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be
am with the personal pronoun II
is with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or with the singular form of nouns)
are with the personal pronouns we, you or they (or with the plural form of nouns)
example: I am hungry.
affirmative negative question
I I am. I am not. Am I?
he/she/it He is. He is not. Is he?
you/we/they You are. You are not. Are you?
have
have with the personal pronouns I, you, we und they (or with the plural form of nouns)
has with the personal pronouns he, she, it (or with the singular form of nouns)
example: I have a dog. / I have got a dog.
'have got' is mainly used in British English. You can also use 'have' on its own (especially in American
English). In this case, however, you must form negative sentences and questions with the auxiliary verb 'do'
(see 'All other verbs').
positiv negativ question
I/you/we/they I have got. / I have. I have not got. / I do not have. Have I got? / Do I have?
he/she/it He has got. / He has. He has not got. / He does not have. Has he got? / Does he have?
All other verbs
the infinite verb (play) with the personal pronouns I, you, we and they (or with the plural form of nouns)
the verb + s (plays) with the personal pronouns he, she, it (or with the singular form of nouns)
affirmative negative question
I/you/we/they I play. I do not play. Do I play?
he/she/it He plays. He does not play. Does he play?




Present simple
Sg. Pl
I. I am English I. We are English
II. You are English II. You are English
III. He is English III. Thei are English
She is Englis
It is English
Present simple+ affirmative sentences
Sg.
I love food
You love food
He loves food
She loves food

Pl
We love food
You love food
Thei love food

Some exception
III. sg
-Un verb care se termina in o, -ch,-ss,-x-sh es
Ex: he goes, he watches, she misses, he relaxes
-consonat+y y dispare ies
Ex: cry, he cries, she flies
Exception play I play, I buy.

PS. Negativ form
I do not speak English
You dont speak English
He doesnt speak English
She doesnt speak English
It doesnt speak English
We dont speak English
You dont speak English
They dont speak English

I drive to work when the weathers cold.
My parents usually come to our house on Sundays.
They laren two languages at school
We give her a diary every year.
He often fight with his brother.
You never help me with my homework.
Big dogs likes a lot of ecercise.
He understands Arabic.
Lessons starts at 9 oclock every morning





1. Complete the sentences with the verb in the correct form
She goes to college on the her bike.
Alot of birds fly south in the winter
She studies very hard at the weekends
My father watches televison most evenings.
I often cry at the cinema
She does a lot homework in the evenings
A mother cat washes her kittens.
You teaches languege very well
He crries the shopping for his grandmother.
Hes very naughty he pushes other children.

2. Write the sentences again, using she or he.
I always listen to the radio in the morning
She always listens to the radio in the morning
I take the dog for a walk every day
He takes the dog a walk evreu day.
O usually buy all the food
She usually buys all the food
I teach history and latin
She teaches history and latin
I walk to the office every dau
He walks to the office every day.
I never wach the car.
She never waches the car
I open the building every morninig
He opens the building every morning
I occasionally write letters to my old school friends
He occasionally writes letters his old school friends
I drink a lot of tea with my breakfast
He drinks a lot of tea with his breakfast
I watch the football on television every Saturday
She waches the football on television every Saurday

In your notework, write sentences in the present simple abaout these people.
Shara Jones comes from Britain
She lives in London
She works in a bank
She often plays tennis and works in the garden
She speaks Freanch and a little Spanish.

Deniz Ulgen comes from Turkey
She lives in Kizilay
She work in a hotel
She plays chess and she goes to the concets
She speak English and a little German
Pierre Moulin comes from France
He lives in Paris
He is a shop maneger
He paints and listens music
He speaks some English and a little Italian
3. Make these sentence into questions
The shop closes at 5 oclock
Does the shop close at 5 oclock?
They go swimming every weekend
Do they go swimming every weekend?
She speaks English well
Does she speak English well?
It rains a lot here in winter
Does ii rain a lot here in winter?
You drink a lot of tea
Do you drink a lot of tea?
I eat too much, doctor
Do I eat too much doctor?
Tony often plays golf at the weekends
Does Tony often play golf at the weekend?
His friends visit him most evenings
Does his friends visit him most evenings?

4. Write the question in the present simple.
Where/you/work?
Where do you work?
What/she/do?
What does she do?
Where/he/live?
Where does he live?
What music does your husband like?
When does she do her homework?
Why do we leran latin?
Who does she teach?
How do I turn on the television?

