WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT PRESENT SIMPLE?

Hello Leandro! As we have learnt Present simple`s theory, I would like you to practice. Anyway if you have some
doubts you know what to do!

Just remember that:

Algunos verbos sufren cambios en la ortografía cuando se conjugan en tercera persona del

singular. Estos cambios son:

o Añadiremos -ES cuando el infinitivo del verbo acabe en -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z, -o

Watch _________ watches kiss ________ kisses

Relax___________relaxes go______________goes

o Los verbos terminados en -y precedida de una consonante cambian a ‘-ies’. En cambio, si la ‘-y’ va
precedida de vocal, no se produce ningún cambio.

Study_________studies fly_____________flies play___________plays

A) ADD -S OR -ES TO THE VERBS IN THE SENTENCES IF IT IS NECESSARY. IF IT ISN’T

NECESSARY, PUT A TICK (✓).

1. She work ______ in a hospital.

2. They live ______ in France.

3. I watch______ TV every day.

4. She go _____ to work by car.

5. The programme finish ____ at 10 p.m.

6. We play ____ tennis every week.

7. They go ____on holiday in July.

8. He speak ____ Italian and French.

9. She do_____ her homework ever night.

10. We start ____ work at 9.30.

B) FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT AFFIRMATIVE FORM OF THESE VERBS:

1. He __________________________ toast for breakfast.

2. I _____________________ coffee in the morning.

3. My father ______________________ German at the Language School.

4. Tony ___________________________ TV in the evening.

5. Charles _____________________ English and French very well.

6. We __________________________ football at weekends.

7. Sheila ___________________________ to school every day.

8. They ___________________________five cigarettes a day.

9. Sue likes cycling. She ______________________ to school.

10. The children _______________________ in a big house.

C) WRITE NEGATIVE SENTENCES.

1. He/ live/ in Mexico ______________________________________________

2. She/ work/ in a bank ____________________________________________

3. I/ swim/ every day ______________________________________________

4. Paul/ listen/ to the radio__________________________________________

5. Sheila/ eat/ meat ________________________________________________

6. You/ understand/ me ____________________________________________

7. My father/ drive/ a taxi __________________________________________

8. Peter/ drink/ alcohol _____________________________________________

9. We/ speak/ Chinese _____________________________________________

10. My mother/ like/ curry____________________________________________

INTERROGATIVE FORM: LOOK, REVISE AND DO THESE EXERCISES.

D) ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE SHORT ANSWERS:

1. Mary/ like/ cinema? _______________________________? Yes, ________

2. Alan/ eat/ potatoes? _______________________________? No, ________

3. you/ drink/ tea? ___________________________________? No, ________

4. Your friends/ play/ tennis? _________________________? Yes, ________

5. Your mother/ cycle/ to work? ______________________? No, ________

6. you and Paul/ walk/ to school? ______________________? Yes ________

7. the cat/ play/ with the dog? _________________________? No, ________

8. They/ watch/ TV? _________________________________? Yes, ________

E) WRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE CORRECT ORDER:

1. mother/ concerts/ doesn’t/ My/ to/ go/

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2. Tom/ Do/ maths/ Linda/ and/?/ study

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3. doesn’t/ the/ My/ near/ live/ family/ park

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4. brother/ in/ restaurant/ Her/ works/ a

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5. rock/ sister/ Does/ to/ your/ ?/ listen/ music

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6. ride/ our/ We/ to/ school/ bikes

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DAILY ROUTINES:
Before answering the following questions, check theory below

Which activities do you do in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening?

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What time do you get up?

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REMEMBER
What do you have for breakfast?
IN the morning, afternoon, summer ...
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ON Monday, Tuesday afternoon..
Do you drink milk?
AT six o’clock, night ...
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What time do you go to school?

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FIND OUT 20 DAILY ROUTINES IN TUE PUZZLE

READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND SAY IF THEY ARE TRUE OR FALSE FOR YOU.

