Kadesh is enjoying learning about different cultural customs from his classmates at the English Language Institute. He notes that his classmates from Thailand bow to the teacher, while his roommate Lia does not wear shoes inside their shared room. Kadesh finds learning about these various customs from his classmates in Mexico, Thailand, and other places to be a great experience.

1. The Simple Present:
Affirmative and
Negative Statements
Cultural Customs
3
Focus on Grammar 2
Part III, Unit 8
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. International Pen
Pals
International Pen
Pals
Dear Ali,
I am very happy at the English Language
Institute. Every day, I meet so many interesting
students with different customs. For example, my
classmates from Thailand bow to the teacher. My
roommate, Lia, doesn’t wear shoes inside our
room.
My classmates from Mexico don’t call the teacher
by her first name. This is a great experience!
Your friend,
Kadesh

3. Use the simple present to tell about things that happen
again and again (habits, regular occurrences, customs,
and routines).
Ahmed drinks coffee every afternoon.
Many American children wear
costumes on Halloween.
The Simple Present 1The Simple Present 1

4. Use the simple present to tell facts.
Peru is in South America.
Water freezes at 32° Fahrenheit.
“I think we
need
sweaters.”
The Simple Present 2The Simple Present 2

5. Use the simple present with non-action verbs.
Marian and Cara know Arabic.
Roberto likes bullfights.
The Simple Present 3The Simple Present 3

6. 1. “They
believe
everything
she says.”
“They usually
celebrate
New Year’s
Day with a
big party.”
3. “Triangles
have three
sides.”
3. “Triangles
have three
sides.”
2. “He goes
dancing
every Friday
night.”
2. “He goes
dancing
every Friday
night.”
1. “They
believe
everything
she says.”
Practice 1Practice 1 Match each statement to its
use in the simple present.
Fact
Regular
Occurrence
Non-Action
Verb
STATEMENT
Example:
“They usually
celebrate New
Year’s Day with
a big party.”

7. Ted dresses up like a lion.
Daniel dances in the Chinese New
Year Parade each year.
Use the base form of the verb for all persons except
third person singular. Put –s or –es on the third
person singular.
Affirmative
Statements
Affirmative
Statements

8. Practice 2Practice 2
Use the verbs in the box to
describe what these people do
every day.
make take watch play
He makes pizza.
She plays soccer. They take a bath.He watches soccer.
Example:
3.2.1.

9. Some people do not sushi.
takesShe does not off her shoes.
Negative Statements 1Negative Statements 1
take
enjoyenjoys
Use does not or do not before the base form
of the verb.

10. Use the contractions doesn’t and don’t for negative
statements in speaking or in informal writing.
Italians don’t use chopsticks.
Luis doesn’t like bullfights.
Negative Statements
2
Negative Statements
2

11. Practice 3Practice 3
Change the affirmative
statements to negative
statements.
Example: Many Chinese eat noodles.
Many Chinese don’t eat noodles.
1. Sheila likes to eat spicy food.
2. Some nomadic people live in tents.
3. Monica watches fireworks on the 4th
of July.
Sheila doesn’t like to eat spicy food.
Some nomadic people don’t live in tents.
Monica doesn’t watch fireworks on the 4th
of July.

12. Irregular FormsIrregular Forms
Third person singular affirmative forms of
have, do, and go are not regular.
Subject Have Do Go
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
dohave go
has does goes

13. Practice 4Practice 4
Complete the sentences with
the correct form of have, do, or
go.
Example: She __________ shopping every Friday.goes
1. Luis __________ his homework every night.
2. Leticia and Janet __________ backpacks.
3. I always __________ to the movies on Thursdays.
does
have
go
4. Shaun __________ a biology class on Mondays.has
5. They always __________ the dishes after dinner.do

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