1 Be: Present Simple (1) (Iam, I’m not) 4 Here aresome examplesofbe in the Present | 3 In speech, we usually use the short forms: Sienpie: | She's my sister. He’s ny brother. ‘Thisis my brother. He's ten years ol | Pmefrom ita. They’re German. Vm a student. These are my books. Theyarenitat home. They're atthetheatre, —& Wense be: > tosay who we are: 2 We form the Prosent Simple of be like this: Pon Steve and thisis my friend Bil We're — from Scotland. Posrrive ; Fim Janetand these are my sisters. This is tallform Shorr Sindh this tutta Sandraand Singular Lam tm Poticia are doctors. You are You're i Heishefivis —He’s/she'si’s a el Piura! Weare we Isa beawiful day. fou are fou're Ws usualy hot here! Theyare —Theye pty war ada. NEGATIVE > totalk about the time: i Fullform Stortform | | Usieno'elack Singular Lam not Timnot Is half past four. Youarenot —Youaren’t You're le! Hejshefitisnot He/she isn’t » ‘otalk about places: Plural Wearenot_ — Wearen't Milan isin the north of lay. Youarenot John and Mary are in Yorkshire ! They arenot » to talk about people's ages: My sisters six years ol. Practice A. Matias from Brazil. She is writing about herself and her family. Put full forms of bein the gaps. 0 1am a student from Brazil. 4 1 —__ twenty years oi. © Myparents reno (not) rich. 5. My little brother — two. 1 My father a teacher. 6 Myolderbrothers._____ (not) 2. My mother (aot) students Brazilian, 7 They inthe army. 3. She from Ametica, 8 It often very hot in Brazil B_ Now fill these gaps. This time, use short forms of be, asin the examples. adoctor, st (not) cold today. (not) abank manager, 6 th _veryhot. (nat) ateacher. 7 We from Paris. student 8 We not) from Bordeaux. athome, 9 You (0%) twenty-one, (not) in the park. 10 1 twenty-four, Pace 6CC. Lookat these pictures. These people are saying who they are. Write sentences, choosing the cartect jobs from the box, asin the example. [popstar afarmer abankmanager -afootballer- dentist. _adoctor [policeman anartist _ateacher afilmstar ascientist photographer | ° ug” a names: oe nationality oe jobs: Ima policeman and Federico ie a footballer if rederice 1 ee SES nationality; =— jobs: —E = EB. ae | fieties| ee D_ Choose words from the box to put in the gaps. [Hes she’s theyre 105 (3) | [are is We isnt | 0 Myparentslive in Scotland. They're ___ teachers. 1 NewYork ___in England, __ in America. 2 Paul______ from Germany. __ German. 3. Mysisterisadoctor,___ thirty years old. 4 ____ sixo'dlock!_arelate. 5 ___wery cold today. Let’sstay at home. 6 Lookat the time! Chrisand Mary __ late. PAGE 72 Be: Present Simple (2) (AmI...? Areyou...?) 1 Weuse be: We also use there + be to talk about when » to talk about how we feel: things happen: Tmhappy. They’resad. There isa bus to London at 6 o'clock. They're bored. She's tired. There are taxis, but there aren't any buses We're hungry. Pm thirsty. on Sunday. Heiswtafraid. —They’recold. There isn’t another train to Manchester » tosayhello: today. Bill: Hello. How are you? Jane: I'm fine thanks, How are you? B_ We form questions with be in the Present » toapologize: Simple like thi Mary: I'm sorry I'm late. Chris: It doesn't matter. » to describe things: Ttisn’t expensive. Is cheap. Its an old film, Itisn’t very good. These photos are bad! (For other uses of be, see unit 1.} QUESTIONS Singular Am 1 1 Are you late? Is he/she/it Plural Are we ‘Are you | ie ‘Are they 2 Weoften use there + be (e.g. there is, there Here are questions with all the forms of. ate) to talk about where things are: "Am Tate forthe film? SINGULAR: There’s a supermarket in this Are you twenty years old? street, i Isheat home now? Thereisatelephonein the | Isshe French or Italian? “flat i Isit time to go home? pLunal: Therearesomegood cafés | Are we ready toleave? in thecentreofthezown, | Are you both at university? — : ‘Are they in London today? Practice A. Make sentences about the pictures using the words in tired sad thirsty happy thebox, Use He/She/Theyand the Present Simpleofbe. | hungry bored afraid cold | 0 She's thirsty. 1 He pace 8B Use there + beto say what we can and cannot find in the town of Smallwood. 0 {acinema: /) There's acinema. 4 (banks: 6) ______ ___ six banks. © Casiver) Theneisn't a river. 