I Do, I Work, I Like, Etc. (Simple Present)

A.
They read / he likes / I work, etc. = the simple present
I/we/you/they read like work live watch do have
He/she/it read likes works lives watches does has
Remember:
He works / she lives / it rains, etc.
He/she/it/has
-John has lunch at home every day. (not John haves)
passes finish ?-es after ?s/-sh/-ch pass watches finishes watch
studies try ? -ies study -y tries
goes does go and also do
B. We use the simple present for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all the time.
C. always / never / often / sometimes / usually + simple present
-They’re looking at their books. They read a lot.
-He’s drinking coffee. He likes coffee.
-I work in an office. My brother works in a bank. (not My brother work)
-Anne lives in Canada. Her parents live in the U.S.
-It rains a lot in the winter.
-John has lunch at home every day. (not John haves)
-I like big cities.
-The stores open at 9 o’clock and close at 5:30.
-Mario works very hard. He starts at 7:30 and finishes at 8 o’clock at night.
-The earth goes around the sun.
-We do a lot of different things in our free time.
-It costs a lot of money to stay at luxury hotels.
-Sue always gets to work early. (not Sue gets always)
-We often sleep late on weekends. (not We sleep often)
-I usually drive to work, but I sometimes walk.
-Julia never eats breakfast.
I. Write these verbs + -s or ?es.
1.(read) she __reads__
2.(think) he ________
3.(fly) it __________
4.(dance) he _______
5.(have) she _______
6.(finish) it ________
II. Complete the sentences about the people in the pictures. Use these verbs:
eat go live play sleep
1. He plays__ the piano.
2.They _____ in a very big house.
3.She _____ a lot of fruit.
4.They ______ tennis.
5.They _____ to the movies a lot.
6.He _____ eight hours a night.
III. Complete the sentences. Use these verbs:
boil meet
close open
speak cost
teach like
wash
1.Megan __speaks__ four languages.
2.Banks usually ________ at 9:00 in the morning.
3.The Art Museum _______ at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
4.Isabel is a teacher. She _______ mathematics to young children.
5.My job is very interesting. I _______ a lot of people.
6.Peter _______ his hair every day.
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.Julia and I are good friends. I _______ her and she _______ me.
IV. Write sentences from these words. Put the verb in the right form (arrive or arrives, etc.).
1.(always / early / Sue / arrive) __Sue always arrives early__.
2.(Julia / parties / enjoy / always) Julia _________________.
3.(work / Megan / hard / usually) _____________________.
4.(Jenny / always / nice clothes / wear) ___________________.
5.(dinner / we / have / always / at 6:30) ___________________.
6.(television / Mario / watch / never) ____________________.
7.(like / chocolate / children / usually) ____________________.
8(basketball / I / play / often / after work) _________________.
V. Write sentences about yourself. Use always / never / often / sometimes / usually.
1.(watch television) __I usually watch television at night__.
2.(read in bed) I ________________________________.
3.(get up before 7 o’clock) _________________________.
4.(go to work / school by bus) ______________________.
5.(drink coffee) ________________________________.
CONVERSATIONJulie: What does your son like to do?
Mary: He likes to play computer games a lot and he likes watching TV everyday.
What about your son, what does he like to do?
Julie: He likes to read comic books and he plays the guitar.
Mary: Wow! Who taught him how to play the guitar?
Julie: My husband. He likes to teach our son to play the guitar, because he says they??will put up a band someday.
Mary: That's amazing! A father and son band. You should be proud!
Julie: I am. It's just that I can never get my son to study his lessons when they're
together.
Mary: Well, they're having a good time. And playing the guitar is a lot of fun.
Julie: Yes. I guess you're right!
1.What can you say about the picture on our lesson?