WETALK Grammar - Simple Present

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Richard: I do a lot of things every day. I have breakfast, but I don’t do the dishes. I make the bed every morning. In the afternoon, I do homework and study.

Richard: My sister, Betty, is busy on Saturdays and Sundays. She doesn’t get up
early. She gets up late, but she does the laundry and cooks lunch. On Sundays,
she studies and watches documentaries all day.

Simple present

Read the dialogue and answer:

What are the people talking about?

Amy: Hi, Richard. What do you do on weekdays?

Amy: And, what does your sister do on weekends?

Read the sentences about Betty again.

What can you say about the spelling of the verbs in yellow?

Reorder

Unscramble the words to make a sentence.

• Julia

• does

• the laundry

• and the

• cooking every day.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Affirmative sentences

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subject

verb

complement

I / You / We /

They

the laundry.

He / She / It

has

subject

auxiliary

verb

complement

I / You / We / They

don’t

do

the dishes.

He / She / It

doesn’t

have

•Use the simple present tense to talk about habits and routines.

Simple present

Negative sentences

Share some sentences and questions about your routine

and your family’s / friends’.

do

They

a snack before dinner.

a snack before lunch.

Multiple Choice

In affirmative sentences, add -S to the end of the verb for ...

• he, she, you

• I, you, we

• we, they, you

• he, she, it

Multiple Choice

True or False?

1. 1. Use DON´T in negative sentences with I, YOU, WE or THEY

2. 2. Use DOESN´T in negative sentences with HE, SHE, IT

• 1 is TRUE ; 2 is FALSE

• 1 & 2 are TRUE

• 1 & 2 are FALSE

• 1 is FALSE ; 2 is TRUE

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•Use the simple present tense to talk about habits and routines.

Simple present

Yes/No questions

Auxiliary

subject

verb

complement

Do

I / You / We / They

sleep

the bed?

Does

he / she / it

a lot?

Information questions

auxiliary

subject

verb

complement

What
time

I / You / We / They

get
up

on
weekdays?

What

does

he / she / it

do

Share some sentences and questions about your routine

and your family’s / friends’.

make

wh-
word

do

on the
weekend?

Multiple Choice

True or False?

1. 1. In Wh-question (what, when, ...) goes BEFORE do / does.

2. 2. In questions with HE, SHE, IT use DO.

• 1 is FALSE ; 2 is TRUE

• 1 & 2 are FALSE

• 1 & 2 are TRUE

• 1 is TRUE ; 2 is FALSE

Reorder

Unscramble the words to make a question.

• What

• does

• Oliver

• know about

• her life?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Drag and Drop

Complete the statement with the correct word.

1. ​

Placeholder

you do the laundry?

- No, I ​

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, my brother is in charge of that.

2. ​

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Julia sleeps a lot?

- No, she ​

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. She´s an architect student!

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

DO

DON´T

DOES

DOESN´T