Semestral Uni

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SEMESTRAL UNI

Present Simple I − Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus.

We use do and does to make negatives with the present

The present tense is the base form of the verb: simple. We use doesn’t for the third person singular
− I work in London. (she/he/it) and don’t for the others.
But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add
an –s: We use the present simple to talk about:
− She works in London. • something that is true in the present:
I’m nineteen years old.
Present simple questions I’m a student.
Look at these questions: He lives in London.
− Do you play the piano?
• something that happens regularly in the present:
− Where do you live?
I play football every weekend.
− Does Jack play football?
− Where does he come from? • something that is always true:
− Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester? The human body contains 206 bones.
− Where do they work? Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per se-
cond.
We use do and does to make questions with the pre-
sent simple. We use does for the third person singular We often use adverbs of frequency like sometimes,
(she/he/it) and do for the others. always and never with the present simple:
I sometimes go to the cinema.
We use do and does with question words like where,
She never plays football.
what and when:
Where do Angela and Rita live?
What does Angela do?
When does Rita usually get up? Exercises

But questions with who often don’t use do or does: 1. I ______ old black and White films.
Who lives in London?
A) loves B) hate C) hates
Who plays football at the weekend?
D) am love E) am hate
Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

Here are some useful questions. Try to remember 2. She ______ as a travel writer.
them:
A) working
Where do you come from? What work do you do? B) is work
Do you come from …? Do you like …? C) work
Where do you live? Do you know …? D) works
Do you live in ...? E) does works

Present simple negatives 3. My dad ____ breakfast before us.

Look at these sentences:
I like tennis but I don’t like football. (don’t = do not) A) have
− I don’t live in London now. B) having
− I don’t play the piano but I play the guitar. C) has
− They don’t work at the weekend. D) is has
− John doesn’t live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not) E) not has

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4. They ______ tae kwon do on Tuesdays D) are go

E) not going
A) do B) doing C) does
D) is do E) are do 9. It _____ snows where I live, so I never make a snow-
man.
5. I _____ reading in my free time.
A) sometimes
A) love B) always
B) loves C) often
C) am love D) frequently
D) hates E) never
E) am hate
10. He almost never see a doctor because he is ____ sick
6. Jack _____to a film club on Wednesdays.
A) almost always
A) go B) usually
B) going C) seldom
C) goes D) often
D) is go E) ever
E) does goes
11. I ____ study very hard, so I usually get high grades in
7. I _____ watch cartoons because I hate them. News school.
shows are much better.
A) always
A) almost always B) rarely
B) sometimes C) almost never
C) never D) never
D) usually E) seldom
E) often
12. He`s very angry. He ____ has a smile on his face.
8. They always ____ to bed early because they always geta
up early A) always
B) do
A) go C) not
B) goes D) never
C) going E) does

KEYS

1- B 2- D 3- C 4- A 5- A 6- C
7- C 8- A 9- E 10 - C 11 - A 12 - D