3 Present Simple (1) (Iknow, I don’t know) 1 We form the Present Simple like this: 2 Nowlookat these examples of the negative: Idon’t like that music. (For more examples, see Table B, page 94.) Practice soe now He doesnt listen this teacher. in L You know. NEGATIVE He/she/it knows. Fall form Short form Plural Weknow. Idonotknow. [don’t know. Youknow. Youdonotknow. Youdon’tknow. They know. He/shelit doesnotknow, He doesn’tknow Tknow the answer. Wedonotknow. — Wedon'tknow. She starts work at 9.30. Youdonotknow. —Youdon’tknow. We add -s after he/she/ Theydonotknow. They don’tknow. Tstarthestarts _ Ilive shellives Note that we say: Iaverb endsin ch, -o,-sh, or ss, weadd He does not know. (Not Hedoes notknows:) saber 3 Weuse the Present Simple: Twatchshewatches youdoshe does : theygo-vitgoes _ wewash— she washes > to talk about things that happen regularly: Ifa verb ends ina consonant (b, ¢,detc.) + ae (e.g. study), we use -ies after he/she /it: Tstudyshestudies Iflysitflies | ye SW orale He plays golfevery’ tay > to talkabout facts: She comes from France. (= She is French.) Greengrocers sell vegetables. I don’t speak Chinese. A Add -sor-esto the verbs in the sentences if it is necessary. If it isnot necessary, puta tick (7) in the gap. 0 0 in France. 1 Iwatch___ TV every day. 2. She go to work by car. 3. The film finish____ at ten o'clock. Remember to add -s or -esif necessary. fly study finish -eat- sell smoke drink _ live 0 He cats toast for breakfast. 1 I_____ coffee three times a day. 2. Myfather anew language every year. 4 Weplay___ tennis every weekend. 5. They go on holiday in August. 6 Hespeak Italian and French. 7 She do___ her homework every night. 8 Westart____ work at 8.30. Now finish these sentences using a verb from the box. Use each verb once. 3. She ___ toNew York once a month, 4 He ten cigarettes a day. 5 They, __ in Ireland. 6 He work at six o'clock. 7 1 fruit ina shop. PAGE 10C_ Write these sentences, using the negative form of the Present Simple. 0 (He /not/live/ in Mexico) He doesn't live in Mexico. (She /not/work/ in a bank) (I /mot/play/ golf) a (Paul /not/listen/ to the radio), (We /not/speak/ French) eee (You /not/listen/ to me!) (My car /not/work) (I/mot/drink / tea) (Sheila /not/eat/ meat) (I /mot/understand/ you) wCouraunune D_ Putin the verbs from the box, in the Present Simple. Use each verb once. leave start arrive get watch work brush eat have like drink go. stop Interviewer: How do you start the day, Jim? Jim: Well, 1°_get__up at six o'clock. I get washed and dressed, and T1____ breakfast at seven o'clock. After breakfast, 12 myteeth.[?___ to work at eight. Interviewer: When do you get to work? Jim: Tusually# at my office at about half past eight. First, 15_____acup of coffee, and then 1¢_______ work at 8.45 am. Interviewer: Where do you work? Jim: 17__ ina bank. lam a computer operator. 18__myjob. It’s very interesting. Interviewer: When do you eat lunch? Jim: 12___work and I have hunch at one o'clock. 122___acup of tea at half past three. Interviewer: When do you finish work? Jim: rm the office at six o'clock. I eat dinner when I get home. Then] 2 ___ TV foran hour or two. E Use the table to write facts about Joan. A tick (/) means that something is true. A cross (x) means that something is not true. Use the verbs in brackets. 0 2 3 4 from Scotland ¥ inabankx inaflatv French ¥ new films x from England X | inashop¥ ina house X Italian x | old films 7 0 (come) _She comes from Scotland. She doesn't come from England. 1 (work) She inabank, She ___inashop. 2 (live)’ She She 3 (speak) 4 (like) PAGR 14 Present Simple (2) (Do you drive?) 