I like

I don’t like

Present Simple
I like…

Ice cream
I like…

Rock Music
I like…
I like…

Italian Food
I like…

Old Movies
I do not like…

Spiders
I do not like…

Traffic Jams
I do not like…

Rainy Days
I do not like…

Ironing
 Talk about what you like and don’t like
I like....... I love.......... I don’t like ........... I hate.........
• The circus • Cooking

• The cinema • The beach

• MacDonalds • Chocolate

• The news • The winter

• Social Media • Football

• Dogs • Bacalhau

• Cats • Travelling by Airplane

 Routines – match the image to the activity
1 2 3

4
9
Read a book Have breakfast Go to sleep

Brush my teeth Work Do exercise

Walk to work Go shopping Cook dinner

5
8 7 6
get up have My name is Ellie. I’m a university student.
This is a typical day for me:
eat order I ………….at 7 am and I …..….. a shower and ………..my teeth.
I get dressed, then I ……….cereal and fruit for breakfast.
begin go
I always …………..to school.
Lessons ………….at 9am and …………at 13pm.
take meet
I ………… lunch with my friends in the university canteen.

study don’t like After lunch, I …………for a few hours in the library.
After I ……….university, I ………..to the gym or ….…my boyfriend.
brush watch For dinner, I usually ……..a take-away – I ……….…. cooking!
In the evening, I ……….. Netflix or ……to my friend on the phone.
walk talk
I go to bed at 11pm.

finish leave
How many sentences can you can
using these words?
I’m in London

I go from an office

I work to school

I live
Telling the time
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What time do you usually……

1. Wake up?
2. Eat breakfast?
3. Start work/school?
4. Eat lunch?
5. Finish work?
6. Have dinner?
7. Go to bed?
 What have you got?
• I have got _____ pets./ I haven’t got any pets.

• I have got _____ eyes.

• My mother has got _____ eyes.

• I have got / I haven’t got a car. I, YOU, WE, THEY + HAVE GOT

• I have got / I haven’t got a garden. HE, SHE, IT + HAS GOT

• My best friend has got/ hasn’t got curly hair.

• My house has got / hasn’t got air conditioning.

• My city has got/ hasn’t got an airport.

• I have got / haven’t got a TV in my bedroom.

Present Simple 3rd Person
• In general, with Present Simple we do not conjugate the verb.

• There is one exception:

• HE, SHE, IT (3RD PERSON SINGULAR)

• In this case, we conjugate the verb by adding an –S.

You like hip hop, but your brother (he) likeS classical music.

My dogs (they) eat wet food, but my cat (it) eatS dry food.
Spelling rules for 3rd person
• The spelling rules for third person singular when talking about present simple are:

• Most verbs, simply add –s. Eg: runs, drinks, sleeps, talks,

• The ending is -es when the word ends in -s/-ss/-sh/-ch/-x/-o. Eg: misses, goes, teaches,
washes, fixes.

• Verbs ending in -y change to ie before the ending -s. Eg: studies, carries.

• Verbs ending in -ay -ey- oy- uy do not change. Just add -s. Eg: says, buys, obeys.
Rewrite these sentences in the 3rd person
Eg: I write poetry. He writes poetry.
plays football.
1. We play football. Luís ________________
has got a nice house.
2. You have got a nice house. Your mother _______________________.

3. sells jewellry.
I sell jewellry. The shop ________________________________________.
worries a lot.
4. Pessimists worry a lot. A pessimist ________________________________.
watches horror films.
5. They watch horror films. Nelson __________________________________.
misses its mother.
6. The children miss their mother. The child ___________________________.
buys food from the market.
7. I buy food from the market. My grandmother __________________________.
speaks English very well.
8. You speak English very well. The student _____________________________.
enjoys Mexican food.
9. I enjoy Mexican food. Melissa ______________________________________.
tidies our house.
10. We tidy our house. The maid ____________________________________.
 Present simple

Fill in the blanks with the correct conjugation of the verb

1. run
I ______ in the park three times a week. (run)
go
2. We ________ shopping on Sundays. (go)

3. drives
Alex __________ to work most mornings. (drive)
Have got
4. My parents _____________ a house in Lousã. (have got)
unites
5. The Ponte D. Luís ____________ Porto and Gaia. (unite)
wear
6. I never _________ skirts or dresses – I don’t like them. (wear)
loves
7. My cousin, Pedro, _________ Benfica. (love)
plays
8. Olivia ____________ the piano very well. (play)
smells
9. Yuck! This perfume _________ like vinegar! (smell)
speak
10. My friends and I sometimes ____________ English together. (speak)
 MAKE UP
How often do you wear it?
HOW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR MAKE UP?

