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Unit

5 I do/work/like etc. (present simple)


A
We read a lot.
I like ice cream.

!ey have a lot of books. He’s eating an ice cream.


!ey read a lot. He likes ice cream.

!ey 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: pass → passes finish → finishes watch → watches
-y → -ies: study → studies try → tries
also: 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.
!e 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
Exercises Unit

Write these verbs with -s or -es.


5
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 2 3 4 5 6
Our house.
My piano.
We love !lms.

Tennis is my
favourite sport.

1 He plays the piano. 4 tennis.


2 !ey 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 !e shops in the city centre usually at 9 o’clock in the morning.
3 !e 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. !ey 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)

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