5 (aluxuryhoteh ¥)—___ a © (restaurants: 10) . There are ten restaurants, luxury hotel. 0 Canymuseums-) There aren't any museums. 6 (atheatre) a theatre, 1 (acastle)______acastle. 7 (newsagents: 6) _____six. 2 (baker'sshops: 2} newsagents, two baker's shops. 8 (rmanpeurists) many 3 (azoo:/)______.az00. tourists, C_ Write questions by putting the words in brackets ( ) in the correct order, (thirsty - you —are} Ave you thirsty? (ateacher - you-are) — (they—bored —are) (is~afraid —he) (she - tired ~is) (are -you-how} {cold today —it—is} {she Spanish —is) (they~from London are} | eu AMewnne D_ Write questions using the words in brackets () and a form of be. Questions ANSWERS © (you/Spanish) Are you Spanish ___¢ ~ No,I'mFrench, 1 (you/hungryy ——__ t ~ Nomthitsty. 2 (she/your sister) —__________? ~ No,she'smy mother. 3 (Ilate) —— et ~ Neyou're on time. 4 (they/from America) __________? ~ No, they're from Canada. 5 (hefatennis ptayer) No, he’s footballer 6 (you/happy) — ____»____? ~ No,fmsad. 7 (shefathome) —___— ~ No, she'sat work, 8 (heftwemty)_____________? ~ No,he'seighteen years old. E Put forms of bein these conversations. Steve: This © is___ Joan, my sister, Tom: Hello, Joan. 1____ youa student? Joan: No,S%____ a dentist. L work in Brighton. Mike: How are you, Sally? Sally: [2 ___ fine, thanks. Mike; 4 _ you bungry? Sally: Yes,3__— there a good restaurant near here? Mike: Yes. There’ restaurant in Wellington Street. The food is good and it? very cheap. PAGE 93 Present Simple (1) (I know, I don’t know) 1 We form the Present Simple like this: 2 Now look at these examples of the negative: Idon'tlike that music, He doesn’t listen to his teacher. ‘Youknow. NEGATIVE He/she/itknows. | Full form Short form Plural Weknow. ! Idonot know. Tdon’t know. ‘You know. \ Youdonotknow. —Youdon't know, Theyknow. | He/shefit | does notknow. He doesn’t know Tknow the answer Wedonotknow, We don't know. She starts work at 9.30, Youdenotknow. — You don’t know. We add -s after he/shesit: They donotknow. They don’t know. Tstart-+hestarts _ Tlive+she lives Note that we say: 0, -sh, or -ss, we add Iwatch+hewatches youdohedoes they go-vitgoes _ wewash-+ she washes Ifa verb ends in a consonant (b,¢,d etc.) +¥ (eg. study), we use -ies after he /she/ “Istudyshestudies I fly—+it ilies (For more examples, see Table B, page 94.) Practice He does not kniow. (Not He does not knows.) 3 Weuse the Present Simple: » totalk about things that happen regularly: ‘He, plays wake day. » totalk about facts: She comes from France. (= She is French.) Greengrocers sell vegetables. [don’t speak Chinese. A. Add -sor -esto the verbs in the sentences if it is necessary. Ifit is not necessary, put a tick () in the gap. Heworks ._ ina bank. ‘They live¥__ in France. Iwatch__.. TV every day. She go__ to work by car. The film finish .._ at ten o'clock. wnweoe 4 Weplay.. .. tennis every weekend. 5 They go___ on holiday in August. 6 Hespeak_— - Italian and French. 7 She do___ her homework every night. 8 Westart___ work at 8.30. B Now finish these sentences using a verb from the box. Use each verb once. Remember to add -s or -esif necessary. fy study finish eat sell smoke drink _ live 0 He cats toast for breakfast. 1 1._____ coffee three times a day. 2 My father — anew language every year. 3. She to New York once a month. 4 He ten cigarettes a day. 3. They. inIreland. 6 He work at six o'clock. 7 1 frnitin a shop. PAGE 10C_ Write these sentences, using the negative form of the Present Simple. (He /notflive/ in Mexico) He doesn't ein Mexico (She /nov/work! inabanky /notiplay/ golf) ee (Paul /notilisten/ to the radio) — (We fnotspeak/ French) (Youtmovilisten tome!) —— (Mycarinovwork) — (Unotidrink tea} (Sheila /notfeat/meat) | (I/mot/understand/ you) wear oaneunues D_ Putin the verbs from the box, in the Present Simple. Use each verb once, pss Mart GREE ge watch wet brash cat have—like = drink = go stop \ Interviewer: How do you start the day, fim? Jim: Well, g2t_ ____upat six o'clock. I get washed and dressed, and [1 ____ breakfast at seven o'clock, After breakfast, 1? __ myteeth, [1 ___ toworkareight. Interviewer: When do you get to work? Jim: Tusually! _____ar my office at about half past eight, First, 1s ____acup of coffee,and then [°______ work at 8.45 am, Interviewer. Where da you work? Jim; 12 __ __ in abank, Tama computer operator. 