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• Verb + -ing
• Present simple
Affirmative
I/You/We/They
He/She/It
play
plays
Affirmative
I/You/We/They
He/She/It
basketball.
I/You/We/They
He/She/It
don’t (do not) play
basketball.
doesn’t (does not) play
Wh questions
What sports do you play?
cartoons.
Do I/you/we/they like watching cartoons?
Does he/she/it like watching cartoons?
Yes, I/you/we/they do.
No, I/you/we/they don’t.
Does he/she/it play basketball? Yes, he/she/it does.
No, he/she/it doesn’t.
don’t like watching
doesn’t like watching
Questions
Questions and short answers
Do I/you/we/they play
basketball?
cartoons.
Negative
Negative
I/You/We/They
He/She/It
like watching
likes watching
Use
We use enjoy, hate, like, love and don’t mind + verb +
-ing to talk about things we like or don’t like doing.
They enjoy talking to their friends on the phone.
Use
Form
We use the Present simple to talk about:
• routines and habits. He practices every day.
• things that are true in general. They live in Rome.
The verbs enjoy, hate, like, love and don’t mind are
followed by a verb ending in -ing.
Form
• To form the third person singular (with he, she and
it), we add -s, -es or -ies to the verb. She goes to the gym.
• To form the negative, we use don’t (do not) with
I, you, we and they. We use doesn’t (does not)
with he, she and it.
We don’t play tennis.
• To form questions, we use do with I, you, we and
they. We use does with he, she and it. Does she like sports?
Spelling rules: verb + -s
most verbs: add -s read ➝ reads play ➝ plays
verbs that end in -ss, -ch, -sh, -x and -o: add -es
kiss ➝ kisses watch ➝ watches wash ➝ washesfix ➝ fixes go ➝ goes
verbs that end in a consonant + y: drop the y and add -ies
try ➝ tries study ➝ studies
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I don’t mind watching football on TV.
Spelling rules: verb + -ing
most verbs: add -ing play ➝ playing
verbs that end in -e: drop the -e and add -ing come ➝ coming
verbs that end in one vowel + one consonant:
double the consonant and add -ing sit ➝ sitting
• Adverbs of frequency
0%
never/hardly ever
100%
sometimes/often
usually/always
Use
• We often use adverbs of frequency to say how
often we do something.
I always watch the Olympic Games on TV.
• Adverbs of frequency usually go:
– before the main verb.
I never eat pizza.
– after the verb to be.
There is often a football game on Monday.
Grammar practice • Present simple
1 Choose the correct options.
1My brother doesn’t wear sneakers to school.
a don’t wearb doesn’t wear c not wear
2We sports after school on Mondays
and Fridays.
a do
b does
c doesn’t do
3 you play the guitar?
a Do
b Does
c Doesn’t
4Jenny swimming every day.
a go
b goes
c don’t go
5 Sam do sports on the weekend?
a Is
b Do
c Does
6My friends play team sports.
a not
b don’t
c doesn’t
2 Complete the questions. Then match the
questions (1–6) to the answers (a–f).
1 Do you like track, Jack? e
Emma like museums?
2
they go swimming every day?
3
he go snowboarding every winter?
4
you play basketball every week, guys?
5
it rain every day in Oregon?
6
aNo, they don’t.
bNo, it doesn’t.
c Yes, he does.
dNo, she doesn’t.
eYes, I do.
f Yes, we do.
3 Make sentences or questions with the
Present simple.
1she / play / ice hockey / after school 
She doesn’t play ice hockey after school.
2what sports / you / like ?
3Max / like / football and basketball 
4we / do / track / at school 
5Anna and Daniel / run / every day ?
6 Jack / go / swimming / every Saturday 
• Verb + -ing
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs.
love:
like/enjoy:
don’t like:
don’t mind:
hate:
love watching (watch) movies at the
1I
movie theater. (do) sports
2 John
at school. (play) in the 3 The dog
yard with the ball. (watch) sports
4 The girls
on TV. (wear) sneakers. 5 She
(go) 6 Lucy and Ben
skateboarding on the weekend. • Adverbs of frequency
5 Put the adverbs of frequency in the
correct order.
always
often
hardly ever
sometimes
1
/
2
/
3
/ always
never
usually
0%
100%
6 Put the words in the correct order.
1T-shirts / I / wear / never / to school
I never wear T-shirts to school.
2the gym / She / goes / often / to
3 makes / pizza / hardly ever / My mother
4a party / is / on the weekend / usually / There
5his homework / Sam / on a laptop / always / does
6sometimes / on TV / There / a good movie / is
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