Present Simple

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Every morning, Valentina wakes up at seven o'clock. She drinks coffee and eats toast. Then she walks to work. She speaks a little Korean. Her colleagues are very friendly.

Grammar Reference · Present Simple

Positive — I / you /

Use the base verb. I live in Seoul. They work at a café. No extra ending.

Positive — he / she /

Add -s or -es. She lives in Seoul. He watches TV. Always add the ending.

Negative

Use do not or does not + base verb. She does not speak English at home.

Question

Use Do or Does + subject + base verb. Does she like Seoul? Yes, she does.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Present Simple

1.Valentina from Buenos Aires.

2.She coffee every morning.

3.Her colleagues friendly.

4.Valentina at eight o'clock.

5. she walk to work? Yes, she does.

6.The streets in Seoul very busy.

02Exercise 2 — Build · Re-order the Words

jumble · capital + full stop + conjugate

1.in · Seoul · lives · Valentina

2.every · coffee · morning · she · drinks

3.speak · does · Korean · she · not

4.café · the · opens · nine · at

5.her · she · Sunday · calls · mother · every

6.friendly · her · very · are · colleagues

7.like · does · she · job · her

8.toast · eats · she · morning · every

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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