Affirmative
I am British. I speak French.
He is French. He speaks French.
Negative
I'm not Mexican. I don't speak French.
He isn't German. He doesn't speak French.
Interrogative
Are you Irish? Do you speak English?
Is he Italian ? Does he speak Italian?
1. Complete the text with verbs in the Present Simple.
George (1) __________ (be) an English boy but his parents (2) __________ (be) from
Germany. His grandfather (3) _____________ (be) from France and his grandmother
(4) _________ (be) Portuguese, so he (5) ________ (speak) four languages: English,
German, French and Portuguese. He (6) ______ (go) to a state secondary school, where
he (7) ________ (study) his favourite subjects: science and technology. He often (8)
________ (play) football and tennis with his friends at school. When he (9)
___________ (go) home, he (10) _________ (watch) TV and (11) ____________ (listen)
to pop music. His favourite group (12) ________ (be) The Corrs.
2. Write a similar text about yourself and then ask your partner to read it.
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3. Write these sentences in the negative:
a) I speak English. …………………………………………………………………………......................
b) Sheila sends e-mails to America. ……………………………………………………………………
c) My parents come from Germany. ……………………………………………………………………
d) Peter likes science and technology. …………………………………………………………………
e) They speak Italian and French. ………………………………………………………………………….
4. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of TO BE :
a) English ______ a very important language.
b) _____ Portuguese the principal language of the world? – NO it ________.
c) Portuguese and Italian ________ romantic languages.
d) _______ French the principal language of England? No, it __________.
e) Where _____ you from? – I'm from Australia.
5. Complete the table with the 3rd person singular of the verbs in the Present Simple:
study communicate use speak do stay pass finish watch hurry
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