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TN2B02 - PRESENT SIMPLE LGP-PREINT
 
REFERENCE
    We use the present simple to talk about:
  • situations or states that are always or usually true:
    We live in an apartment.
  • habits and events or actions that happen regularly, often with adverbs of frequency (e.g. always, often, usually) and other time expressions (e.g. on Mondays, every day, in the morning):
    We usually get up at six o'clock.
    He goes to the gym every week.
Affirmative I/you/we/they eat he/she/it eats
Negative I/you/we/they don't eat he/she/it doesn't eat
Question Do I/you/we/they eat? Does he/she/it eat?
Short
answers		 Yes, I/you/we/they do.
No, I/you/we/they don't.		 Yes, he/she/it does.
No, he/she/it doesn't.
 
 
26a Complete the sentences. Use the present simple of the verbs in brackets.
 
 

 1. 
Lorna (often / watch)  TV in the evening, but Alice (usually/read).
 

 2. 
I’m often tired. I (work) hard and I  (not relax) very much.
 

 3. 
My mother  (go) to the gym every day, but my father  (not do) any exercise.
 

 4. 
Sophia  (live) in London, but she  (often / spend) the weekend in the country with her parents.
 

 5. 
Jane and Richard  (not go) to concerts often, but they  (listen) to music a lot at home.
 

 6. 
Angus  (come) from Glasgow, but he  (not speak) with a strong Scottish accent.
 

 7. 
We  (not drive/usually) to town. We  (catch) the train — it’s quicker.
 
 
 
 
26b Complete the questions and short answers. Use the present simple of the verbs in brackets.
 
 

 1. 
A:   early? (you / usually / get up)
B:  No,    .
 

 2. 
A:   to university? (Tim / go)
B:  Yes,    .
 

 3. 
A:    out every Sunday? (they / go)
B:  No,    .
 

 4. 
A:    black? (Sue / always / wear)
B:  Yes,    .
 

 5. 
A:    tennis every day? (you / play)
B:  No,   .
 

 6. 
A:    near you? (they / live)
B:  Yes,    .
 

 7. 
A:    from the USA? (she / come)
B:  No,    .
 
 
 
 
26C Complete the interview. Use the present simple of the verbs below.
borrow | take | drive | not use | put | recycle | travel | walk | work | not have
 
 

 A: 
Excuse me. I (1)  for the local council.
Can I ask you about our services?
First, do you (2)   by public transport?
 

 B: 
No. My husband and I (3)   public transport at all.
We (4)  everywhere. My daughter usually (5)   to school,
but she sometimes (6)  the bus if the weather is bad.
 

 A: 
I see. Next, do you (7)   paper, plastic and glass?
 

 B: 
Yes, I (8)   everything in the containers at the supermarket.
 

 A: 
Good. Finally, do you (9)  books from the public library?
 

 A: 
Good. Finally, do you (10)  books from the public library?
 

 B: 
No, never. We (11)  time to read very much.
 



 
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