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They have a lot of books. He's eating an ice cream.
They read a lot. He likes ice cream.

They read / he likes / 1work ete. = the present simple:

1/we/you/they read Hke work live watch do hav~
he/she/it reads likes works lives watches does~
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Remember:
he works / she lives / it rains ete.
O I work in a shop. My brother works in a bank. (not My brother work)
O Lucy lives in Landon. Her parents live in Scotland.
O it rains a lot in winter.
1have ➔ he/she/it has:
O Joe has a shower every day.
Spelling (➔ Appendix 5):
-es after -s / -sh / -eh: pass ➔ passes fıni sh ➔ fınish es watch ➔ watches
-y ~ -ies: scudy ➔ studies try ➔ tries

1 alsa: do ➔ does go ➔ goes

We use ehe present simple for th ings that are true in general, or for chings that happen sometimes or all
ehe time:
O I like big cicies.
O Your English is good. You speak very well.
O Tom works very hard. He starts at 7.30 and finishes at 8 o'clock in ehe evening.
O The earch goes round ehe sun.
O We do a loc of different chings in our free time.
O it costs a loc of money co build a hospical.

always/never/often/usually/sometimes + presenc simple

O Sue always gets co work early. (not Sue gecs always)
O I never eat breakfast. (not I eac never)
O We often go away at weekends.
O Mark usually plays football on Sundays.
O I sometimes walk to work, but not very often.

ı don't ... (negacive) ➔ Unit 6 Do you ... ? (q uestions) ➔ Unit

always/usually/ohen ece. (word order) ➔ Unit 94
7 1am doing and I do ➔ Unit 8
- Wriee ehese verbs wieh -s or -es.
1 (read) she .r.e..,.ı~!3.. 3 (Ay) it ...... . 5 (have) she . .. ...
2 (th ink) he ... . .. 4 (dance) he ..... . 6 (finish) İ L .

- Compleee ehe seneences aboue ehe people in ehe piceures. Use:

eat go live -p4ay- play sleep
ffi) ÇEVEN !-lOU'RÇ
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7 .. He._pl0Y?. ................ eh e pid rıo. 4 .............. ten nis.

2 They ..... ............. .. ..... .. .... in a very big house. 5 ............ to ehe cinema a !ot.
3 a lot of frui c. 6 ................................................. seven hours a night.

- Co~pleee ehe seneences. Use:

cost like like meet open speak teach wash
boil close cost

1 Maria ... ;,_p~.::ık?. ..... four languages.

2 The shops in ehe ci cy cemre usually .......................................... at 9 o'clock in ehe
morning.
3 The Cicy Museu m ............................................. at 5 o'clock in ehe even ing.
4 Tina is a ceacher. She ............................................. machemacics co young children .
5 My job is very incerest ing. 1 .. .. ................................... a !ot of people.
6 Pecer's car is always direy. He never ................................ it.
7 Food is expens ive. it ... .. . ............ a loc of money.
8 Shoes are expensive. They ... .............................. a loc of money.
9 Water ... .................. at 100 degrees Celsius.
1O La ura and I are good friends. 1 .. ... ...... .. ............. ... her and she ......................... me.
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- Wriee seneences from ehese words. Use the right form of the verb (arrive or arrives
1 (always / early / Sue / arrive) Q.L.l~..gl,WgY~.?..r.r..i.v.e..~ e.qır.ly.
2 (to ehe cinema / never / 1 / go) 1 ................... .............................................................................. .
3 (work / Marcina / hard / always) ..................................... .
4 (like / chocolace / children / usually) . ......... ........ ...... ................... .................... ..
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5 (Jackie / parti es/ enjoy / always) ............................................................. .............................................
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6 (often / people's names / 1 / forget) .............................................................................................................
7 (TV / Sam / wacch / never) .. ... . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . ... .. .......... .
8 (usually / dinner / we / have / at 7.30) ........................................................... ... .
9 (Kate/ always / nice clothes / wear) ................................................................. .

