LENGUA ADICIONAL AL ESPAOL (INGLS I)

Unit 2. DAY IN, DAY OUT

Daily routine
Present Simple (affirmative)

I
You
We
You
They

play
walk
watch
go
fly

But

He
She
It

plays
walks
watches
goes
flies

We use the Present Simple for habits or actions that happen regularly.
NOTE: on Monday / Saturdays, etc.
on weekends
at the weekend
Rules for the third person:
a) We add s to the end of most verbs.
b) We add es to verbs that end in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -o.
c) We drop the -y and add ies to verbs that
end in a consonant + y.
But: play plays / stay stays
1. Read and find the verbs in the
present simple.

2. Complete the correct form of the

verb.

Wendy Gibson lives in New York. She

works in a piano restaurant. She sings
and plays the piano every day, but on
Mondays she stays at home.

1. I am he _____ 5. I count - she ____

2. I talk she ____ 6. I walk it ______
3. I live it ______ 7. I drive you ____
4. I mix we _____ 8. I have he _____

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Daily schedules

3. Put the verb in brackets into the correct

form.

6. Read and practise.

a) A penguin ________________ (eat) fish.
b) I _________ (get up) at 7 in the morning.
c) Claire _____________ (sleep) until 10 in
the morning.
d) He ___________ (catch) the bus to work.
e) Sue and Scot ________ (have) dinner at
8:00.
f) Bob _________________ (drive) to work.
g) She ___________ (go) to school at 8:30.
h) James _______________ (like) dolphins.

4. Put the words into the correct order.

a) hair / a / cuts / hairdresser.
b) school / in / a / teacher / works / a
c) planes / flies / pilot / a
d) helps / a / doctor / people / sick
e) letters / delivers / postman / a
f) jockey / a / races / in / horses / rides

Daniel: How do you spend your day, Helen?

Helen: Well, on weekdays I get up around
ten. Then I read the newspaper for
an hour and have lunch at about
noon.
Daniel: Really? What time do you go to
work?
Helen: I start work at three.
Daniel: And when do you get home at night?
Helen: I get home pretty late, around
midnight.
Daniel: So what do you do, exactly?
Helen: Im a TV announcer. Dont you
recognize me? I do the weather
report on BBC!
Daniel: Im sorry. I dont watch TV.

7.
Listen and decide which of the tree
schedules is Beths. Tick (
) a, b or c.
(Track1)

5. Read and put the verbs in brackets into

the correct form of the present simple.
What is Mr MacKays job?
This is Angus MacKay. He ______ (be)
from Scotland but he _____ (live) in
London. He _______ (work) at Memorial
Hospital. Angus _______ (like) his job
very much because he _________ (help)
sick people.
a

8. Write on your notebook 3 sentences

about what you and two of your family
members do after 3:00 pm.
After 3:00 pm I watch TV and I read comics.
My brother / sister

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Present Simple (negative - questions)

NEGATIVE

QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWERS

I
You dont watch (=do not)

Do

He
She doesnt watch (=does not)
It

he
Does she watch?
it

We
You dont watch (=do not)
They

Do

I
you watch?

we
you watch?
they

I
Yes, you do.

I
No, you dont.

he
he
she
doesnt.
Yes, she does. No,
it
it
we
you
Yes,
do.
they

we
No, you dont.
they

9. Complete with do, does, dont or doesnt.

a) A: __________ you like comedies?
B: No, I __________.
A: What about your brother? ____________ he like comedies?
B: Yes, he ____________.
A: Great. Ive got a great comedy on DVD.
b) A: What ____________ you do with your friends on Sundays?
_____________ you play football?
B: No, we ______________. We ___________ like football.
Jenny and I play basketball every Sunday.
A: What about Betty?
B: No, she ____________ like sport.

10. Put the pictures in order. Write 1-6

She has dinner at half past seven.

She gets up at a quarter past seven.

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She has lunch at ten past twelve.

He gets home at a quarter to five.

He goes to bed at ten oclock.

He has breakfast at twenty to eight.

Adverbs of frequency
0%

100%

always
usually
often
sometimes
never

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Adverbs of frequency go:

- Before the main verb:
Jack never walks to school.
I dont usually stay up late.
Do you often go to the cinema?
- After the verb to be:
Helen is often late for school.

11. Write ten sentences about yourself. Use the adverbs of frequency.
Can
To talk about ability, use can or cant (cannot) and the base of a verb.
AFFIRMATIVE
I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they can write.
NEGATIVE
I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they cant draw.
INTERROGATIVE
Can I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they read?
SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they can.
No, I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they cant.

She can play the guitar.

He can swim.

Questions

Short answers

Can you play the guitar?

Can he speak English?

Yes, I can. / No, I cant.

Yes, he can / No, he cant.

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1. I can play the guitar.

2. I can speak English.
3. I can make pasta.

I cant play the piano.

I cant speak Italian.
I cant make soup.

12. Complete the conversations with can or cant and the base form a verb.
a) A: ______ you drive a car?
B: Yes, I ______. But I dont drive well.

a) A: ______ Gloria ______ English well?

B: Yes. She speaks English well.

b) A: ______ John ______ well?

B: Yes, he ______. He swims nicely.

b) A: ______ your grandmother ______?

B: Yes. She knits beautifully.

c) A: ______ your brother ______?

B: No. He ______ cook at all.

c) A: ______ you ______ the guitar?

B: No. I ______. I play very badly.

13. Write about what you can and you cant do.