Worksheet Nº 1: SIMPLE PRESENT

1. TITLE: Review of Simple Present

2. CAPACITY: Text Comprehension

3. BRIEF SUMMARY:

Simple Present

                               a) USE:

·         To talk about ROUTINES. Example:

-          I go to school from Monday to Friday.

·         To talk about PERMANENT STATES. Example:

-          Water boils at 100º degrees Celsius.

·         To talk about FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS (like, hate, want, hope, etc.). 

-          I like ice cream. I want one!

          b) STRUCTURE:

AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT	VERB	COMPLEMENT
I	brush	my teeth everyday.
My mother	makes	desserts.

NEGATIVE

SUBJECT	DON’T/ DOESNT	VERB	COMPLEMENT
I	don’t	brush	my teeth everyday.
My mother	doesn’t	make	desserts.

INTERROGATIVE

DO/ DOES	SUBJECT	VERB	COMPLEMENT
Do	you	brush	your teeth everyday?
Does	your mother	make	desserts?

IMPORTANT!       You can find more information on these web pages:                       http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/present_simple.htm                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLA6RkC9X0                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpV4r1YqtNA 4. ACTIVITIES:     4.1 Materials:                           - Sheets of paper     4.2 Instructions:                            - Read the items                            - Solve the exercises                           - Print ONLY the sheet of exercises (Presentar obligatoriamente solo la hoja de       ejercicios, lo anterior es opcional) 5. DATE TO HAND IN THE HOMEWORK:                                                                             - 2º A: Monday, March 19th 2012                                                                             - 2º B: Tuesday, March 20th 2012

                           EXERCISES

                      1) Change the red words to personal pronouns.

                      a) William loves camping.                                      He 

     b) My parents have lunch at 2:30 p.m.               ______

 c) Gaby and I play volleyball everyday.              ______

            d) Jose takes a shower at nights.                         ______

 e) These boys start school at 7:15 a.m.               ______ 

 f) Your book is on the table.                               ______

 g) Your sister draws paints and portraits.             ______


2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs (affirmative or negative).

write               eat                  play                 play                 go                    watch

Example:  She doesn’t play (-) computer games.

a) You _____________ (+) to university at 8 a.m

b) My sister ___________ (-) e-mails.

c) The children ______________ (+) football.

d) Peruvian families ____________________ (-) cultural programs on TV.

e) Rodrigo ________________ (-) breakfast at 6:30.

3) Unscramble the questions.

Example:

 you/ in Trujillo/ do/live

Do you live in Trujillo?

a) to the beach/ your friends/ do/ go

________________________________________________?

b) sing/ rock music/ does/ she

_________________________________________________?

c) it/ fly/ does

_________________________________________________?

d) like/ she/ hamburgers/ does

_________________________________________________?

e) do/ their homework every day/ the students/ do

__________________________________________________?

4) Read and answer the questions. Then, underline the verbs in SIMPLE PRESENT.

READING Danny and Lianne live in Los Angeles in California. Their parents have a house on the beach at Santa Monica. In the summer they are very lazy. They get up at ten thirty and have breakfast. Then, they go swimming. They have lunch on the beach. In the afternoon they often walk or play ball games on the beach. After dinner, they go and meet friends at Tommy´s Beach Café. They sometimes go to a disco in the evening. They sleep quite late, at about ten or eleven p.m. They like Californian life a lot. Source:http://planetaingles-stella.blogspot.com/2011/04/reading-comprehension-text-with-simple_11.html

Now answer the questions:

1) Where do Danny and Lianne live? _____________________

2) Where is their parents´house?_________________________

3) What time do they get up?___________________________

4) Where do they have lunch?__________________________

5) What do they do in the afternoon?_____________________

6) Where do they go after dinner?_______________________