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4 When do we use the present sirnple tense? 2 These questions are from an
interview with I(en.
a These two sentences illusfiate the two main uses of the present
simple tense. a only four questions are correct.
Correct the other questions.
I wake up dt seven o'clock every morning.
I Have you a shower every
Routines save time and energy.
morning?
b Complete the rule using two o{ these phrases:
2 Do you listen to the radio in the
s things that are happening at the moment morning?
o things that happen regularly I What time you go downstairs?
o general truths 4 Why do you likes the weel<end?
5 When do your flatmates get up?
We use the present simple tense to describe 6 Does Christine get up first at the
and weekends?
7 Do Sam listen to the radio?
F Check the rules for the present simple tense in Grammar 8 What programme she watches?
Reference l.l. 9 How does Colin get to college?
I0 Does he often misses the bus?
Practice b Roleplay the interview with a partner.
1 Ken shares a flat with three friends. He describes their c Ask your partner questions about a
morning routine. typical morning in his/her home.
O Put the verbs in the box in the correct form to complete the text 3 How compatible are you with
Some are in the negative. Use some more than once. other people?
a Write down
:come
tuln up: lik€ drowri i, miss ,watch rstay I have get up
'hurry, o a kind of music that you like and
listen;to -,go.,t:, wake-up: switth'on run take staft a l<ind that you don't like.
s your favourite food and something
that you don't eat.
Christine your favourite drink and
flrst at about seven something that you don't drink.
o'clock. She a game or sport that yol.l play and
one that you don't play.
dow'nstairs
a TV programme that you always
and _ break-
watch and one that you don't
fast early, because she watch.
work at something that you always do
eight o'clock. When I in the morning and something
that you don't do.
I the radio and the news
r something that you often read and
ThenI-and-ashower. I
something that you don't read.
downstairs at about quarter past seven. Sam at
b Talk to other people in the c1ass, using
about half past seven. She - the radio, so she these expressions.
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the television and the breakfast A I don't like jazz. Do you?
programme. She always the volume too loud, so B Yes, I do, but I don't like opera.
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we usually an argument about that. What about you?
A No, I don't like opera either.
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Colin to college and he's always late. He c Who has the same likes and dislikes
usually breaklast. He
as you? Teil the class.
downstairs at the last minute, and out to get the
d Tell the class some of the other things
bus. But he usually it, so then I him in that you found out.
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my car and I'm late for work. I the weekends, EXAMPLES
because everyone in bed late. But I Mdrio doesn't drink milk.
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in bed. I Ilrst and - my Carla doesn't read the newspapers.
breal<fast in peace! Look at Reflecting on Learning l:
Parts ol speech pI20.
b Iffi Lz Lisren and check. -
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