Grammar Unit 5 I Do / Work / Like ETC. (Simple Present)

I do / work / like, etc. (simple present) Remember: he works / she lives / it rains, etc.     •    I work in an office. My brother works in a bank,  (not My brother work)     •    Lucy lives in Houston. Her parents live in Chicago.     •    It rains a lot in the winter. I have -> he/she/it has:     •    John has lunch at home every day. We use the simple present for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all the time:     •    I like big cities.     •    Your English is good.You speak very well.     •    Tim works very hard. He starts at 7:30 and finishes at 8:00 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 build a hospital. Always/never/often/usually/sometimes + simple present     •    Sue always gets to work early, (not Sue gets always)     •    I never eat breakfast, (not I eat never)     •    We often sleep late on weekends.     •    Mark usually plays tennis on Sundays.     •    I sometimes walk to work, but not very often.

Choose the correct simple present verbs.

Read

Read

Think

Fly

Dance

Have

Finish

Write sentences from the words.  Use the correct verb form. Example:  (always / early / Sue / arrive) Answer:  Sue always arrives early.

To the movies/ never / I / go

Work / Martina / hard / always

Like / chocolate / children / usually

Julia / parties / enjoy / always

Often / people's names / I / forget

Television / Tim / watch / never

Usually / dinner / we / have / at 6:30

Jenny / always / nice clothes / wear

Write sentences about yourself.  Use always / never / often / usually / sometimes. Example:  (watch TV in the evening) Answer:  I usually watch TV in the evening.

Read in bed

Get up before 7:00

Go to work/school by bus

Drink coffee in the morning