3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE SINGULAR PLURAL Ist PERSON talk we talk: 2nd PERSON you talk: you talk 3rd PERSON she talks they talk: he talks it rains (a) L eat breakfast every morning. (©) Olga speaks English every day. (©) We sleep every night. (a) They go to the beach every weekend. Notice: The verb after she, he, it (3rd person, singular) has a final ~s: sales. ‘The simple present tense expresses habits. In (a); Eating breakfast is a habit, a usual | activity. Every morning = Monday morning, ‘Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, ‘Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning. He shaves every morning, 53(1 EXERCISE 1. Let's talk: pairwork. Directions: Work with a partner. Parr 1. What do you do every morning? On the left is a list of habits. Check (7) your habits every morning. Put them in order. What do you do first, second, third, etc.? Write them on the lines. HABITS MY HABITS EVERY MORNING cat breakfast 1. The alarm clock rings. ——_ goto class 2. __Lturn off the alarm clock. - _______ put on my clothes 3. drink a cup of coffee/tea 4 i shave 5. put on my make-up 6. take a shower/bath 7. get up 8. ——— pick up my books 9. —__ walk to the bathroom 10. ——— watch TV ML. look in the mirror 12. 4 tum off the alarm clock 2B. go to the kitchen/the cafeteria 4. _____ brush/comb my hair 15. say good-bye to my roommate/ 16. wife/husband/parents/partner/etc. —___ brush my teeth do exercises wash my face ‘ Parr 1, Tell a partner about your habits every morning. Close your book. 54 CHAPTER 3i EXERCISE 2. Listening. Gq Directions: Listen to the sentences and circle the verbs you hear. wakes 6. watch watches 2. wake wakes 7. take takes 3. get gets 8. take takes 4. go goes 9. take takes 5. do does 10. talk talks C0 EXERCISE 3. Sentence practice. Directions: Choose the correct completions. 1. My mother and father eat breakfast at 7:00 every day. eat eats 2. My mother tea with her breakfast. drink drinks 3.1________a bath every morning. take takes 4, My sister _____a shower. take takes 5.1 English with my friends. study studies 6. We _____ to school together every morning. walk walks 7. Class at 9:00 every day. - begin begins at 12:00 for lunch. stop stops in the cafeteria. eat eats 10. My friends and I home at 3:00 every afternoon. go goes Using the Simple Present 553-2 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: WAYS, USUAL OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER 100% always (a) Bob always eats breakfast. alexays | 90%-99% usually (6) Mary usually eats breakfast. usually 75%-90% often (© They often watch TV at night fien 25%-75% sometimes (d) Tom sometimes watches TV. | SC®ECT * an ahd conan Teen a 1% 10% rarely @® I varely drink milk nena 0% = never (g) I never eat paper. ‘The words in this list are called “frequency adverbs.” They come between the subject and the simple present verb.* “Some frequency adverbs can also come at the beginning or at che end of a sentence. For example: ‘Sometimes I getup at sven. Isometiones getup at seven. I ger up at seven sometimes. ‘Also: See Chart 3-4, p. 59, forthe use of frequency adverbs with be. Cl EXERCISE 4. Sentence practice. Directions: Complete the sentences in the chart. Use each frequency adverb once. Vakoays often never rarely seldom sometimes usually Sun. |Mon. | Tues.| Wed. [Thurs] Fri Sle 1. Ann — always — drinks tea with tonch. | © | EP uf e ace evan ten | PRPS o Sat. Sle 2. Bob __ = & e 3. Mana vino ea wen ch | jelelele 4. Gay ‘nae the [ele |e| 5. i rik ex wt ne _| |ele 6: Samy ne wi ae e 7. Joe drinks tea with lunch. 56 CHAPTERSC EXERCISE 5. Sentence practice. Directions: Write $ over the subject and V over the verb in each sentence. Then rewrite the sentences, adding the italicized frequency adverbs. 