1. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.
1 My aunt and uncle ……………………… (live) in the USA.
2 Rosie ……………………… (have) music lessons every weekend.
3 My best friend ……………………… (play) in the school basketball team.
4 I ……………………… (study) Russian at school.
5 My cousin and I ……………………… (like) football.
6 My stepbrother ……………………… (watch) TV every night.
Answer
1 live 2 has 3 plays 4 study 5 like 6 watches
2. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in the box.
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1 My sister ……………………… Japanese lessons at weekends.
2 Ellie’s parents ……………………… at a hospital in the USA.
3 My neighbour ……………………… from France.
4 We ……………………… friends in town every Saturday evening.
5 I ……………………… late on Sundays.
6 My grandfather ……………………… four languages.
Answer
1 has 2 work 3 comes 4 meet 5 get up 6 speaks
3. What do they do on Saturdays and Sundays? Look at the chart and write sentences about the activities.
1 play tennis
Hannah and Sam play tennis on Saturdays.
2 study maths
………………………………
3 eat pizza
………………………………
4 watch TV
………………………………
5 listen to music
………………………………
6 go out
………………………………
Answer
2 Sofia studies maths on Saturdays.
3 Tom eats pizza on Saturdays.
4 Tom watches TV on Sundays.
5 Hannah and Sam listen to music on Sundays.
6 Sofia goes out on Sundays.
4. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 sister / go out / my / doesn’t / a lot
My sister doesn’t go out a lot.
2 New York / parents / live / in / don’t / Tom’s
……………………………………….
3 pizza / brother / eat / doesn’t / my
……………………………………….
4 teacher / our / doesn’t / work / Sundays / on
……………………………………….
5 Lady Gaga / like / my / don’t / parents
……………………………………….
6 Chinese / Sam / speak / doesn’t
……………………………………….
7 friends / Elizabeth’s / like / we / don’t
……………………………………….
Answer
2 Tom’s parents don’t live in New York.
3 My brother doesn’t eat pizza.
4 Our teacher doesn’t work on Sundays.
5 My parents don’t like Lady Gaga.
6 Sam doesn’t speak Chinese.
7 We don’t like Elizabeth’s friends.
5. Make the sentences negative.
1 I live in a big house.
I don’t live in a big house.
2 My dad works in a hotel.
…………………………………
3 My friends like sport.
…………………………………
4 My best friend speaks Japanese.
…………………………………
5 We go to school on Saturdays.
…………………………………
6 My brother has guitar lessons.
…………………………………
7 My grandmother watches TV all day.
…………………………………
Answer
2 My dad doesn’t work in a hotel.
3 My friends don’t like sport.
4 My best friend doesn’t speak Japanese.
5 We don’t go to school on Saturdays.
6 My brother doesn’t have guitar lessons.
7 My grandmother doesn’t watch TV all day.
Challenge!
Write six sentences about your family and friends. Use the present simple affirmative or negative. Choose from the verbs in the box.
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My dad likes ice hockey.
My cousin Anna doesn’t live in this country.
1 ………………………………………….
2 ………………………………………….
3 ………………………………………….
4 ………………………………………….
5 ………………………………………….
6 ………………………………………….
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