General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 02 Topic 01.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 08 The present simple tense Marianna and Chiara say: Marianna: Tell me about your life in Rome. What do you do every day? Chiara Well I get up at nine in the morning and I have breakfast with my husband. We talk and read the paper. Marianna: Okay, what do you do after breakfast? Chiara: After breakfast I go to the dance studio. They are talking about Chiara’s daily routine - what she does every day. We use the present simple tense to talk about our daily routines. Look I You We They leave arrive do have practise go He She It leaves arrives does has practises goes Examples 1. Read the examples. 2. Listen to your recording. 3. Practise saying the sentences. 1. I leave home at 10.30. 2. Chiara arrives at the dance studio at 11 o’clock. 3. Chiara has lunch at 1 o’clock. 4. The dancers practise for two hours in the afternoon. 5. I get home at 6 o’clock. 6. Chiara and her husband go to bed at midnight. We also use the present simple to talk about life habits - what we do in our lives. 1. She speaks Italian. 2. Chiara works hard. 3. He plays football. 4. He smokes. 5. Chiara and her husband live in Rome. 6. She travels a lot. 74 QUESTLANGUAGE