1. always 2. never 3. seldom 4. sometimes 8. always sv T eat breakfast in the morning. / always eat breakf in the morning. Teat carrots for breakfast. for breakfast. I watch TV in the morning. in the morning. Thave tea with dinner. with dinner, Sonya eats lunch at the cafeteria. at the cafeteria. Joe drinks tea. ‘We listen to music after dinner. after dinner. ‘The students speak English in the classroom. in the classroom. Cl EXERCISE 6. Let's talk: class activity. Directions: Your teacher will ask you to talk about your morning, afternoon, and evening activities. Close your books for this activity. , ‘TEACHER: Tell me something you ... 1. always do in the morning. 6. never do in the afternoon. 2. never do in the morning. 7. often do in the evening. 3. sometimes do in the morning. 8. sometimes do in the evening. 4, usually do in the afternoon. 9. rarely do in the evening, 5. seldom do in the afternoon. 10. sometimes do on weekends. Using the Simple Present 57‘once a day. We can express frequency by saying how y twice a day. many times something happens (@) Ladrink tea three times a day. Parca four times a day. a week. ete. @ month. | (b) I see my grandparents three times a week. a year. (© [see my aunt once @ month. (@) Ise my cousin Sam twice a year. (©) [see my roommate every morning. Every is singular. The noun that follows T pay my bills every month. (€-g., morning) must be singular. Tsee my doctor every year. INCORRECT: every mornings (1 EXERCISE 7. Sentence practice. Directions: How often do the people in the chart take the bus? Use the chart to complete the sentences. Sun. | Mon. | Tues. | Wed. [Thurs.| Fri. | Sat. aoe 36 | a8 | =| 68|a0 | a8 ee om ae Yoko 8/38 ee 20) 26| 36 GS | ais ae Jee 42) 4 | a6 | a5) 8 Mr. Wa Mrs. Cook 8) 38) 8 1, Hamid takes the bus ___seven times __ a week. That means he always __ takes the bus. 2. Anna takes the bus __ a week. That means she takes the bus. 3. Yoko takes the bus __ a week, That means she takes the bus. 58 CHAPTERS.4. Marco takes the bus _____ a week. That means he takes the bus. 5. Joe takes the bus a week, That means he takes the bus. 6. Mr. Wu takes the bus. 7. Mrs. Cook takes the bus ________ a week. That means she takes the bus. 1 EXERCISE 8. Listening. Gq Directions: Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear. mornings 5. day days 2. year years 6. time times 3. year years 7. night nights 4. day days 8. month months DB) DITA SUBJECT + BE + FREQUENCY Frequency adverbs follow am, ADVERE, (the simple forms of be). always usually often Tom + is + | sometimes} + late for class. seldom rarely never SUBJECT + FREQUENCY + OTHER SIMPLE Frequency adverbs come before all ADVERB PRESENT VERBS simple present verbs except be. always usually often Tom + { sometimes) + comes late. seldom ‘ rarely never Using the Simple Present 59CO EXERCISE 9. Sentence practice. Directions: Add the frequency adverbs to the sentences. 1. always 2. always 3. often 4. often - never . never usually . usually 9. seldom 10. seldom LL. sometimes 12. rarely 13. usually 14, never Ann is on time for class. -* Ann is always on time for class. Ann comes to class on time. ~ Ann always comes to class on time. ‘Maria is late for class. ‘Maria comes to class late. It snows in my hometown. Itis very cold in my hometown, Bob is at home in the evening. Bob stays at home in the evening. Tom studies at the library in the evening. His classmates are at the library in the evening, I skip breakfast. Thave time for a big breakfast. Iam very hungry by lunchtime. Sue drinks coffee. Co EXERCISE 10. Let's talk: class activity. Directions: “Talk about what your classmates do in the evening. PaRT I, Check (7) the boxes to describe your activities after 5:00 P.M. always | usually | often | sometimes | seldom | rarely 1, eat dinner go to. a movie . go shopping |. go swimming |. spend time with my friends . be at home - listen to music - watch videos or DVDs . speak English, 10. send e-mails 11. surf the Internet 12. drink coffee after 9:00 13. be in bed at ten o’clock 14, go to bed late 60 CHAPTER 3PaRT 1. Exchange books with a partner. Your partner will tell the class two things about your evening. Example: (Carlos) is usually at home. He sometimes sends e-mails. (Olga) sometimes drinks coffee after 9:00. She usually goes to bed late, CO EXERCISE 11, Paragraph practice. Directions: Write about a typical day in your life, from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed. Use the following words to show the order of your activities: then, next, at... 0’clock, after that, later. Example: usually get up at seven-thirty. I shave, brush my teeth, and take a shower. Then | put on my clothes and go to the student cafeteria for breakfast After that | go back to my room. | sometimes watch the news on TV, At 8:15, eave the dormitory. 