Lesson 1: How do you learn

Present simple:

• I walk to school every day.
• My sister uses a computer to do her homework.
• The capital of Iraq is Baghdad.
• Bilingual dictionaries are very useful for learning languages.
• I don't speak Japanese.
• The self-access centre isn't open on Sundays.

Present simple:

I, you, we , they → base (فعل مجرد)

He, she, it → (فعل + s)

في حالة النفي (negative)

I, you, we , they → don't + فعل مجرد

He, she, it → doesn't + فعل مجرد

في حالة الاستفهام (question)

Do → I, you, we , they → (فعل مجرد)?

Does → He, she, it → (فعل مجرد)?

تذكر: من ظروف الزمان مع المضارع البسيط وتكون نهاية أو بداية الجملة.

......Every day, Every week

يستخدم المضارع البسيط للتعبير عن حدث يحدث بشكل منتظم أو حقيقة ثابتة وتكون ظروف الزمان مع المضارع البسيط كما يلي:

......,usually, always, often, sometimes, seldom

حيث تكون هذه الظروف غالباً قبل الفعل الرئيسي.

أما إذا كان الفعل الرئيسي من أفعال الكينونة (am, is, are) فتكون ظروف الزمان بعد الفعل الرئيسي.

تمرين (A) كتاب النشاط ص2.

A. Listen to people talking about learning languages. Mark the sentences true (T) or false (F).

1. He speaks English and Spanish. F
2. He thinks Arabic is difficult to write. T
3. He speaks Arabic. T
4. He thinks it is easy to say English words. F
5. He doesn't know much about sport. F
6. He's going to the USA to study English. F
7. She says it is important to learn English to get a good job. T
8. She thinks English people speak fast. T
9. She understands English well. T
10. She thinks it is hard to learn vocabulary. T
11. She writes in her diary once a month. F
12. She is the only person who reads the diary. F

تمرين (B) كتاب النشاط ص2.

B. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. I study English at school. (study)
2. How often do you go to the self-access Centre? (you/ go)
3. How much does that dictionary cost? (That dictionary/ cost)
4. Interpreters have a difficult job, because they need to speak many languages very well. (have)
5. He doesn't speak Arabic. (not/ speak)
6. When does he go to school? (he/ go)
7. I write in my diary after every class. (write)
8. She doesn't know where the self-access Centre is (not/ know).