8TH GRADE ENGLISH CLASS
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
ESP. FABIAN TORRES
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Alfred is an American boy. He lives in Los Angeles,
California. He lives with his family in a modern house. He
is eleven years old and he has got an older brother, David,
and a younger sister, Emma.
He starts his day at about half past seven. He gets up,
goes to the bathroom, takes a shower, brushes his teeth
and get dressed. Then he has breakfast and at a quarter
to eight he leaves home and catches the bus to school.
Classes begin at half past eight. He usually has lunch at the school canteen at half past twelve. After
school, at a quarter past five, he goes home. There he does his school homework and when he finishes
it he helps his Mum laying the table. At half past seven the family dines together.
Alfred is a very helpful boy, so he helps his mother cleaning up everything after dinner.
He usually watches TV for a while after dinner and at about ten o’clock the most he brushes his teeth
again, puts on his Spider Man pajamas and goes to bed. His parents always kiss him good night before
he gets asleep. Alfred is a very happy boy!
MATCH THE ANTONYMS
MARK TRUE OF FALSE 2
1 1. Alfred is an American boy. ______________ modern ● ● enters
2. He lives in a modern flat. _______________ older ● ● alone
3. He is eleven years old. _________________ starts ● ● end
4. He has got two brothers. _______________ leaves ● ● old-fasioned
5. Alfred wakes up at eight o’clock. __________ begin ● ● unhappy
6. He walks to school. ____________________ together ● ● younger
7. His classes begin at half past eight. _______ helpful ● ● finishes
8. Alfred and his family have dinner at half past happy ● ● unhelpful
seven. ______________________________
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
3 1. Where does Alfred live? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. What’s his sister’s name? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. What time does he wake up? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Does he have breakfast at home? ------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. What time does he leave home? --------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Where does he have lunch? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. When does he return home? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. Does he make homework at school or at home? ----------------------------------------------------------
9. Is he a helpful boy? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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10. What about you? What’s your daily routine like? -------------------------------------------------------
I. Write questions with DO…? And DOES…? Take a look at the example:
1. I like chocolate. How about you? Do you like chocolate?
2. You work hard. How about Anna? __________________________________________
3. Lisa plays tennis. How about his friends? __________________________________________
4. Tom speaks French. How about his brother? __________________________________________
5. Charles plays soccer. How about Richard? __________________________________________
6. Tina wants to be famous. How about you? __________________________________________
7. I do yoga every morning. How about you? __________________________________________
8. John lives near here. How about his sister? __________________________________________
9. Susan often goes to the beach. How about Lucy? _________________________________________
10. I love chemistry. How about you? __________________________________________
II. Write the negative form for the following statements. Look at the example:
1. Lucy plays the piano very well. Lucy doesn’t play the piano very well
2. They know my telephone number. ________________________________________________
3. He has a bath everyday. ________________________________________________
4. You have lunch at the same hour every day. ________________________________________________
5. We sing very well. ________________________________________________
6. I play the guitar. ________________________________________________
7. She likes to eat salad. ________________________________________________
8. My parents visit Rome every year. ________________________________________________
9. Jerry studies every night. ________________________________________________
10. We visit our grandparents on Sunday. ________________________________________________