5. Change these sentences from the positive to negative?
She works very hard
She doesnt work very hard
It usually snows in the winter
It usually doesnt snow in the winter
I like a big breakfast every morning
I dont like a a big breakfast every moening
The film start very early
The film doesnt start very early
He swims every morning
He doesnt swim every morning
They always open the windows at night
They dont open the windows at night
We often see our neighbours in the garden
We often dont see our neigbours in the garden
Chris goes on holiday every year
Cris doesnr go on holiday every year.



5. Complete the conversation, putting the verbs into the present simple.
Hello. Nice to see you. Do you work here?
Yes, I do. Im the head waiter.
Oh good. And do you like it?
Oh yes, I love it here. Its an excellent restaurant.
The chef cooks wonderful food and the waiters all work very hard. The only problem is that I dont
go out in the evenings any more because Im ollwasy busy here.
Ah, thats why we dont see you now at the cub.
Thats roght. I only have one evening free and I usually stay at home then. Does Maria go to the
club now?
Oh yes, she does. She talks about you sometimes. Do you see her?
No, O dont Im always busy and she doesnt know abaut this job. I telephone her sometimes but
shes always out.
Well she goes out quite often. But O know she wants to see you again.
Look at the door! Its Maria. Shes coming in here.

Present simple girl
O live in Malaga
I go to the beach on Saturdays
I dont drink coffee
Do you like English?
Hi everybady! I m The present simple Girl. I like habits and routines I always do the same things
and at the same time. For example, I always drink teo glasses of milk in the morninig and I usually
arrive at school at twenty five past eight. I often wear jeans and T-shirts I love pop music.
I live with my brother. The present Contiuous Guy. He is very different from me. He never arrives
on time for lunch. He likes new clothes and fashin, and doesnt lidten to pop music. He plays heavy
music in a group called Metal Bananas. We are in English club called Thee happy verb Gang. We
go there on Saturday.

Present continuous guy
Now, I am playing my guitar. My girlfriend is working in the disco today. I am not studing at the
moment. Are you listening to me?
Hi there! Im The Present Continuous Guy. Im here to tell you wat Im doing at the moment
because my life is changing a lot the days. Now Im not studying, but Im working in a Boby
Piercing Tattoo shop. I like tattoos. At the moment Im wearing nine tattoos and ten piercings.
At the present Im playing the guitar in heavy metal group Calles Metal Bananas. This evning Im
palying with some friends in a birthday party. Im going out with a girl, but shes working in the
disco today. She isnt coming with me to the party. Are you coming with me guys?

Present continuous
Im eating pizza
You are eating pizza
He, She, It is eating pizza
We are eating pizza
You are eating pizza
They are eating pizza

Dance (se elimina e) +ing
Write (se elimina e)+ing

Negativ form
He is drinking wine
Long form He is not drinking wine
Short form Hes not drinking wine
He isnt drinking wine
Mum is drinking coffee
Mum isnt drinking coffe
Mums not drinking tea
The boys are playing football
Mike is telling a joke
Diana is reading a novel
** sit sitting
Run running
Swim swimming
**play plying
Cry crying
Tryping
?? You having lunch?
Are you having lunch?
Specific words for present continuous
Now, right now, at the moment, at present
The girl is swimming in the lake.
Who is swimming in the lake? The girl
What is the girl doing in the lake? She is swimming
Where is the girl swimming? In the lake
He children are visiting the museum
Who is visiting the museum?
What are subject verb+ing

1. Put the verbs in brakets into the proper form of the present
Victor live in Brasov. At the present he living in Bucarest
Victor lives in Brasov. At the present he is living in Bucarest
The wind blowing hard outside. It often blows hard in autumn.
The play begining now. Plays on Tv always begin at 8.15pm
It getting colder and colder. Winter coming
Mr. Brad writes historical novels. Now he writing a novel about Vlad the Impaler. I loking forward
to reading it.
Monica trying to finch her work early today. She going to the theatre ion the evening.
I sometimes forget to take my keys when I LEAVE THE HOUSE.
We spend this week on the coast; we enjoy ourselves very much.
Every morning I get up early. On Sunday morning I sleeping late.
Im planing to buy a bicycle soon.
Today I not reading the newspaper that I usually read
The Romanians celebrates their national holiday on december 1st
On my way to school I usually meet many people who go to their work.
Ouer neighbours always interfering in other peoples affairs!
When it rains people usually stay indoors.
The sun rise in the east and sets in the west
He always loses his temper if you try to argue with him.
I will wait until you come.
It s be a fine spring day. The sun shining and light breeze blowing. Mrs Grant walking in the park
with her daughter Laura. Laura see a flower, bend and pick it up. Then she offers iti to her mother.
Mrs. Grant thanks her.
This is our itinerary. We leave home on the 4th, arrive in Suceava in the 5th spend the day in
Suceava, and seting area. That sound most interesting. You must lell me all about it when you get
back.

Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs od frequency can be used with the present simple to tell us how often somthing happens.
He usually walks to school.(How often, usually).
Some of ths are:
always (100%), usually (75%), often (50%), sometimes (25%), never(0%).
Adverbs of frequency go before the mean verb but after the verb to be
She doesnt often go out
She sometimes wakes up late
He is usually early at work.
1. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences, as in the examples.
Play/often/on Sundays/ they /football
They often play football in Sundays
Late/is /she/sometimes
She is sometimes late
Usually/he/goes/to /on Fridays/the/cinema
He usually goes to the cinema on Fridays
She/the/beach/to/always/goes/in/the summer
She always goes to the beach in the summer
Sometimes/her/does/she/Fridays/on/shopping
She sometimes does her shopping on Fridays
He/often/ rides/ bike/to/ work/ his
He often rides his bike to work.

2.
I often get up at 7 oclock
I always have a shower in the morning
I have brekfist somtimes in the morming
Sometimes I have lunch at school
I always stay at school until afternoon
I always do the homework in the aftenoon
I play computer games somtimes in the evening
I often cook dinner
I watch at tv sometimes before I go to bed
I often go to bed early.

Shopping
Read the conversation in a clothes shop.Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word: about,
size, have, one, May, help.
Shop assistant: Hello. May I help you?
Customer: Hello. I would like a T-shirt.
SA: Let me see. What size do you need?
C: Size 6, and I want a light blue one.
SA: Ok. What abaut this one?
C:Mmm, maybe somthing a bit longer.
SA:How about this one.
C: Perfect! It looks really nice. How much is it?
SA: This ones is 15 e. It really suits you.
C: Yes. Indeed. Ill have it.
SA:Here you are
C: Thank your for help.
SA. No problem. Bye.

2. Make a similar dialogue between a shopkeeper and a customer.
You want to buy:
A pair of trainers, size 4, with, smaller/bigger, price 24e.
A dres, size 12, red, with black spots, wider/tigher, price 27e

Hello May I help you?
Hello I would like a pair of trainers.
Let me see. What size do you need?
Size 4, and I want a smaller one.
Ok What abaout this one?
Mmm maybe something bigger.
How about this one then?
Perfect It looks really nice. How much is it?
This ones 24e. It really suits you.
Yes, Indeed Ill have it.
Here you are.
Thanks you for your help.
No problem. Bye.

Hello. May I help you?
Hello. I would like a dres.
Let me see. What size do you need?
Size 12, and I want red with bleack spots.
Ok What about this one?
Mmm maybe somthing tiger.
How about this one then?
Perfect. It looks really nice. Hoe much is it?
Thes ones 27e. It really suits you.
Yes Indeed I heve it?
Here you are.
Thanks for your help.
No problem. Bye.
3. Hello. Can I help you?
Yes. I need a kilo of oranges. How much is it?
1.5 per Kg. Anything else?
I think Ill have 2 kilos of bananas as well. How much is a kilo?
1.8e per kilo for bananas. Anything else?
No thanks, thats all for now. How much are they?
Thats 5.1 altogether.
Heres a 10 note.
Right, heres your change 4.8
Thanks a lot.
It is Ok.
Countable/Uncountable Nouns
A bottle of water
A glass of milk
A cup of coffee
A bowl of cereal
A slice of bread
A loaf of bread a kolo of sugar
A piece of cheese

Countable: bottle, peach, burgher, sandwich, crrot, crips, apples, tomatoes, eggs, pears, pototoes.
Uncountable: milk, bread, butter, cheese, sugar, coffee, tea, pasta, meat.

What can you see? Write
A loat of bread
A glass of milk/water
A cup of tea
A bowl of cereal
A bottle of water

Is that an egg in the fridge?
We havent got some eggs
We dontt need any milk
Can I have some pasta?
Can you buy me a kilo of sugar
Can I have some cake, please?
We need some shrimps
Ther arent any pears left
There is any meat in the fridge
Can I have any anions
Would you like som tea?
Would you like an apple?
Woulk you like some coffee?
Id like a glass of coke
There is some pizza left
Are there any carrots?
Ther isnt any oranges juice in the fridge.
Are ther any fish in the fridge?
There arent any peppers in the fridge.
Why dont you eat an egg?
Would you like some coffe?
There isnt any tea in the fridge.
We dont need any bananas
Can I have some suger please?
Domt buy any flour.

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