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The MiUers live outside Chicago. Mr. MiUer is a lawyer. Usually he works in the citu. He goes
to work by car. He and his wife have four children. Mike is the eldest. He is twelve. Sullu and
Jan e are twins. Theu're ten ueors old. The three go to the same school. Kate is the youngest.
She is six ueors old. Her best friend is John.

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Use the present simple tense for hobits.

O Usuollu Mr. MiUer works in the city.
O He goes by caro
Use the present simple tense for focts.
O The MiUers hove four children.
O Sally and Jane ore twins.

To mcke the present simple tense with he/she/it:

O with most verbs add s to the verb like e> likes
O With verbs ending in -ch wctch c> watches
-ss cross c> crosses
-sh add s wosh e> woshes
-x mlX rr> mixes
-o do c> does
O With verbs ending in take off the try c> tries
-y after a consonant add -. hurru rr> hurries
We can use words like olwoys, usuoUy, often, sometimes, rorely and never with
the present simple tense.
positive negative questions
1, you, we, they - .. live Do 1 live in Chicago?
don't you
we
they
he,she,it lives does not live Does he live in Chicago?
doesn't she
it