This is Jon.

He
Hi! I am Garfield. I
is Garfield's
live with Jon and
owner. He
Odie. I like eating
loves
and sleeping very
Garfield and
much! I don't like
Odie.
mice!

Hi! I am Odie.
Garfield lives with
Garfield likes to push us. He eats a lot
me off the table but and weighs 25
we can be good pounds! He
friends sometimes! doesn't like
The dieting.
Use:
We use The Present Simple for things that are true in general, or
for things that happen sometimes or all the time:
Eg. Garfield likes eating very much!
Sometimes Garfield likes to push Odie off the table.
Garfield and Odie live with Jon.

POSITIVE + NEGATIVE - INTERROGATIVE ?

I I I
Grammar-guide: We like We DO +not like Do we like?
You You (don't) you
They They they
Spelling rules:
1.verbs ending in 3rd PERSON SINGULAR
He He he
ss, sh,ch,x,o +S +e She like +S She DOES +not like Does she like ?
I watch s
he watches It It (doesn't) it
I go he goes

2.verbs ending in
Time phrases :
a consonant +Y
We often use the present simple with words
y - ies
that tell us how often: often, always, never,
they cry she cries seldom, sometimes, usually, once a
we try he tries
day/a year, every day/year/month, all
the time .
 1.Spelling Practice: Add –S to these
verbs and write
them:

watch - watches go - __________ read - __________ play - ___________

dress - ___________ buy - __________ cry - __________ eat - ___________

wash - __________ hate - __________ stay - __________ sleep - ___________

do - __________ fly - __________ phone - __________ kiss - ___________

2.Present Simple : Positive form.

1.Read these sentences about Garfield and his friends

and put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
I love
Garfield 1.Garfield (to love)_loves__TV and (to hate)_______ Mondays.
! 2.Garfield and Odie (to live)__________ with Jon.
3.Garfield (to like)________every kind of food except vegetables.
4.Jon (to prepare ) _________breakfast for Garfield.
5.Garfield (to adore)_________ his teddy bear Pooky.
6.Sometimes Garfield (to kick)_________Odie off the table.
7. Odie (to bark)________ and (to slobber)________.
8.Jon and Odie (to love)______ Garfield very much!
9.I am a lazy cat and (to sleep)…………… a lot!
All I do is eat
and sleep. Eat
and sleep. Eat
2.Complete the sentences with the correct
and sleep.
forms of the verbs from the box:

1.Odie wants to be friends with Garfield.

2.Every morning Garfield ……………. his teeth.
3. Garfield ……………. 25 pounds!
4. Garfield ……………….a girlfriend named
Arlene.
5.Jon and Odie ……………..with Garfield in the want eat drink
same house. call have brush
6.Garfield usually ……………..strong coffee in
live weigh
the morning.
7.Nermal……………….. himself "The World's
Cutest Kitten".
8. I am a huge fan of lasagna and…………… it
a lot!
 1.Read the text about Garfield's daily routine and put the verbs in brackets into the correct
form :
Every day Garfield (to wake up) wakes up at ten o'clock. He (to go) _________to the
bathroom and he (to take) a shower.

John (to prepare) __________Garfield's breakfast in the kitchen. Garfield (to have)________
bacon and eggs for breakfast at a quarter past ten. After breakfast, he (to brush)__________
his teeth.

Then he (to go)________ to the pet school. Usually he (to go)_________ by car with John and
Odie. At one o'clock he ( to eat) ________lunch.

At a quarter past two he (to take)_______ his afternoon nap. When he (to wake up)________
he (to play) _________football with Odie . At five o'clock he always ( to have) _________a
snack. He (to have) _________dinner at half past eight. After dinner he always (to watch)
________TV.

He usually ( to go )_______to bed at half past ten.

3.Present Simple : negative form.

Eg.1.I like Mondays.

Look at the chart No, I don't like Mondays. I hate Mondays!
of my likes and 2.Grfield hates TV.
dislikes and No, he doesn't hate TV. He likes TV.
correct the 3.Garfield likes dieting very much.
sentences. ……………………………………………………………
Make them .4.Garfield dislikes eating.
negative. ……………………………………………………………
.5.Garfild and Nermal go for a walk together.
……………………………………………………………
likes dislikes . 6. I don't like myself. I am fat and lazy!
……………………………………………………………
eating dieting . 7.He drinks coffee with milk in the morning.
……………………………………………………………
TV Mondays
. 8. I eat raisins every day!
himself Nermal ……………………………………………………………
.9.Garfield plays with mice.
strong coffee raisins ……………………………………………………………
.10. Jon and Odie like teddy bear.
teddy bear mice
……………………………………………………………
lasagna vegetables .11.Garfield hates lasagna and loves
vegetables.
……………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………
3.Present Simple :questions.

Yes/No Questions.

REMEMBER!
Yes, I /we/you/they do.
Do I/you/we/they like TV?
No, I /we/you/they don't.

Does he /she/it like TV? Yes, he/she/it does.

No, he/she/it doesn't.

Ask and answer questions as in the examples: Does

Odie
prepare like slobber like live slobber?
breakfast eating Garfield together

Garfield + +

Odie +

Jon + +

Jon and + +
Odie

Oh yes, he
Eg. Does Garfield prepare breakfast? - No. he doesn't. does!

Do Odie and Jon like Garfield? - Yes, they do.

1……………………………………………………………….

2………………………………………………………………. Does Garfield like

sleeping?
3………………………………………………………………..
Yes, he does!
4……………………………………………………………….

5……………………………………………………………….

6………………………………………………………………

7………………………………………………………………

8………………………………………………………………

9……………………………………………………………..
 3.Present Simple :questions.
-What does
Garfield like most
of all?
Special Questions
-He likes lasagna!

Remember the word order in a special question:

question word do/does subject infinitive

What do you like?

Where does Garfield live?

REMEMBER!

How much does Garfield weigh?

When do Odie and Garfield play football?

How often does Garfield play with his teddy

bear?
Why
do you like Garfield?

1.Write questions. Use the Now ask me

words in brackets. Put the
some questions!
words in the right order:

Eg.(where/live/Garfield and Odie?)

Where do Garfield and Odie live?

1.(when/Garfield/get up?)
……………………………………………… Eg. When do you get up?
.2.(what/Jon/do in the morning?)
1. What…………………………………….?
………………………………………………
.3.(when/Garfield and Odie go to 2. When…………………………………….?
pet school?)
……………………………………………… 3. How often………………………………?

4.(why/Odie/slobber?) 4. Why………………………………………?
………………………………………………
5. Where……………………………………?
5.(how often/Garfield/brush his
6. How much………………………………?
teeth?)
………………………………………………

6.(how/Nermal/call himself/)
……………………………………………..