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.

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

Jenny / always / nice clothes / wear

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

Television / Tim / watch / never

Often / people's names / I / forget

Julia / parties / enjoy / always

Like / chocolate / children / usually

Work / Martina / hard / always

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

Drink coffee in the morning

Go to work/school by bus

Get up before 7:00

Read

Finish

Have

Dance

Fly

Think

Read