Anya: I’m a model, so I wear make

up very day.

Anya ALWAYS wears make up.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR MAKE UP?

Carole: I wear make up to work, so

most days.

Carole USUALLY wears make up.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR MAKE UP?

Simone: I wear make up to go out

with friends, so maybe once or twice a
week.

Simone SOMETIMES wears make up.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR MAKE UP?

Rebecca: I don’t like wearing make up much - I

only wear it one or two days a month.

Rebecca RARELY wears make up.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR MAKE UP?

Tamsin: I’m allergic to make up, so I don’t wear

it.

Tamsin NEVER wears make up.

Put the words in the correct order
a) pizza eats my never brother.

b) every TV watch evening

c) Algarve go the year once to we a.

d) my house comes friend my ever to rarely.

e) our sometimes on dog sleeps my bed on.

f) Judy drinks morning always coffee in the.

g) tennis Mondays plays on Mark.

h) always us grandmother kisses our.

How often do you…
1. Eat junk food, like pizza and hamburgers?
2. Post on social media?
3. Go to the cinema?
4. Fly on an airplane?
5. Read the news?
6. Smoke?
7. Sleep more than 10 hours?
8. Talk to your mother?
9. Play computer games?
10. Do exercise?
 Ways we use the Present Simple
THINGS THAT ARE
HABITS OR ROUTINES PERMANENT OR TRUE WITH STATIVE VERBS

Talking about things we do Talking about permanent With verbs referring to an

all of the time. truths or general facts. emotion or thought.

Eg: Eg: Eg:

• I get the service bus at • We live in Amadora. • He loves this film.
7:00 every morning. • A judge works in a • We think this is useful.
• Joe always goes to bed courthouse. • I believe what she says.
late. • Columbians speak
Spanish.
 Make positive present simple sentences
1. He goes to school every day.
(he / go to school every day) ________________________________________________________________________
2. I like swimming
(I / like swimming) ________________________________________________________________________
3. Play badminton on Saturdays
(you / play badminton on Saturdays) ____________________________________________________________________
4. The class begins at 9am
(the class / begin at 9am) ________________________________________________________________________
5. They sometimes go to the cinema.
(they / sometimes go to the cinema) ____________________________________________________________________
She loves chocolate
6. (she / love chocolate) ________________________________________________________________________
7. We study French
(we / study French) ________________________________________________________________________
8. They live in London.
(they / live in London) ________________________________________________________________________
9. He works in a restaurant.
(he / work in a restaurant) ________________________________________________________________________
Lucy plays the guitar
10. (Lucy / play the guitar) _______________________________________________________________________
We cook every day
11. (we / cook every day) ________________________________________________________________________
He cleans the house at the weekends
12. (he / clean the house at the weekends) _________________________________________________________________
I like reading detective stories
13. (I / like reading detective stories) _______________________________________________________________________
You come from France
14. (you / come from France) ________________________________________________________________________
John and David often go to restaurants
15. (John and David / often go to restaurants) _______________________________________________________________
Negatives and Questions in the Present
Simple
To make negative and question sentences in Present Simple, you need to introduce an
auxiliary verb:

DO or DOES

And the main verb becomes infinitive.

Negatives in the Present Simple
Look at how the sentence below become negative:

• I play the piano. • I don’t play the piano.

• She plays the piano. • She doesn’t play the piano.
• We play the piano.
• We don’t play the piano.
Subject + don’t/doesn’t + infinitive
Questions in the Present Simple
Look at how the sentence below become questions:

• I play the piano. • Do I play the piano?

• She plays the piano.
• Does she play the piano?
• We play the piano.
• Do we play the piano?
Do/Does + subject + infinitive
Question words with questions
WHERE Do you live? I live in Portugal.

WHAT Do you usually eat for breakfast? I usually eat cereal.

WHEN Do you wake up? I wake up at 7 o’ clock.

HOW MANY Followers do you have on TikTok? I have over one thousand.

HOW Do you get to school? I take the bus.

WHO Do you live with? I live with my parents.