They have a lot of books.

They read a lot.

He's eating an ice-cream.

He likes ice-cream.

They read /I like / he likes etc. = the present simple:

I/we/you/they

he/she/it

do

does

read

reads

like

likes

work

works

play

plays

watch

watches

Remember:

he/she/it-s: he likes (not 'he like') my sister plays it rains- I live in London but my brother lives in Scotland.

have has: I have he/she/it has

Spelling Appendix 4 (4.1 and 4.2):

-es after -s/-ch/sh: pass passes watch watches finish finishes

also: do does go goes

study studies carry carries

We use the present simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen

sometimes or all the time:

I like big cities.

The shops open at 9 o'clock and close at 5.30.

He works very hard. He starts at 7.30 and finishes at 8 o'clock in the evening.

The Earth goes round the Sun.

We do a lot of different things in our free time.

She's very clever. She speaks four languages.

It costs a lot of money to stay at luxury hotels.

We use the present simple with always/never/often/sometimes/usually:

He always gets up at 7 o'clock.

I usually go to work by car but I sometimes walk.

Jack eats very little. He never has breakfast in the morning.

The weather here is not very good. It often rains.

Unit 6 I don't... (present simple negative) Unit 7 Do you ...? (present simple questions)

Unit 8 I am doing (present continuous) and I do (present simple) Unit 88 Word order (always/never/often etc.)

UNIT 5 I do/work/like etc. (present simple)

5.3 Study this information:

drink coffee in the morn ing?

read newspapers?

get up before 7 o'clock?

never

often

somet imes

usually

never

always

Now write sentences about Bob and Ann, George and yourself. Use always/usually/often/

sometimes/never.

5.1 Write the he/she/it form of these verbs.

1 read .. 4 listen 7 push 10 kiss

2 repair 5 love 8 do 11 buy

3 watch 6 have 9 think 12 go

5.2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of these verbs:

boil close cost cost go have like meet open smoke

teach wash

1 She's very clever. She four languages.

2 Steve ten cigarettes a day.

3 We usually dinner at 7 o'clock.

4 I films. I often to the cinema.

5 Water at 100 degrees Celsius.

6 In Britain the banks at 9.30 in the morning.

7 The City Museum at 5 o'clock every evening.

8 Food is expensive. It a lot of money.

9 Shoes are expensive. They a lot of money.

10 Tina is a teacher. She mathematics to young children.

11 Your job is very interesting. You a lot of people.

12 Peter his hair twice a week.

1 ....

George in the morning.

I

2 Bob and Ann \ newspapers.

George

I

3

1

2

3

UNIT 5 Exercises