oh, what 4 _______ she do?
6 ______ music. B: She 5 _______ English at a school.
A: Oh. And 6 ______ she like it?
Allison is a businesswoman. She 7 _____ breakfast at 6am. and 8 B: Yes, she 7 ______. Well, she 8______ like working in the evening,
_______ work at 8. In the morning, she 9 _____ her emails and but she 9 ______ her students.
10 ______ to people on the phone. Allison´s husband 11 _______ A: And what 10 ______ you do all day?
near her office, so they 12 _______ and have luch together. She B: I11 _______TV and 12 ______ with my friend Bob on the phone.
13 _____ work at 6p.m. and in the evening she just 14 ______ at A: Oh, and what 13 ________Bob do?
home. B: He´s a film reviewer. He 14 _______ about films on TV.

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