4 Weuse the Present Simple: 2 » totalk about feelings: 3 For other uses of the Present Simple, see unit 3. ‘We form Present Simple questions like this: [ questions Singular Do you > Does _he/she/it } Anow! Ilike pop music. I don’t like classical music. Plural Do we Do you | know? She loves football! \ Philip wants a new car. Do _ they I don’t want a cup of tea, thanks. Note that we put do before I/you/we/they: He feels sick. Do you speak Spanish? » to talk about thoughts: Do you work in the town centre? Do they know the answer? G ‘We put does before he/she/it: * Does he walk to work? Does Steve enjoy his job? ; OR Does she play the piano? Idon’t think she likes her new job. Note that we say: Idon’t know the answer. Doeshe walk? (Not -Deeshe-walks?) He doesw't understand me. Practice A. Write sentences about Peter. (V = like, 4/=love, X=notlike, XX=hate) 0 (tennis x) He doesn't like = 3. (hisjob W/) = 0 (music 4/) _He loves musi 4 (fish Xx) — 1 (coffee 7) He 5 (holidays “/) 2/ (films x) He 6 (golfx) —__ B_ Put the words from the box in the correct form in the gaps. Use the Present Simple. Use each verb once. Tike notknow love feel think notlike want’ —_notunderstand 0 She thinks that films are fantastic! She loves __films. 1 [1 sick. Can Thave a glass of water please? 2. Idon’t know the answer because I the question. 31 he's tired. He works too hard. 4 We that new painting. We think it’s terrible! 5 [want to telephone Jane, but I _ her phone number. 6 They're thirsty. They ____ something to drink. 7 |_____ your new car. It’s very nice. Was it expensive? PAGE 12C. Thisis an interview with Mary Woods about herself and her husband, John. Write the questions, using the ideas from the box. like films read books -playgolf watch TV smoke like pop music drink coffee like dogs goto the theatre speak any foreign languages listen to the radio playa musical instrument drive acar ivein-tonden— QUESTIONS Do you live in London 06s John play golf ANSWERS % ~ Yes Ilivein north London. ~ No, but he plays tennis. ~ Yes, I speak French. ~ No, but he loves cats. 2 ~ No,Idon’tlike films. ~ Yes, [ike all the programmes on TV. ~ Yes, he listens to the radio in the morning. 2 ~ Yes,he has two cups in the morning ~ No, but [havea bicycle. ~ Yes, he plays the piano. 2 ~ NoyI prefer classical music. ~ Yes, Tove musicals. 2 ~ Noyhe doesn’t like cigarettes. D_Youare on holiday, and you are in a Tourist Information Centre. Ask questions using the table below. ~ Yes, read one book every week. A B c Do “you stop at the railway station? Does the sports centre finish before eleven p.m.? | all the banks start here? the number 38 bus sell mapsofthe city? the restaurants change tourists’ money into pounds? the concert sell souvenirs? the sightseeing tour havea swimming pool? the museum serve typical English food? 0 _Doyou sell maps of the city? 1 the sports centre 2 3 4 — 5 6 7 PAGE 135) Present Continuous (1) (?'m eating) 1 Weform the Present Continuous like this: B But notice these irregular spellings: be +-ing FoRM winswinning get getting [Tam cating. shop-+shopping sit sitting ——— swim swimming — travel travelling Here are the forms of the Present @ances dancing write writing Continuous: shine » shining POSITIVE (For more details on the spelling of the -ing Full form Short form form, see Table C, page 95.) Iam eating. Pmeating, Toure eating. erect: 4 Weuse the Present Continuous: le/she/it is eating, e's eating. > to talk about things that are happening now: Weare eating. We're eating. 8 happening You are eating. You're eating. They areeating. ‘They'reeating. NEGATIVE Pull form Short form Iam noteating. P'mnoteating. Youarenoteating. Youaren’t eating. He/she/it is not cating. Heisn’teating. . . Wearenot eating. Wearen’teating. > totalk about things that are happening Yousrenoteating. Youares’t eating. around now, but not exactly at the ‘They arenot eating. They aren’t eating. moment we speak 2 Tomake the-ing form, we add -ing to the verb: listen listening play playing work-working read reading A’ Write out the sentences below. Put the verbs in the positive or negative forms of the Present Continuous. Use short forms (e.g. I’m, I’m not). 0 1 (not/work) at the bank now. I (study) French at university, I'm not working at the bank now. I'm studying French at university. 1 Look! He (not/work). He (listen) to music, 2 We (win) the match, but we (not/play) well. 3 She (not/read) a newspaper. She (write) a letter. 4 You (watch) the TV. You (not/listen) to me! PAGE 145. They (not/get ) ready. They (play) music. 