Life

Level 1 Unit 7a
Simple present I/you/we/you/they, prepositions of time

I live on a farm. I work every day and I get up at five I start work at five o’clock in the
o’clock. I finish in the evening, but I don’t work in afternoon, and I finish at midnight. I
the afternoon. don’t work on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Presentation

Affirmative
Prepositions of time
• at six o’clock / noon / two
have a small house.
o’clock I get up at seven
I/You/We/You/They finish work at five.
go to bed at ten.
o’clock.
• in the morning/afternoon/evening/night You
Negative
go home in the evening.
have a car. • on Sunday/Sundays, Wednesday/Wednesdays
I/You/We/You/They don’t work on Saturdays. We don’t work on Fridays and Saturdays.
go to university. • at night
Use the simple present to talk about: They sleep at night.
• routines:
They get up at six.
• things that are always true:
They have a house.

Key vocabulary Everyday verbs: eat, finish, get up, go, have, meet, sleep, speak, start, study, watch, work

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Exercises

Exercises
1 Number these sentences in the correct order (1 to 8).
1 I have breakfast at seven. 2
2 I get up at six o’clock. 1
3 I have lunch at one o’clock. 5
4 I go to bed at midnight. 8
5 I finish work at six o’clock. 6
6 I go to work at eight o’clock. 3
7 I start work at nine o’clock. 4
8 I have dinner in the evening. 7
2 Put the words in the correct order.
1 I up in get the morning I get up in the morning.
2 afternoon start we the work in We start the work in afternoon.
3 on don’t they work Sundays They don’t work on Saturdays.
4 class have Tuesdays on you You have class on Tuesdays.
5 go don’t to we school We don’t go to school.
6 have don’t breakfast they They don’t have breakfast.
7 exercise go I to an class I go to class an exercise.
8 work night you at don’t You don’t work at night.
3 Complete the text with the verbs.

start eat work have finish meet go not / work

I’m single and I 1 have an apartment in Prague. I work in a bank. I start

work at eight o’clock. I eat lunch at noon, and I finish work at five. On Tuesdays on
and Thursdays, I go to my English classes. I don’t work Saturdays and Sundays, and
I meet friends in the evenings.
4 Complete the sentences with at, in, or on.
1 Richard and Chen don’t work on Mondays.
2 We don’t have school in the morning.
3 They finish classes at eight o’clock.
4 You have lunch at one o’clock.
5 We watch TV in the evenings.
6 My brothers work at night.
7 In my country, the weekend is on Fridays and Saturdays.
5 Write sentences with a simple present verb and a preposition of
time.
1 They / to work / seven o’clock They go to work at seven o’clock.
2 We don’t / classes / Saturdays and Sundays We don’t go to classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
3 I / dinner / the evening I have dinner in the evening.
4 You don’t / TV / night You don’t watch TV at night.
5 I / to bed / eleven o’clock I go to bed eleven o’clock.

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