Gramma. Present simple 1

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Present simple
(form, auxiliaries in negative and
question forms)
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2.

Watch
the video.
Affirmative
(I/You/We/They)
WhatThey
do they
at the park
every
every
Saturday
Saturday?
playdofootball
.
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Affirmative (He/She/It)
She loves apples.
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Negative (I/You/We/They)
I do not like computers.
I don’t
do not like computers.
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Affirmative and negative (He/She/It)
She likes sandwiches.
She does not like cakes.
She does
not like cakes.
doesn’t
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[AW: sandwiches and
cake p. 58]

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Questions and short answers
Do you go to school by bus?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
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and short answers
Questions (He/She/It)
Does it run fast?
Yes, it does.
No, it does n’t.
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Can you remember the rules?
Use the present simple for things that happen regularly or that are always true.
In positive sentences:
● with I, you, we and they, use the base form of the verb.
● with he, she and it, add -s (or -es with verbs that end -s, -sh, -ch, x, or -z).
In negative sentences:
● with I, you, we and they, use do not.
● with he, she and it, use does not.
In questions:
● with I, you, we and they, use the auxiliary do.
● with he, she and it, use the auxiliary does.
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Speaking
Work in pairs. Student A: think of a famous person.
Jennifer Lawrence
Serena Williams
Harry Potter
Robert Downey Jr.
Rihanna
Stephen King
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Speaking
Student B: ask yes/no questions to find out who it is.
Verb bank:
be
come from
have
like
live
play
work
Does he/she come from Britain?
No, he doesn’t.
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Acknowledgements
The publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright
photographs and material:
Slide 3: ©BestPhotoStudio/Shutterstock; Slide 4: ©Ableiimages/Digital Vision/Getty Images;
Slide 7 (T): ©Steve Bloom Images/Alamy; (B):© Evgeny Kovalev spb/Shutterstock
The publishers are grateful to the following illustrators:
Slide 5: Seb Camagajevac (Beehive Illustration); Slide 6: David Semple
The publishers are also grateful to Silversun Media Group for the video production.
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