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The key answer of exercise 29

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Workbook 1 - Time of our lives for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 1 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Look at the grammar map and fill in the blanks in the boxes below.

Answer

PRESENT SIMPLE 

FORM 

Affirmative

  • I start school at 8.
  • You / We / They start school at 8.
  • He starts school at 8.
  • She / It starts school at 8.

SPELLING RULES

In the third-person singular:

For all regular verbs: add -s.

  • walk → walks
  • read → reads

Verbs ending in vowel + -y. add -s

  • say → says

Verbs ending in consonant + -y. change the -y to -i and add -es

  • study → studies

Verbs ending in -sh, -ch, -ss, -z, -x, - o: add -es.

  • brush → brushes
  • watch → watches
  • do → does

Negative

  • I don't (do not) start school at 8.
  • You / We / They don't (do not) school at 8.
  • He doesn't (does not) start school at 8.
  • She / It doesn't (does not) school at 8.

Interrogative

  • Do I start school at 8?
  • Do you / we / they start school at 8?
  • Does he start school at 8?
  • Does she / it start school at 8?

Short answers

  • Yes, I / you / we / they do.
  • Yes, he / she / it does.
  • No, I / you / we / they don't. 
  • No, he / she / it doesn't.

USE

  • Routines, habits - Example: I have breakfast at 7 in the morning
  • Permanent situations and things that are always true - Example: The Earth revolves around the Sun.
  • Timetables in the near future - Example: My train arrives at 10 AM tomorrow.

SIGNAL WORDS

How often?

  • Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
  • Time expressions: once / twice , a week / a month.

When?

  • Every day, every week, every year.
  • On Sundays, on Mondays, on weekdays.
  • In the evening, in the morning, in the afternoon.
  • In summer, in winter, in spring.

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