1 go to class. My class begins at 8:30. I’m in class from 8:30 to 11:30. After that | eat lunch. | usually have a sandwich and a cup of tea for lunch. (Continue until you complete your day.) SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES spELuNG | PRONUNCIATION -sh (a) push > pushes ——_pushiaa! Ending of verb: -sh, -ch, -8s, =». -ch (b) teach > teaches ——_teachiaal Spelling: add -es. vss (©) kiss «> isses hissioo! Pronunciation: /22/. -x @) fix > fixes fixtou! Ci EXERCISE 12. Sentence practice. Directions: Use the verbs in italics to complete the sentences. 1. brush Alice __- brushes her hair every morning. 2. wach Alex _ English. 3. fix Jason ___________ his breakfast every morning. He makes eggs and toast. 4. drink Sonya _______ tea every afternoon. 5. watch Joon Kee often ___________ television at night. 6. hiss Peter always ______________ his children goodnight. Using the Simple Present 617. wear Tina usually ____ jeans to class. 8. wash Bric seldom ________ dishes. 9. walk = Jenny her dog twice each day. 10. siretch, When Jack gets up in the morning, he ____ and yawn CO EXERCISE 13. Listening. 9. Directions: Listen to the sentences and circle the verbs you hear. 1. teach, ached 6. watch watches 2. teach teaches 7. brush brushes 3. fix fixes 8. brush brushes 4. fix fixes 9. wash washes 5. watch watches 10. wash washes Cl EXERCISE 14, Verb form practice. Directions: Complete the sentences. Use the words in the list and add -s or -es. Then practice reading the story aloud (with a parmer or in small groups). brush ‘get take ‘wash cook v leave turn watch fall read sit Laura ___leaves _ her office every night at 5:00 and __ on a bus to go home. She has a regular schedule every evening. She dinner and then _____ down to eat at 6:00. After she —____ the dishes, she __ on the TV, She usually the news and then a movie. At 9:00, she _____a shower. She always __ her teeth after her shower. Then she picks up a book and _______ in bed for a while. She usually ____ asleep before 10:00. 62 CHAPTERS3-6 ADDING FINAL fO WORDS THAT END IN -Y @ey > — cries End of verb: consonant + -y. wy > tries Spelling: change y to 4, add -es. (pay > pays End of verb: vowel + -y. enjoy > enjoys Spelling: add -s. C1 EXERCISE 15. Spelling practice. Directions: Complete the chart with the correct form of each verb, 1. try. He 2. We study. | She 3. They say. It 4. You worry. My mother 5. We fly. A bird 6. stay awake. Paul awake, 7. Lenjoy games. Ann games. 8. Students buy books. ‘My brother books. 9. We pay bills. Gina bills. 10. Iplay music, OF ‘My friend music. O EXERCISE 16. Sentence practice. Directions: Use the words in italics to complete the sentences. 1. pay, always Boris ___always pays ___ his bills on time. 2. eryyseldom = Our baby aight. 3. study Paul _______ ar the library every day. 4. stay, usually Laura _______ some at night. Using the Simple Present 635. fly 6. carry, always Carol 7. buy, seldom = Ann 8. worry grades. 9. enjoy Ron ‘Tina is a good student, but she a plane her books to class. __ new clothes. about her good food. he (@ She does her work. it (a) Ihave a book. she Have, do, and go have irregular forms for he } + has thaez! third person singular: (©) He has a book, it have > has - do > does © Ido my work. she go > goes (©) They go to school she he it | @ She goes to school Cl EXERCISE 17. Sentence practice. Directions: 1. do Pierre always 2. do ‘We always ___do. 3. have Yoko and Hamid 4. have Mrs, Chang — 5. g0 Andy 64 CHAPTERS + goes /gowz! Use the given verbs to complete the sentences. does __ his homework. )__ our homework their books. acar, to school every day.