Grammar – Stay cool
Present simple with adverbs of frequency
I usually get up (usually / get up) at 7.30 on Saturday and ____________ (run) in the park before
breakfast. I ____________ (always / be) back home by 8.30. My brother Dave ____________
(usually / get up) at 10.30. Dave ____________ (have) coffee and toast for breakfast. He
____________ (never / drink) coffee so I ____________ (have) orange juice and cereal. Most
Saturdays, I ____________ (go shopping) with my parents. Dave ____________ (not go) because
he hates shopping. He ____________ (always / be) at home on Saturday mornings. He
____________ (sometimes / play) the guitar in his room, and ____________ (sometimes / listen) to
his heavy metal CDs.
6 > Write questions from the prompts and then answer them.
What / Stuart / usually do / before breakfast on Saturday?
What does Stuart usually do before breakfast on Saturday?
He runs in the park.
1 What time / Dave / usually / get up?
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2 Stuart / have coffee / for breakfast?
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3 Stuart and Dave / go shopping?
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4 What sort of music / Dave / listen to?
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Move on – Present continuous
7 > Write what the people are doing and not doing.
run / do weightlifting
He isn’t running. He’s doing weightlifting.
1 read magazine / watch TV
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2 play a computer game / listen to a CD
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3 do a word puzzle / write letters
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