- Write sentences about yourself. Use always / never/ often /usually/som etimes .
1 (watch TV in ehe evening) . I L,Jft,ı.::ılly w?.JçhJYin:t.h~ ..e.Ye.r.ıirıg. .
2 (read in bed) 1 ..
3 (ger up before 7 o'clock)
4 (go to work/school by bus)
S (drink coffee in the morn ing)
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 1don 't ... (present simple negative)
The presenc simple negacive is don't/doesn't + ııerb:

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She doesn' t drink coffee. He doesn't like his job.

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we like we don't
you do you (do not) work
they have they like
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likes doesn't
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O I drink coffee, but I don't drink tea.

O Sue drinks tea, but she doesn't drink coffee.
O You don't work very hard.
O We don't watch TV very often.
O The weather is usually nice. it doesn't rain very often.
O Sam and Chris don't know many people.

Remember:
1/we/you/they don't ... O I don't like football.
he/she/ it doesn't ... O He doesn't like football.

O I don't like Fred and Fred doesn't like me. (not Fred don't like)
O My car doesn't use much petrol. (not My car don't use)
O Someti,:rıes he is iare, but it doesn't happen very often.

We use don't/ doesn't + infınitive (don't like / doesn't speak / doesn't do ete.):
O ı don't like washing ehe car. 1don't do it very often.
O Sarah speak~ Spanish ,_ but she doesn't speak ltalian. (not doesn't speaks)
O David doesn t do h ıs JOb very well. (not David doesn't his job)
O Paula doesn't usually have breakfasc. (not doesn't ... has)

1do/ work/ like ece. (presem simple) ➔ Unit 5 Do you ... ? (presenc si mple quescion s) ➔ Unit 7
- Write the negative.
1 1play the piano very well. ·····•).dpn't..pl.:ıy.:t.h~.pjg.!JQY~ry.w~.ı.ı, ....
2 Anna plays ehe piano very well. Anna
3 They know my phone number. They .
4 We work very h-ard.
5 He hasa bath every day.
6 You do ehe same th ing every day. ···· ······ ··· ·· ··• ············· ·· ········ ···· ·········••··

- Study the inforrrıation and write sentences with like.

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- Write about yourself. Use:

1neve r ... or I often ... or I don't ... very often.

1 (watch TV) . ... 1.dpnJ;.wg:t.çh.TV.v.~rypfl~n..... or ..... Jn~v.~r..w.ı:'J:t.çh.IY-..... or

. 1often watçh TV.
2 (go to the cheac re)
3 (ride a bi ke)
4 (eat in restaurants)
5 (rravel by crain)
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n't + these verbs:
- Complete the sentences. AII of them are negative. Use don't /does
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1 The weather here is usually nice. it ... gQç:~n't.rnin ... . much

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2 Paul has a car, but he .... .. ......... it very often.
................. to th~:cinema very often .
3 Paul and his friends like films, but they .
4 Amanda is married, but she ... ................. a ring.
5 1 .......................... ...... much about politics. l'm not interested in it.
...... much to stay there.
6 The Regenc Hotel isn't expensive. it
7 Ed lives very near us, but we .. him very often .

- Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.

an and Spanish. (speak)
1 Margaret ~pt?gk!3. . four languages - English, French, Germ
2 1. .gQ_tıJ; li kt? my job. lt's very boring. (like)
............ .' (know)
3 'Wh ere 's Steve.7' 'I' m sorry. 1... .....
4 Sue is a very quiet person. She . .... ......... very much. (talk)
5 Andy ....... ......... a lot of tea. lt's his favourite drink . (drink)
6 lt's not uue! 1...... .. ... .. ..... it! (believe)
7 That's a very beautiful picrure. 1..... ............. it very much . (like)
8 Mark is a vegetarian. He .. ........ ........ . ... meat. (eat)

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