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Examples: Ten times ten makes one hundred; I really love my job; I read every night before I go to sleep; You take the train into the city centre and then you take a number five bus; So what you do is... You read the questions first and then you write down your answer in the box. UNIT 1 We use the Present Simple for: Simple Present Say in english PAGE 30 General truths and facts; Regular and habitual events; Instructions and give directions. Simple Present Form I You We They He She It Work Works Spelling the present form For most verbs we add -s to the base form to make the She, He and It (the person singular) form: Watch > Watches. Miss > Misses. Mix > Mixes. Buzz > Buzzes When the verb ends in -ch, -ss, -sh, -x or -zz, we add -es Hurry > Huries. Study > Studies. Reply > Replies. When the verb ends in a consonant + y we change y to I and add -es Pay > Pays. Enjoy > Enjoys. But when the verb ends in a vowel + -y we just add -s ENGLISH FOR ALL PAGE 4 Come > Comes. Order > Orders. Eat > Eats. Wear > Wears. Some verbs are irregular Have, go, do and be are irregular! Have > Has. Go > Goes. Do > Does. Be > Is/Are. Say in english PAGE 32 When the verb ends in -s or -z we double the -s or -zz and add -es Quiz > Quizzes These verbs are not so common! And others are not so common... Exercises 1. Complete the blank spaces with the correct verb. I. I usually ________ to the mall a) went b) will c) go d) have II. Sarah __________ music. a) love b) loves c) like d) lovies 2. Underline the correct form of the verb. I. She study/studies a lot. II. The police are/is there. III. Lara live/lives in Brazil. IV. They is/are very happy. UNIT 2 To talk about the past, we usually use the past simple. Thus it talks about that something happened in the past and it doesn't happen anymore. I was in hometown yesterday. She wasn't available last month. We were swimming in lake before you went home. The weren't doing anything. Simple Past Say in english PAGE 33 To be verb To make questions we use the auxiliar 'did' Did you go out last night? When did Mr. Green die? What did you do at the weekend? Contractions Was not = Wasn't Were not = Weren't Did not = Didn't Exercises Say in english PAGE 34 1. You ask mary about her holiday. Write your questions. a) Where _________? i went to canada. it was really great. b) How_______________? by plane? yes, i took on a plane in airport. c) How long ____________ to get to toronto? three months. d) Where _____________? in hotels? no, i stayed at my mother’s house. 2. Fill in the gaps using the past form of the verbs in Parenthensis. a) Tina _____ (be) one of the best student of her class. b) Eistein __________ (discovery) the time relativity. c) I _______ (be) a nurse in early 2000’s. d) Monica and linda _______ (walk) down the street. e) My uncle _______ (build) his own house. f) I _______ (read) harry potter last year. g) Paul _______(go) to the movies yesterday. h) Lisa and her sister smile a lot. they ______ (be) so happy last week.