Correct the wrong sentences.

1. I get up at 7.10 a.m. ____

2. My father drinks tea for breakfast _____

3. My mother goes to work by bus _____

4. I walk to school _____

5. I finish school at 14.15 p.m. _____

6. I have lunch with my family _____

7. After lunch I take a nap _____

8. I do homework and study in the afternoon ____

9. I have a shower before dinner _______

10. I go to bed at 11 p.m. ______

COLLOCATIONS

Match the two columns. Then say when you do these activities:

A B

1. have a. your teeth

2. do b. the teacher

3. get c. the school bus

4. wash d . homework

5. make e. letters

6. go f. computer games

7. listen to g. breakfast

8. take h. a shower

9. brush i. your hands

10. play j. coffee

11. eat k. home

12. write l. dressed

ADVERBS OF FRQUENCY:
ALWAYS

USUALLY

OFTEN

SOMETIMES

RARELY

NEVER

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND PLACE THE ADVERB OF FREQUENCY CORRECTLY.

1. She (brush, always) ________________________ her teeth in the morning.

2. He (go, never) ______________________________ to sleep at eight o’clock.

3. Jane (be, usually) _______________________ at home in the evenings.

4. Dave (study, sometimes) ________ ________________ in the morning.

FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT SIMPLE FORM OF THESE VERBS.

FINISH – WASH – LEAVE – DRINK – GO (2) – HAVE LUNCH – WORK – WALK

HAVE BREAKFAST – EAT – BE - READ – HAVE- PLAY – GET UP – TAKE – PREAPRE – ARRIVE –

Tony ________________ (1) at 7:30. He _________________ (2) home at 8:30,

_____________(3) to the office and ______________ (4) in a cafeteria near the

office. He ___________ (5) from 9 to 13:30, then he ________________ (6) in

the canteen. He usually ____________________ (7) meat and vegetables and

______________ (8) coffee after lunch. Afterwards he _____________ (9) back

to the office. He ___________ (10) work at 5.30 and __________ (11) the bus

to the gym. He ____________________ (12) tennis with a friend. After that he

__________ (13) at home at 8.00 and __________(14) dinner because his wife

_______________(15) at work. After dinner they usually ____________(16) TV

or ______________ (17) a book. Tony _________________ (18) a shower and

_____________ (19) to bed at 11.30.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

SO, WHAT TIME IS IT?

WRITE THE CORRECT PREPOSITION OF TIME.

1 I go back home __________ five o´clock.

2 I go to school __________ the morning

3 My father goes to work __________ midday.

4 I read __________night.

5 I do my homework __________ the evening.

6 School begins __________ 8 a.m.

7 I have lunch __________ noon at the canteen.

8 I always go to bed __________ midnight.

9 My dance lessons start __________ half past six.

WRITE TRUE SENTENCES ABOUT YOURSELF.

Example (wake up) – I usually wake up at seven o’clock.

1. ( have breakfast) ________________________________________________

2. ( get the bus) ___________________________________________________

3. ( go to School) ___________________________________________________

4. ( Have lunch) ____________________________________________________

5. ( do my homework) ________________________________________________

6. (have dinner) ____________________________________________________

7. (go to bed) _____________________________________________________

FINALLY, TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF: YOUR DAILY ROUTINES. YOU CAN INCLUDE SOME OF YOUR FAMILY
‘ROUTINES

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ADJECTIVES ENDING WITH –ED -ING

Choose the correct form:

1. I enjoyed the book. It was very interested / interesting.

2. Are you interested / interesting in art?

3. I thought the story was quite amused / amusing.

4. They were shocked / shocking when they heard the news.

5. We were all very worried / worrying when he didn’t come home.

6. It was surprised / surprising that she didn’t come to the meeting.

7. I usually find football rather bored / boring.

8. Are you frightened / frightening of spiders?

B) Complete the sentences. Use adjectives formed by adding –ING or –ED to the words in brackets.

