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Simple resent
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The Simple Present tense is used to talk about facts and daily routine (things that are true and things
that happen with certain frequency). In this case, we often use “action verbs” and auxiliaries “do” and
“does”. In order to use the simple present tense properly, it is important to know that:
*Auxiliaries are mainly used to make questions, negative sentences and short answers.
* Do is used with “I, you, we and they” Does is used with “he, she and it”.
* In affirmative sentences with he,she and it, we add “s, es, or ies” to the main verb of the
sentence, according to the verb ending. E.g. come --- comes, fix --- fixes, study --- studies. Except: have
--- has.
Questions & Answers
Do you like your job? Does your best friend work at an airport?
Yes, I do. I really love it. Yes, she does. She works at Margarita airport. No, I
don’t. It’s quite boring. No, she doesn’t. She works at a post office.
What do you do at work? When does your best friend work?
I’m an air traffic controller, so I control arrivals She works on weekdays, only. She starts work
and departures at the airport. at 7am and she leaves at 4pm.
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8.- Look at the following pictures of some common l eisure activities. Practice saying each. Then
do the activities below:
Ride a bike Play so ccer Exercise Go climbing
Ride a horse Go skating Go jogging Pa int
9.- Read the following questions. Share your answer s with your classmates:
Do you do any of the activities above? When do youdo them?
What other activities are you interested in? Where
can you do them?
Conversation: Let’s go jogging!
10.- Listen, read and practice:
Pue Fan: Hello?
Gale: Hi, Pue Fan. It’s me, Gale. How are you doing?
Pue Fan: Hey, Gale. I’m ok. I’m still at work.
Gale: How come? It’s late. What time do you leave work?
Pue Fan: In one hour. I’m working overtime.
Gale: Are you free after work?
Pue fang: I guess so. Why?
Gale: Let’s go jogging tonight.
Pue fang: Sounds good. What time?
Gale: 7:30. Meet you on the corner of Main and Elm.
Pue fang: Ok. See you then.
Work in pairs
11.- Think of a different activity, place and time, and create a new dialog. Then role play it.
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Leisure activities
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Daily Routine
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12.- Look at the following pictures of some common activities that people often do as part of their
Frequency adverbs are used to give some idea about the frequency of an action or activity. Some
examples of this type of words are: always (100%), usually (80%), often (60%), sometimes (50%),
seldom (25%), hardly ever (15%), and never (0%).
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daily routine. Practice saying each phrase:
a.- Wake up
b.- Get up
c.- Take a shower
d.- Get dressed
e.- Eat breakfast
f.- Make lunch
g.- Take the children to
school
h.- Take the bus to school
i.- Drive to work
j.- Be in class
k.- Work
l.- Go to the market / Do
the shopping
m.- Leave work
n.- Clean the house
o.- Pick up the children
p.- Cook dinner
q.- Get home/Come home
r.- Have dinner
s.- Watch TV
t.- Do the homework
u.- Relax
v.- Read the paper
w.- Exercise
x.- Go to bed
y.- Fall asleep
Adapted from The Oxford Picture Dictionary , 1998
13.- Look at the pictures above again. Write True ( T) or False (F) next to each statement:
a.- The mother often wakes up before the father does. ( T ) Preposititons of time
b.- The family usually leaves home after they eat breakfast. ( )
c.- The mother is at school until 5:30 pm . ( ) Before x After x
d.- The father has a part-time job. ( )
e.- The children return home in the evening. ( ) Until x Around x
f.- They all go to bed around midnight. ( )
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14.- Look at the pictures on page 20 again. Write c omplete answers to the following questions:
a.- What does the mother usually do after waking up?
_____________________________________________ _________________________________.
b.- How does the mother go to school?
_____________________________________________ _________________________________.
c.- Where does the father work?
______________________________________________ ________________________________.
d.- Who picks up the children from school?
______________________________________________ ________________________________.
e.- What time do the children arrive home?
______________________________________________ ________________________________.
f.- When does the mother usually clean the house?
______________________________________________ ________________________________.
g.- What do the parents usually do before going to bed?
______________________________________________ ________________________________.
15.- Look at the pictures on page 20 once again. Wr ite questions to the following answers:
a.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
He gets dressed at about 6:30 am.
b.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
Yes, she does. She often goes after class and before getting home.
c.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
f.- No, she doesn’t. She studies only, and she’s a housewife.
d.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
No, he doesn’t. He goes to work by car.
e.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
They have dinner around 6:30 pm, right after the father and the children arrive home.
f.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
Yes, he does. Right before going to bed.
g.- _______________________________________________ _______________________________?
They often fall asleep at about 11 pm.