18__ ____ my job. It's very interesting. Intetviewer: When do you eat lunch? Jim: [9 ______.work and Tinave lunch at one o'clock, 1% ___ acupoftea at half past three, Interviewer: When do you finish work? Tam: Tu_ _____ the office at six o'clock. I eat dinner when I gethome, ‘Then 12 __._ TV for an hour or two. E. Use the table to write facts about Joan. A tick (y} means that something is, true. A cross (X) means that something is not true, Use the verbs in brackets. = — Ty 0 1 3 T4 from Scotland ¥ | inabank x | inagary French ¥ | ew films X | | fom England x inashopY | inahousex | Ikalian x old films 4 | 0. {come} i (work) 2 (live) 3. (speak) 4 ike} — _ PAGE UL4 Present Simple (2) (Do you drive?) 1 Weuse the Present Simple: | 2 Forother uses of the Present Simple, see > (talk about feelings: unit 3. ¢ \a B We form Present Simple questions like this: QUESTIONS Singular Do you \ Does he/shelit J Like pop music. I don’t like classical music. Plural Do \ know? Jou | know? ! She loves football! Do you + know? Philip wants a new car. Do they [dort want a cup of ten, thanks. Note that we put do before ’you/we/they: He feels sick, ‘Do you speak Spanish? » to talk about thoughts: - Do you work in the town centre? Do they know the answer? ‘We put does before he/she/it: Does he walk to work? Does Steve enjoy his job? Does she play the piano? I don’t think she likes her new job. Note that we say: I don'tknow the answer. i Does he waik? (Not Does he walks?) He doesn't understand me. | Practice A. Write sentences about Peter. (¥ =like, ¥/ = love, X= not like, XX= hate) © {tennis x) He doeon's like tennis, 3. (hisjob yy 0 {music W/) Helloves mucic. 4 (fish xx) 1 (coffeeV)He 5. (holidays 47) —_. 2. films x) He 6 {golfx) B_ Put the words from the box in the correct form in the gaps. Use the Present Simple. Use each verb once. like notkaow fove feel think not like want not understand 0 She thinks that films are fantastic! She loveo _ films. 1TH —______ sick. Can Ihave a glass of water please? 2. Idon'tknow the answer becauseT_________ the question. 3 he's tired. He works too hard. 4 We ___ that new painting. We think it's terrible! 5. Iwantto telephone Jane, butl_________ her phone numiber. 6 They're thirsty. They _ _—.. something to drink. FI. _ your new car. Tes very nice. Was it expensive? PAGE 12C Thisis an interview with Mary Woods about herself and her husband, [ohn ‘Write the questions, using the ideas from the box. | ike fms read books. listen to the radio | play gol watch TV playa musical instrument smoke goto the theatze driveacar | likepopmusic drink coffee Jivein London | Hke dogs speak any foreign languages | ANSWERS ‘Yes, I live in north London, No, but he plays tennis, Yes, I speak French. Yes; like ali the programmes on TV. Yes, he listens to the radio in the morning. No, but he loves cats. No, Ldon'clike films. Yes, he has two cups in the morning, No, but Thave a bicycle. Yes, he plays the piano, No, I prefer classical music, Yes, [love musicals. ‘Yes, read one book every week, No, he doesn't like cigarettes. D_ Youare on holiday, and you are ina Tourist Information Centre. Ask guestions using the table below. A [B. \]@. TI | Do you stop atthe railway station? Does the sports centre | finish before eleven p.m? | all the banks stare here? | thenumber38bus | -sellnapsoftheeity?- | \ the restaurants change tourists’ money into-pounds? | the concert | sllsouvenies? | thesightseeing tour | havea swimming pool? * | the museum serve typical English food? | 0 Dayousell maps of the city? _ 1 thesportseentre. po oe Bo 4 5. 6 Poo PAGE 135 Present Continuous (1) (I’m eating) 1 We form the Present Continuous like this: | B But notice these irregular spellings: be +-ing win + winning get getting shop-+shopping sit + sitting [1_am eating. swim swimming — travel + travelling Here are the forms of the Present dances danel write» writing Continuous: Shine shining” 8 positive (For more details on the spelling of the ing Full form Short form | form, see Table C, page 95.) lameating, Pmcating. | You are eating. You're eating. 