1. I find it quite ……………………….. to talk in front of a group of people. (embarrass)

2. I think reading newspapers is …………………………. . (depress)

3. I’m ……………………….. in all kinds of sport. (interest)

4. I find walking in the countryside very ………………………….. . (relax)

5. I think learning a language is very ………………………. . (interest)

6. I get ………………………… when people smoke in restaurants. (annoy)

7. I don’t normally get ……………………….. when I watch horror films. (frighten)

8. I don’t get ………………………. very easily. (embarrass)

C) Complete the sentences for each situation. Use the word given + the ending –ING or- ED:

1. The film wasn’t as good as we had expected. (disappoint-)

a) The film was ………………………… .

b) We were ……………………… with the film.

2. Diana teaches young children. It’s a very hard job but she enjoys it. (exhaust-)

a) She enjoys her job but it’s often …………………………….. .

b) At the end of a day’s work, she is often ……………………….. .

3. It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress-)

a) This weather is ………………………….. .

b) This weather makes me ……………………….. .

c) It’s silly to get …………………………….. .

4. Clare is going to the United States next month. She has never been there before. (excit-)

a) It will be an ……………………… experience for her.

b) Going to new places is always …………………………… .

c) She is really …………………………. about going to the United States.

D. Choose the correct word:

1. I was disappointing / disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.

2. Are you interesting / interested in football?

3. The football match was quite exciting / excited. I enjoyed it.

4. It’s sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

5. Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed ?6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing /
amazed when I was offered it.

7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.

8. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.

9. It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking /

shocked.

10. Why do you always look so boring / bored? Is your life really so boring / bored?

11. He’s one of the most boring / bored people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he

never says anything interesting / interested.

E) Complete the sentences using one of the words in the box:

1. He works very hard. It’s not …… surprising ….. that he’s always tired.

2. I’ve got nothing to do. I’m …………………………………. .

3. The teacher’s explanation was ………………………. . Most of the students didn’t

understand it.

4. The kitchen hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really ……………………… .

5. I seldom visit art galleries. I’m not particularly ………………………… in art.

6. There’s no need to get ………………………. just because I’m a few minutes late.

7. The lecture was ……………………….. . I fell asleep.

8. I asked Emily if she wanted to come out with us but she wasn’t …………………….. .

9. I’ve been working very hard all day and now I’m …………………………. .

10. I’m starting a new job next week. I’m quite …………………………. about it.

11. Tom is very good at telling funny stories. He can be very ……………………….. .

12. Liz is a very …………………….. person. She knows a lot, she’s traveled a lot and she’s

done lots of different things

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Los indefinite pronouns son aquellas palabras que se utilizan para referirnos a personas, animales u objetos
indeterminados, es decir, sin decir exactamente quiénes o qué son porque no es importante mencionarlos o
porque se desconoce su identidad

Complete with something,

Complete with somebody / someone,
somebody / someone, or
something or somewhere. Complete the questions.
somewhere in these gaps.
1. There’s ………………...……………… on the 1. ……….……....... can make Use any- + -body/-thing/-
phone for you. a mistake. where.
2. You can buy ………. 1. Is there …………...………………
2. I can smell …………….…………… burning! new?
……....... you want
3. Let’s go ………………...……………… nice on the Internet. 2. Does …………...………………
for lunch. 3. All the chairs are free. else want
Sit a peanut butter sandwich?
4. ……………………. Told me it ……….……....... you like. 3. Do you want …………...
4. They never lock their ………… else?
house. 4. Did you go …………...…………
Complete the questions. …….……....... can walk in. interesting last summer?
5. Was there ………...…………
Use some- + -body/-thing/- at home?
where. 6. Is there …………...………… we
1. Do you want …………..………… can go?
to eat?

2. He talked to …………..……,
didn’t he?

3. Can …………………… help me,

please?