WRITING EXERCISES: The Present tense.

1)      She speaks English very well, but she doesn’t understand Spanish.

 

Ride/bicycle/drive/car- 

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Play guitar/read/music-

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Make cakes/bake bread-

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Grow flowers/ grow vegetables-

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Send emails/ send letters-

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Cook pizza/cook pasta-

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Walk in the park/go to the gym-

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Go to the seaside on holidays/ go to the beach-

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Go to work every day/ talk to her workmate-

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Watch baseball on TV/ play baseball-

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2)      Do you usually eat toast for breakfast? I eat toast for breakfast every day-

 

Drink tea for breakfast/every day-

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Eat pizza for dinner /twice a week-

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Have a barbecue /once a week-

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Take the bus to work/every day-

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Watch TV-/every day

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See a movie at the theater- /once a month-

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Take it easy=relax/ on weekends

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Visit the farmer’s market/ once a month-

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Now follow the example:

Does your friend eat toast for breakfast? Susan eats toast for breakfast every day-

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3)      Food

 

Do you have any lettuce? I need some lettuce to make a salad for dinner-

 

Have/tomatoes? /make a sauce/For lunch

 

Have/onions? / make a pizza/ For dinner

 

Have/flour? / make a cake for tea-

 

Have/ spaghetti? / make spaghetti Bolognese for lunch-

 

Have meat? / make a stew / for lunch-

 

Have apples? / make an apple crumble/ for dessert-

 

Write a paragraph. Follow the EXAMPLE:

 This is Angie. She’s 26 years old and she’s single. She lives in New York City. She lives in an apartment, and she has a roommate. Angie works in a kitchen store, but she doesn’t like her job. She wants to be a rock star. Every Saturday, she sings with a band. She is a good singer. She sometimes colors her hair orange. Angie has a boyfriend, Ryan. He is a lawyer. He wants to marry her, but she doesn’t want to get married right now. She wants to be famous. She has a little brother. Her brother lives with her parents. Angie calls him a lot. Sometimes, she takes her brother out for lunch.

 

Albert-24

Chicago-

House/suburbs

Work/in an office/want/pro baseball player.

Play on a team/good player/sometimes/gym

Girlfriend/Annie/an artist/want to marry him

He not marry her

He/want/famous

Little sister/live/his parents/Boston

Albert call/lot

Sometimes/visit her/Boston.


James
27
Los Angeles
work/office/database administrator
professional musician
play/orchestra/par-time
single
/like/cooking/
Parents/San Diego
two brothers/one sister


Russel
70
banjo player on a band
retired/loan officer /bank
free time/origami/play/golf/friends
wife/retired too/ school teacher/
two children/six grandchildren
Bob 45 lawyer/married/Julia/three children
Sue 36 accountant/married /Bryan/three children.