4 We use the Present Continuous: Heishevitis eating. He's eating. » to talk about things that are happening now: Weare eating. Youare eating, They are eating, NEGATIVE Bull form Short form Lam noteating. T'mnot eating. Youarenoteating. You aren’teating, He/shefit is not eating. He isn’teating. sence’ imi, || > gait aches You are noteating. Youaren’t eating. around now buthet exactly at the Theyarenoteating. They aren't eatin; ‘moment we speak: hey are nat eating y 8 | 2 To make the -ing form, we add -ing to the verb: Tisten > listening play playing | [tee working — read— reading Practice A. Write out the sentences below. Put the verbs in the positive or negative forms of the Present Continuous. Use short forms (e.g, Pm, Pm no?). 0 I (notwork) at the bank now. I (study) French at university, nob working at the vank now. i'm studying French at uriiversity. 1 Look! He (not/work). He (listen) to music. 2. We (win) the match, but we (notiplay} well, 3. She (not/read) a newspaper. She (write) a letter. 4 You (watch) the TV. You (not/listen) to me! PAGE 145. They (nov/get ) ready. They (play) music, 6 I (study) Chinese, but I (not/learn) very fast. B_ Lookat these pictures. Decide what is happening (/) and what isn’t happening (X) in each picture, and then write positive or negative sentences. 0 (George/eat/breakfast) [x| George isn't eating breakfast. _ ee (George/sleep) 1 | George ie sleepin (They/work} (They/sit/inthe garden) (Clistudy/music) ilearn/Japanese} oe (He/play/tennis) a (She/win} (Welspend/a day atthe seaside) (The sun/shine} = C. Finish the postcard using the words in brackets ( ) in the Present Continuous. Use full forms (e.g, is sitting). Dear Peter, Jenny and 1 ®_are staying ___ (stay) here fora week. The sun +. {shine) and it's very hot. We? sit) om the beach and a (drink) an orange juice. Wet (not swim) because we're both tired, We 3 __ (watch) the boats on the sea at the moment, They ___ (travel) fast, but 1 can see fifteen or sixteen. Jenny? —— (read) her book, and [# (rite) all the postcards! Timand Jenny PAGE 35Present Continuous (2) (Am Look at these questions: ‘Are you enjoying that drink, Ann? Ishe watching TV at the moment? Are they working hard? ‘We form Present Continuous questions like hi QUESTIONS Singular Am 1 ‘Are you } ini Is shefhe/it Are Are Are Plural we you they i Here are three common Present Continuous: questions. They all mean ‘How are you?’: How’sit going? How are you getting on? How are youdoing? Practice 0 (enjoying - your work— you~ are—?) (she— having lunch—is—2) {you—are — feeling sick?) playing football —are~they—?} the cat sleeping — is?) relaxing ~are-you-?) ‘the sun — is — shining —?) (he ~ is ~ coming ~to the cinema—?) {listening — are they-2) (eating —at the moment — she ~is~?) (it—raining hard —is-?) {1—getting better — at tennis—am—?) (are—winning the match - we -?) q q a ( i ¢ eer aurenn u ul 12 5 I winning?) 4 InEnglish, we cannot say: Pen knowing yoursister- We say: Tike tennis. know your sister. We do not usually use these verbs in the Present Continuous: like know hate love understand believe mean remember want think and have We cannot say: Pri thinking #’sgood- We sa I think it's ood. {=I my opinion, it’s good.) But we can say: She's thinking about the filma we saw. {= The film isin her mind now.) We cannot say: Lav having e-ticket. ‘We say: I havea ticket. (= I possess a ticket.) But we can say: Dm having ireakfast. Imeating breakfast.) Make questions by putting the words in brackets ( in the right order, Ate you enjoying you" work? PAGE 16B_ Make questions and answers. Use the Present Continuous, Questions ANSWERS © (she/work/in Peru this year?) ~ (No, she/studysin Mexico} Is she working in Peru this year? ~ No. She's studying in Mexico. 1 (you/study/English at the moment?) ~ (Yes, l/work/hard) 2. (they/listen/to the radio?) ~ (No, they/play! CDs} 3. (Peter/wash/now?) ~ (Yes, hefhave/a bath) 4 (they/live/in Madrid at the moment?) ~ (Yes, they/learn/Spanish) (David/sing/in a group this year?) —_ (No, he/workyin a restaurant) 7 C. Putatick () next toa correct sentence, and a cross (x) next toa wrong sentence. 0 She'sliking pop music. [xe 5 He's having lunch at the moment. 0 He's learning French. iv 6 She's eatingabanana. 