1. Paco likes sports (present simple)

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Paco likes sports

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Paco likes sports a lot. He does sports to keep fit. He usually plays basketball with his friends at weekends and, from time to time, they go for a mountain bike ride. Paco enjoys cycling very much. They intend to do Saint James' Way by bike next year.

Paco also likes tennis and he plays with Andrés on Wednesday evenings. Although Paco has got a lot of friends, Andrés is one of his best friends. They sometimes watch tennis on television together, but Paco doesn't like watching all sports on tv. He only watches basketball and tennis. Paco likes tennis because his father plays with him occasionally.

      Can you recognize all the simple present forms that appear in the text? There are some forms of the verb  be, some of the verb  have got and several common verbs in Simple Present Tense. Try to identify just the third person singular forms.

Importante

Present simple

  Although it is called the present simple, sometimes this tense is not so simple! Watch this presentation to learn how to form and use it:

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Pregunta

Does Paco have any brothers or sisters?

Respuestas

Yes, he has two brothers.

Yes, he has a brother and a sister.

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Pregunta

Paco likes playing tennis.

Respuestas

Yes, he does.

No, he doesn't

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Pregunta

Does Paco play basketball on Wednesdays?

Respuestas

No, he doesn't.

Yes, he does.

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Pregunta

Paco enjoys cycling.

Respuestas

Yes, he does.

No, he doesn't.

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Pregunta

Does Paco do sports to keep fit?

Respuestas

No, he doesn't.

Yes, he does.

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Pregunta

Paco and Andrés watch tennis on tv.

Respuestas

Yes, they do.

No, they don't.

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Pregunta

Do Paco and his friends intend to do Saint James' Way?

Respuestas

No, they don't.

Yes, they do.

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Pregunta

Paco's father plays tennis with him.

Respuestas

Yes, he does.

No, he doesn't.

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Esta unidad trata algunos puntos de gramática que ya conocerás, como el present simple y el present continuous, así que esta unidad se puede considerar un repaso de esos tiempos verbales junto con el genitivo, los adverbios de frecuencia y un poco de vocabulario relacionado con la familia y la casa.

Click on the flame in the photo and watch the video by The Bangles, singing the song Eternal Flame and notice the uses of the Present Simple tense.

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