1 Mind Map

PRESENT SIMPLE

FORMA AFFERMATIVA Variazioni ortografiche

soggetto + forma base del verbo alla terza persona singolare
I play tennis. We watch TV. • verbi terminanti in -ch, -o, -s, -sh, -ss, -x, -z:
terza persona singolare ➝ forma base + -s si aggiunge -es
It lives in the sea. She speaks English. does, washes, fixes
• verbi terminanti in consonante + -y:
si elimina la y e si aggiunge -ies
cries, worries, replies
FORMA NEGATIVA
soggetto + don’t/doesn’t + forma base del verbo
I don’t play tennis. She doesn’t speak Chinese.
con wh- words
Wh- word + do/does + soggetto + forma base
FORMA INTERROGATIVA del verbo + ?
Where do you play tennis?
Do/Does + soggetto + forma base del verbo + ?
Do you play tennis? Does she speak Chinese?
con who/what/which/whose con funzione di
soggetto
RISPOSTE BREVI Wh- word + verbo alla terza persona
Yes, soggetto + do/does. singolare + ?
No, soggetto + don’t/doesn’t. Who sings Marlena?
Yes, I do. / No, she doesn’t.

USO

affermazioni sempre vere azioni abituali e routine

The Sun rises in the east.

dare istruzioni con avverbi di frequenza:

You peel the apples and always, usually, often,
you cut them in cubes. sometimes, rarely, risponde alla
ever/never domanda
descrivere procedure I rarely drink coffee. How often…?
When the alarm is on, the How often
green light flashes. con espressioni di frequenza: do you drink
every day, once a week, coffee?
orari e programmi three times a month, ecc.
prestabiliti I drink coffee twice a day.
The train from Milan
arrives at 12:55. con espressioni di tempo: risponde alla
in the morning/afternoon, domanda
on Saturdays, ecc. When…?
raccontare storie
I drink coffee in the morning. When do you
At the end of the book,
drink coffee?
Anna discovers the truth.

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Present simple
To form the Present simple with
he / she / it we add -s at the base
form of the verb.
To form the negative and the
interrogative form, we use the
auxiliary verb does with he/she/it
and do with I/you/we/they.
1 2 COMPLETE the sentences with the
verbs in brackets using the Present
simple affirmative or negative.
1 Hannah and Louis go (go) to school
by bus.
2 After school Tom, __________
(relax) on the sofa in the living room.
3 My sister __________ (not / have)
a shower in the morning.
4 We __________ (wake up) early on
weekdays.
2 3 WRITE questions using the
Present simple.
1 Jay and Lucy / leave home together
in the morning / ?
Do Jay and Lucy leave home together
in the morning?
2 you / do your homework in the
evenings / ?
3 Greg / have lunch at home or at
school / ?
4 Martin / always / catch the 7:45 bus / ?
Prepositions of time
3 4 COMPLETE the sentences with the
words from the box.
in • from • at (x2) • to • on
1 We start music class at nine o’clock.
2 They go on holiday ______ the
summer.
3 ______ Sundays I get up late.
4 The meeting is _______ seven
_______ nine.
5 I have lunch______ midday.
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Grammar Lab 1
Adverbs and expressions of frequency
4 5 READ the examples.
I’m often in the library after school.
I always wake up at 7 o’clock on
weekdays.
Do you often play football?
I take the bus to school every day.
We put adverbs of frequency after
the verb be and before other verbs.
We put expressions such as
every day/week/month/year at the
end of the sentence.
5 6 REWRITE the sentences using the
adverbs and the expressions in brackets.
1 He’s always in his bedroom after he comes
home from school. (always)
2 When they are ill, they watch TV. (never)
3 We have dinner all together in the evenings.
(usually)
4 Before you have dinner, do you help your
mum in the kitchen? (every day)
5 Dad works in the garden on Saturdays. (often)
Round up
6 8 Online interaction Read the email
and CIRCLE the correct alternative.
Dear Sosuke,
My mother is a receptionist in a big hotel.
She only (1) work / works in the morning
from 8:30 to 12:30.
My father is a businessman. He (2) gets / get
home (3) at / in the evening before dinner
but he (4) does / doesn’t work on Saturday
or Sunday. (5) Do / Does your parents work?
What do they do?
My sister is a student at university. She
(6) want / wants to be a vet because she
loves animals. She (7) have / has lessons
(8) on / in Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday and she works in the lab
(9) in / on the afternoons.
Write soon!
Lennie
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