1 They're enjoying the film. i 7 Yim feeling sick, 2. We'reloving ice-cream, _ 8 ‘Huge’ ic meaning ‘very big. 3. She's believing he’s right, i 9. Mick is knowing Jane. 4 John’sthinkingabout myidea, | 10 She's hating classical music. D_ Complete this conversation. Use the verbs in brackets () in the Present Continuous. Paul: Hi Stevel What are you doing? Steve: 9 lint going -—__ _ (lige) ta the bank. What are you doing? Paul; 1 __{I/shop}.? (look) fora new tennis racquet, § {U/play’) alot of tennis at the moment, and I need a new racquet. Steve: Where is Jackie? Do you know? Paul: Yes. She isn’t in England at the moment. ¢ (She/work) in France fora month. Steve: What > -—_——__ (she/do) in France? Paul @ (She/sing) ina night-club. Steve: Really? What about Fred and Sue? What 2 = (they/da}? Pauls @ 0 (They/study) for an exam. They're always in the Library at the moment. Steve: How is your sister? Is she all right? Paul: Yes, she’s fine, but she's tired. * _____ (Wepaint) the living-room, Ir’s hard work. Steve: Can [help you? Paul: No, it's OK. My father !® thelp), Steve: Well, Uhope you find a good racquet. PAGE 17 oe7 Present Simple (I work) or Present Continuous (Pm working) 1 Compare the Present Simple and the Present Continuous: Present Simple Present Continuous ‘We use the Present Simple to talk about ‘We use the Present Continuous for things that regular’ or ‘usual’ things: are happening now (‘temporary’ things}: , She works ina school. She's a teacher. ‘My brother is working in Paris this month, Jane speaks French and Spanish, Tom is speaking on the phone at the moment. To fo the cinema every week. Pete: Where are you going? Mary: Pm going to the supermarket. Terains alot in March, o tt. f, Monday Ep toe Seas Usually, {play tennis... but today Pm playing golf Joe: What does Tom do? Bill: Whar's Tont doing this week? Sue: He's a doctor. Sara: He's skiing in Switzerland. 2 We do not usually use these verbs in the Present Continuous: like hate love want (= believe) + know — mean remember understand ‘Tom: Do you like this book? (Not Are-you liking this book?) Pam: Yes, F think it's good. (Not Yes, Fre-thinking i's good} ractice A. Put the words in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Continuous. 0 Peter: What_areyoudoing ___(yourdo}? 1 John: J (finish) my homework 2 Steve: How — _.. (your sister/travel} to work every day? 3 Mary: She —___ (take) the bus. 4 Paul: What _______ youreat}? 5 Jill: Anappie.’sdelicioustI . ______ dove) apples. 6 Carlos: Look! It (snow). 7 Hans: [t_____ (snow) every yearin my country. 8 Sheila; What —_— Joannaido}? 9 Bill: = T_____ (think) she’san actress, but she —— (work) ina restaurant this month. PAGE 18B_ Thisis Anna’s first Setter in English to David. There are some mistakes, Rewrite wrong verb forms. Puta tick (V) ifthe verb form is correct. Dear David, Ilive 0 ____ _ ina large flat in Rome. I'm having e have. two sisters. They are called Rosa and Maria. We ‘ere getting up! —____. atseven o'clock every morning, andwehave2________..__coffeeanda small breakfast. [leave 2 — the flat t eight and walk to the university. [am & finishing! classes at five every day, and ] arrive i a home at six, This month I work ©. veryhard for my first exams, Atthe moment, leat?________reakfastin the kitchen of, ty cour flat, my mother drinks ®@ —___ coffee, and my sisters a arereading? ________rnagarines. KEEP ‘On Saturday afternoons [am playing22 tennis 7 with my friends, or go"______to the cinema, Today, I'm going to see a new English film. Sometimes f am watching me __American films on TY, but I'm not understanding "_____ __ the words! Areyou liking Mo films Please write to me soon. With best wishes, Anna C._ Write sentences, Use the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. 0 (Usually she/work/at the office, but this week she/work/at home) Usually she works at the office, but thie week she's working at- hone. 1 (You/not/eat/very much at the moment. Are you ill?) 2 (She/know/three words in Italian!) 3. (I/take/the bus to work this week, but usually walk) 4 (I/study/Japanese this year. It’s very difficult.) 5 (you/watch/the television at the moment?) 6 (mov/remember/the name of the hovel} 7 {She/speak/three languages) 8 (Thesun/shine/. It’sa beautiful day!) PAGE 19