Grammar practise using the Present Simple to talk about daily routines.

1. Read and complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
1. The Sawyers ...............................(live) at 87 King Street.
2.In the morning, Mr Sawyer .............................(go) to work and the
children .............................(go) to school.
Their father ..........................(take) them to school every day.
3.Mrs Sawyer .....................................(stay) at home every day.
She .............................(do) the housework.
4.She always ........................(eat) her lunch at noon.
5. In the afternoon, she usually ........................(see) her friends.
They often ...........................(drink) tea together.
6. In the evening, the children .....................(come) home from school.
They ...............................(arrive) home early.
7. Mr Sawyer ......................(come) home from work.
He ..................................(arrive) home late.
8. At night, the children always .............................(do) their homework.
Then they .............................(go) to bed.
Mr Sawyer usually ...................................(read) his newspaper, but
sometimes he and his wife ...............................(watch) television.

2. 1.Write the sentences using the pronouns in brackets.
Example: I speak English. (He)
He speaks English.
1. I smoke. (She)
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2. We live in a flat.(They)
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3. He watches the news on television. (She)
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4. They have long holidays. (We)
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5. I like spaghetti. (My brother Sam)
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6. I play football. (My brothers)
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7. French people drink a lot of wine. (Italian people)
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8. The manager has a large office. (His secretary)
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9. I need a new pair of shoes. (He)
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10. Ben gets up early. (His wife)
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11. We come from New York. (That man)
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12. I spend a lot on clothes. (My sister)
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2. Write do or does. 7. Who .................... you want to speak to?
Example: Do you know the answer? 8. What time ..................the film start?
1. ..................he speak English? 9. Where .......................the president live?
2. ..................they live here? 10. How much ...................the batteries cost?
3. ...................you remember me?
4. What ...................this word mean?
5. How ....................these machines work?
6. Where .................those people come from?

3. 1. Cars in Britain drive on the right.
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2. The American president lives in New York. ________________________________________________
3. They speak Spanish in Brazil. ________________________________________________
4. Cold air rises. ________________________________________________
5. British policemen carry guns. ________________________________________________
6. Potatoes cost a lot of money. ________________________________________________
7. You need a visa to go from Britain to France. _______________________________________________
8. Cats like water. ______________________________________________
9. January has thirty days. _______________________________________________
10. It rains a lot in Australia. ____________________________________________
4. Write full sentences.
Example: He/ speak English / French. He speaks English but he doesn’t speak French.
1. She /work on Saturday/ on Monday.
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2. I /like Italian food/ Spanish food
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3. They/ sell jeans/ T-shirts
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4. I /have sugar in coffee/ in tea
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5. We/ go to the cinema/ the theatre
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6. He/ read newspapers/ books
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7. My brother/ play basketball/ baseball
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8. They /make cars in Britain/ motorbikes.
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4. ( to bed / they / often / go / early)
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(the furniture / she / dust / often)
( usually / wash / the dishes / she)
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( they / type / letters / often)
( her bed / make/ she / usually)
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( The cat / drink / sometimes / milk)
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(he / himself / always / shave)
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( watch TV/ always/ watch / they)
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( they / listen / sometimes / to the radio)
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( at noon/ she / usually / eat)
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(he / the blackboard / always / clean)
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( he / sometimes / read / the newspaper)
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5. __________________________________________ ___________________________________________
(often/ play / in the evening) (always / gets up / in the morning)
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( always / shaves / in the morning) (frequently / walk / in the afternoon)
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(sometimes / reads / at night) _________________________________________
( usually / washes / in the morning)
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( usually / goes / in the morning) __________________________________________
(sometimes / watch / at night)

6. ___________________________________________
(always / does the housework / in the morning)

7. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets.
Fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets :
I always ...........................(get ) up early in
the morning during my holidays.
I ...................(wash) my face, .....................
(shave) and ...............(read)
the newspaper.
My wife ...........................(get) up early too.
She .....................(prepare)
breakfast, ...................(do) the housework and
..................................(go) shopping.
In the afternoon we ................................
(walk) in the country and ...............................
(sit) under the trees. When the weather isn’t
fine, we usually .............................(stay) at
home.
Then we ............................
(read), ....................(talk) or ....................
(play) games. The children ...........................
(stay) at home during the holidays.
They .......................(like) the country too, but
they ...............................(prefer) to play
football in the street. At night
they .......................(watch) television, then
they .......................(go) to bed.