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16.- Mark Wade is a computer programmer. Check his daily routine and do the activities below:
T M Tu W Thu Fri Sat Su
i on e ed n
m
e
6 W W W Wake up Wa W
. ak ak ak ke ak
0 e e e up e
0 up up up up
7 Ea Eat Eat Eat breakfast E Eat
: t br br at br
0 br ea ea br ea
0 ea kfa kfa ea kfa
kfa st st kf st
st as
t
8 Ta T Ta Tak Go
: ke a ke e hik
0 th k th the the
Take ing
0 e e e subway
sub to or
su t su work
wa jog
bw h bw y to gin
ay e ay wor g
to s to k
wo u wo
rk b rk
w
a
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k
9 Sta Sta Sta Start work Star Wa
: rt rt rt t ke
0 wo wo wo wor up
0 rk rk rk k
1 Eat
0 bre
: akf
0 ast
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0
1 Wa Ta
1 tch ke
: TV a
0 sh
0 ow
er
1 Go Go Go L Ha
2 ou ou ou e ve
: t t t a lu
0 for for for v nc
0 lun lun lun e h
ch ch ch
w
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o for
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r
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1 Eat Go Ta
: lun swi ke
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5 Ta Ta Ta
: ke ke ke
0 so so so
0 me me me Take
some
sn sn sn
snacks
ac ac ac
ks ks ks
6 Le L Le Leave work Do
: av e av the
0 e a e sho
0 wo v wo ppi
rk e rk ng
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7 W St W Study French Go Go Go
: ork ud or out out ou
0 ou y k / / t/
0 t Fre ou girlf girl girl
at nc t rien frie fri
th h at d nd en
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0
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: ve ve ve
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0 nn ne ne Have
er r r dinner
1 Go Go Go Go to bed Go
0 to to to to
30
: be be be be
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17.- Answer the following questions. Give complete answers:
a.- What time does he usually wake up?___________________________________________________
b.- How does he go to work? ___________________________________________________________
c.- Does he usually have lunch at home? __________________________________________________
d.- How often does he go to the gym? ____________________________________________________
e.- What does he often do on Friday evenings? _____________________________________________
f.- Does he usually sleep late on Saturday? ________________________________________________
g.- What does he usually do before going to bed? ___________________________________________
h.- Where does he go on Sunday afertoons? _______________________________________________
i.- Does he have any hobbies? __________________________________________________________
j.- When does he see his girlfriend? ______________________________________________________
18.- Practice asking and answering some other questions about Mark's daily routine.
Group work
19.- Interview two of your classmates. Find out what they do on weekends. Tell the class about it.
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The weather
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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was created in 1944 to promote the
safe and orderly development of international civil aviation worldwide. It sets standards and regulations
necessary for aviation safety, security, efficiency and regularity, as well as for aviation environmental
protection. The Organization serves as the forum fo r cooperation in all fields of civil aviation amongits
191 Member States. The non-member states are Domin ica, Liechtenstein, Niue, Tuvalu, Vatican City,
and the states with limited recognition.
Its headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and there are 7 other regional offices
serving nine regions: 1) Asia and Pacific - Bangkok, Thailand; 2) Middle East - Cairo, Egypt; 3)
Western and Central Africa - Dakar, Senegal; 4) South America - Lima, Peru; 5) North America,
Central America and Caribbean - Mexico City, Mexico; 6) Eastern and Southern Africa - Nairobi,
Kenya; 7) Europe and North Atlantic - Paris, France.
24.- Complete the following sentences with the righ t information from the paragraph:
a.- ICAO was created in ______. b.- There are ______ ICAO Member States.
c.- The Organiztion has 7 _______________. d.- It’s divided into 9 _________________.
25.- Place each regional office in the map accordin g to the order of appearance in the paragraph:
26.- Check the following list of other ICAO Member States. Search about their capital cities,
nationalities, location and languages. Then place e ach country in the map.
8) Venezuela, 9) Australia, 10) China, 11) Spain, 12) England, 13) Germany, 14) Portugal, 15) Italy,
16) South Africa, 17) Argentina, 18) Czech Republic , 19) Colombia, 20) Japan, 21) Russia, 22) Brazil,
23) New Zealand, 24) Dominican Republic, 25) USA, 26) Swiss, 27) Norway, 28) India, 29) Ireland
30) Afghanistan, 31) Honduras, 32) Lebanon, 33) Cuba, 34) Netherlands, 35) Canada.
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23.- Read the following paragraph about ICAO out loud. Then do the activities below:
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Kenya: Being a flight attendant is quite exciting. I make good money and at the same time I know many
other places. I also meet new people in every flight. However, I often spend weeks away from home
and I don’t have much free time.
Ryan: This is my second year at the company. As a computer programmer I have to make sure that
every PC works properly. It’s a nice job and the pay is good. The only thing is that I’m working too much,
about 10 hours a day, and I’m sleeping a few hours a day.
Alice: I’m a very busy woman. I mean, I’m a Math teacher, so I plan lessons, grade homework, help with
after- school activities, and of course, I teach. The pay is not good at all, but children are so cute and I
learn something new every day.
