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                                                       Pr esent Simple (affi       tiv e )
                                                                              rma
                                                       Present Simple (affi  rmative)
                                                                I     cook           He    cooks
                           I get up at 6.30 on                  You   watch    BUT   She   watches
                       weekdays. I go to school at              We    go             It    goes
                       7.30 and get ready for class.            They  study                studies


                                                                 We use the Present Simple for habits
                                                                 or actions that happen regularly.


                                                       Prepositions of time           Complete with the Present Simple
                                                                                      of the verbs in brackets and circle
                                                        ten o’clock, half past one, etc.  the correct preposition in blue.
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                                                    at   the weekend
                                                                                      1 On / At weekdays, I 2
                                                           noon/midday/night/midnight
                                                        noon/midday/night/midnight
                        I’ve got fifty tests to                                       (get) home from school 3 at / in
                      correct. This is hard work!   in   the morning, the afternoon,  three o’clock. I 4                    (do)
                                                        the evening
                                                                                      my homework and then 5
                                                        Monday, Tuesday, etc.
                                                                                      (play) football with my friends.
                                                    on  Sunday morning/afternoon/
                                                        evening/night                 6 On / In the evening, my mum
                                                        weekdays                      7                    (make) dinner
                                                                                      and my dad 8                    (help)
                                                                                      her. After dinner, we 9
                 I get home at 6 p.m. Then I’ve got                                   (watch) TV.
                  housework and work for school,
                 too. I want to be a student again!  Pronunciation
                                                      A     Listen and repeat. What’s the difference between a, b and c?
                                                            a. gets          b. does          c. watches
                                                      B     Listen and tick (4) the sound you hear.

                                                                          gets //  does //  watches //
                                                             writes
                                                             plays
                                                             speaks

                                                             brushes
                                                             dances

                                                             has

                                                   Speak & Write


                                                      A  Talk in pairs about the time   Β  Write a few sentences about the
                 C Find the words early,                 you get up and go to bed        time you get up and go to bed on
                   easy and boring in the                on weekdays and at the          weekdays and at the weekend.
                   text. Then find their                 weekend.                        Then write about a friend.
                   opposites in the text.
                                                          On weekdays, I get up at      On weekdays, I get up at...
                   early  ≠                               8.00. What about you?         At the weekend, I…

                                                                                        On weekdays, Kelly gets up at...
                   easy   ≠                                  On weekdays, I…            On weekdays, Kelly gets up at...
                                                          At the weekend, I…            At the weekend, she…
                   boring  ≠
                                                             …
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