6 I (study) Chinese, but I (not/learn) very fast. B_ Lookat these pictures. ) and what isn’t happening (x) in each picture, and then write positive or negative sentences. 0 (George/eat/breakfast) x (George/sleep) v (They/work) (They/ sit/ in the garden) 2. (Istudy/music) = _ (Ifearn/Japanese) (He/play/tennis) ee (She/win) —————— ees 4 (Welspend/a day at the seaside) | | — (The sun/shine) [| C_ Finish the postcard using the words in brackets ( ) in the Present Continuous. ‘Use full forms (e.g, is sitting). Dear Peter, Jenny andI°_are staying __ (stay) here fora week. ‘The sun ?___(shine) and it’s very hot. We2 sit) on the beach and I 3 __ (drink) an orange juice. ‘We #__(not/swim) because we're both tired. Wes__ (watch) the boats on the sea at the moment. They® (travel) fast, but I can see fifteen or sixteen. Jenny?__ (read) her book, and 18 ___ (write) all the postcards! Jim and Jenny PAGE 156 Present Continuous (2) (Am Iwinning?) 1 Lookat these questions: ‘Are you enjoying that drink, Ann? Ishe watching TV at the moment? Are they working hard? 2 We form Present Continuous questions like this: QUESTIONS Singular Am I Are you } wine Is she/he/it Plural Are we Are you } iain Are they 3° tere are three common Present Continuous questions. They all mean ‘How are you?’ How’sit going? How are you getting on? How are you doing? 4. InEnglish, we cannot say: one i Prknowing your sister: We say: like tennis. Iknow your sister. We do not usually use these verbs in the Present Continuous: know hate love understand believe mean remember want 5 thinkand have We cannot We say: [think it's good. (= In my opinion, it’s good.) But we can say: She's thinking about the film we saw. (© The film is in her mind now.) ‘We cannot say: Pmvhaving a-ticket ‘We say: Thave_aticket. (= I possess a ticket.) But we can say: Pm having breakfast. (=Pm eating breakfast.) A. dake questions by putting the words in brackets () in the right order. 0 (enjoying-your work~you~are~2) 1 (she—having lunch ~is~2) 2 (you-are~feeling sick?) 3. (playing football - are ~ they?) 4 (the cat~sleeping-is~2) 5 6 7 8 (relaxing ~are— you-?) (the sun —is—shining -?) (he (listening ~ are ~ they -?) 9 (cating — at the moment — she ~is~?) 10 (it—raining hard -is—?) 11 (getting better —at tennis—am—?) 12. (are—winning the match - we ~?) ~ coming -to the cinema-?) _Are you enjoying your work? PAGE 16B_ Make questions and answers. Use the Present Continuous. Cc QUESTIONS ANSWERS 0 (she/work/in Peru this year?) ~ (No, she/study/in Mexico) |s she working in Peru this year? ~ No. She's studying in Mexico. 1 (you/study/English at the moment?) ~ (Yes, I/work/hard) 2. (they/listen/to the radio?) ~ (No, they/play/ CDs) 3. (Peter/wash/now?) - ~ (Yes, he/havela bath) 4 (they/live/in Madrid at the moment?) ~ (Yes, they/learn/Spanish) (David/sing/ina group thisyear?) ~ (No, he/work/in a restaurant) Puta tick (V) next to acorrect sentence, and a cross (X) next to a wrong sentence. 0 She's liking pop music. x 0 He'slearning French. v Rene They're enjoying the film. We're loving ice-cream. She's believing he’s right. John’s thinking about my idea. q Seoaernau He's having lunch at the moment. She’s eating a banana. I'm feeling sick. “Huge’ is meaning ‘very big. Mick is knowing Jane. She's hating classical music. Complete this conversation. Use the verbs in brackets ( ) in the Present Continuous. Paul: Steve: Paul: Steve: Paul: Steve: Paul: Steve: Paul: Steve: Paul: Steve: Paul: Steve: Hi Steve! What are you doing? etm going _____(I/go) to the bank. What are you doing? (/shop). 2 new tennis racquet. + moment, and I need a new racquet. Where is Jackie? Do you know? Yes. She isn’t in England at the moment. 4 in France for amonth. What?_____(she/do) in France? os __She/sing) ina night-club Really? What about Fred and Sue? What? ___(Wlook) fora (I/play) a lot of tennis at the (She/work) (they/do)? eT hey/study) foran exam, They're always in the library at the moment. How is your sister? Is she all right? Yes, she's fine, but she's tired. ® living-room. It’s hard work. Can Thelp you? No, it's OK. My father Well, [hope you finda good racquet. (help). (We/paint) the PAGE 17