PRESENT SIMPLE (+) (-) (?)

How do we form a sentence in the present simple? When do we use it? Watch the video and do the activities below.


exercise 1  Complete the sentence with one word.
exercise 2 Click on the words in the right order.
exercise 3
exercise 4 Is there a mistake in the sentence?
exercise 5 Choose the correct answer.
exercise 6 Word order in questions.
exercise 7 Put the words in the correct order.

JOBS

With this video you can practise vocabulary related to jobs. How many of them do you already know?




And now, why don't you try these exercises to practise your vocabulary?

Exercise 1 (Crossword)
Exercise 2 (another crossword with definitions)
Exercise 3 (Crossword, complete the word)
Exercise 4 (Wordsearch)
Exercise 5 (match the pictures with the jobs)

PRESENT SIMPLE (+) (-)

Let's practise present simple afirmative and negative sentences. How good are you?

Exercise 1 
Exercise 2
Exercise 3  
Exercise 4 
Exercise 5  
Exercise 6
Exercise 7 
Exercise 8

TYPICALLY BRITISH?

Four foreigners in Britain talk about the people and the country...

Listen to what they say. Read the text while you are listening. This will improve your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills!!
 

Nicolae from Romania works in a pub in Manchester


‘British people like children but not in restaurants or pubs. In my pub we have a rule: ‘No children under 12’. People in Britain drink a lot of coffee – cappuccino and espresso are really popular. They drink a lot of beer too – men and women.’

Alexandra from Russia is a student at Bristol university


‘This is not a good country for smokers! Many coffee bars and restaurants are ‘no smoking’. I live with three British students and they don’t smoke. When I want a cigarette I go into the garden.’

Carlos is a tourist from Spain


‘People read the newspaper everywhere – on the train, on the bus, at the bus stop. And the newspapers are really big! Cars stop in Britain when you stand on the zebra crossing – it’s incredible! Cars don’t stop for you in Madrid.’

Marília from Brazil works as an ‘au pair’ in Cambridge


‘I think my British family is typical. The woman doesn’t cook – she just puts a pizza in the microwave. But she watches cooking programmes on TV every day! The man cooks at the weekend – he makes fantastic Indian curries. Their child has a terrible diet. She eats ‘fish fingers’ and chips and she goes to Burger King every week.’

IMPERATIVES

 We use imperatives to tell someone to do something or to give instructions, orders, warnings, directions, etc.

Imperatives are divided into two groups:
a) Positive Imperatives
b) Negative Imperatives

POSITIVE IMPERATIVES

To form a positive imperative we use the base form of the verb. The base form is the form in the dictionary. Some imperative verbs: read, listen, put, run, walk, move, eat...


Examples:
- Listen!
- Raise your hands.
- Do your homework.
- Speak English.
- Come here.
- Be quiet!.

NEGATIVE IMPERATIVES

To form a negative imperative we use: Do not + the base form of the verb

Examples:
- Do not come here.
- Do not put your hat on the chair.
- Do not drink it.
- Do not park your car here.

NOTE: The contraction for do not is don’t.
- Do not come here. = Don’t come here.
- Do not speak Spanish in the class. = Don’t speak Spanish in the class.
- Do not sit there. = Don’t sit there.
- Do not park your car here = Don't park your car here.

ADJECTIVES, COLOURS AND VERB TO BE

This is a video from MadridTeacher.com to learn not only daily objects and colours but also to review verb to be.

NOTE: colour is the British English spelling while color is the American English spelling.

COMMON ADJECTIVES

Watch the video below to learn and/or revise some common adjectives in English