Flash on Grammar Present simple Affirmative
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Research says that British teenagers spend about eight or nine hours in bed on a typical day at the weekend! Teenagers have got about six hours of free time a day and they spend three hours on their homework, about an hour shopping and they talk, or send sms messages, for forty-five minutes a day on their mobile phones!
Negative
I/You/We/They He/She/It
work. works.
Interrogative
I/You/We/They don’t work. He/She/It doesn’t work. Short answers
Do I/you/we/they work? Yes, I do./No, I don’t. Does he/she/it work? Yes, he does./No, he doesn’t. We use the Present simple to talk about habits, routine actions and permanent situations. She gets up early.
I spend nine hours in bed…
Prepositions of time
They work in a hotel.
Spelling rules In the third person singular we add -es if the verb ends in -o, -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -z. If the verb ends in a consonant+ -y, the -y becomes -i and we add -es. do
does
watch
watches
study
Rewrite the text below, make it true for you.
studies
at
at five o’clock, at lunch, at Easter
in
in five minutes, in the morning, in May, in spring, in 2011
on
on Thursday, on the 25th of October, on Christmas Day
from... to
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from April to June, from 2008 to 2010 WB p. 16
WB p. 16
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Underline the correct answer.
1 I play/plays the piano. 2 Britney sing/sings pop songs. 3 Our teacher tell/tells great stories. 4 De Niro and Pacino work/works in the USA. 5 George Clooney likes/like Italy. 6 We go/goes out on Saturday with friends.
2
Make these sentences negative.
1 My mum paints pictures. My mum doesn’t paint pictures. 2 My friend smiles a lot. 3 My friends laugh a lot. 4 I like music. 5 My friends and I go to the opera. 6 I work on Saturday.
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Complete the sentences with the correct preposition: in, on, at, from... to.
Prepositions of place
3
Make questions from the sentences in exercise 2, then write answers that are true for you. 1 Does my mum paint pictures? No she doesn’t./Yes, she does.
4
Complete the interview with Rosa Barrios’ mother.
A Mrs Barrios, (1) ____ do you come from Spain? B Yes, I (2) _______ . A I see. And do you (3) _______ in London now? B No, I (4) _______ . I live in Granada. A And what (5) _______ your daughter do? B She (6) _______ a living statue. A (7) _______ you and Mr Barrios like Rosa’s job? B No, we (8) _______ . But Rosa loves her job and we love Rosa.
1 Halloween is ____ the 31st of October. 2 They play football ____ the evening in the park. 3 We are never cold at our mountain house ____ winter. 4 His father was born ____ 1965. 5 We’ve got Geography ____ 2 ____ 3 p.m. 6 The party starts ____ dinnertime.
in
in the box, in the north, in Italy
on
on the table, on the wall
near
near the sofa
under
under the bed WB p. 17
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Think about your bedroom. Where are these things? Write sentences with in, on, near or under.
1 Where 2 Where 3 Where 4 Where 5 Where 6 Where
is the bed? is the window? is the wardrobe? is the lamp? are your books or DVDs? are your clothes?
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