English Proficiency 1 4 th Meeting Present Simple
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English Proficiency 1 4 th Meeting
Present Simple (2) – Articles n She likes Chinese food. n She doesn’t like Chinese food. n Does she like Chinese food? n I like Chinese food. n I don’t like Chinese food. n Do you like Chinese food?
§ Now answer the questions about you. Questions smoke? drink wine? like Chinese food? like cooking? play cards? play tennis? read a lot? listen to music a lot? watch TV a lot? S 1 S 2 Me
Make the positive sentences negative and make the negative sentences positive. Example: She’s French. She isn’t French. I don’t like cooking. I like cooking. n a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. She doesn’t speak German. They want to learn English. We’re tired and we want to go to bed. John likes watching football on TV, but he doesn’t like playing it. I work at home because I have a word processor. Sarah isn’t happy because she doesn’t have a nice flat. I smoke, I drink, and I don’t go to bed early. He doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t drink, and he goes to bed early.
Articles • a = indefinite article 1. She has a flat in London. Can I have a ham sandwich? 2. She’s a nurse. • The = definite article 3. The flat (= her flat) is very nice. The ham sandwich is horrible! 4. The Times; the Thames (newspapers and rivers)
• No article 5. Things in general I have _ tea and toast for breakfast. _ Books are expensive. Do you like _ Chinese food? 6. Meals, places, transport I have _ breakfast/lunch/dinner. I go/come _ home. I’m at _ work/on _ holiday. I go/come by _train/car/bus/taxi.
‘Every spring (a)__ children go skiing, so my wife and I go to Paris on (b)__ holiday. We stay in (c)__ hotel near (d)__ River Seine. We have (e)__ breakfast in (f)__ hotel, but we have (g)__ lunch in a restaurant. (h)__ French food is delicious! We walk a lot, but sometimes we go by (i)__ taxi. After four days we don’t want to go (j)__ home and go back to (k)__ work.
