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3.4 Simple Present: Negative Statements


Do Not/ Base Form Does Not/ Base Form
Subject Subject
Don’t of Verb Doesn’t of Verb
I
You He
do not does not
We work. She work.
don’t doesn’t
You It
They

Be careful! In negative statements with ✓ She doesn’t exercise every day.


does not or doesn’t, do not add -s to ✗ She doesn’t exercises every day.
the base form of the verb.

4 Circle doesn’t or don’t to complete each sentence.

1. An astronaut on the International Space Station doesn’t / don’t have a lot of free time.

2. Astronauts doesn’t / don’t work all day on Saturday.

3. An astronaut doesn’t / don’t have the same schedule every day.

4. We doesn’t / don’t work on weekends.

5. I doesn’t / don’t work in an office.

6. My office doesn’t / don’t have a window.

7. She doesn’t / don’t travel for her job.

8. You doesn’t / don’t have a busy schedule.

5 Change each affirmative statement to a negative statement.

1. My brother has a job. My brother doesn’t have a job.

2. I drive to work. I don't drive to work

3. Pilots fix planes. Pilots don't fix planes

4. Our teacher does homework. Our teacher doesn´t do homework

5. I go to the gym in the morning. I don't go to the gym in te morning

6. We have class on Sunday. We don't have class on Sunday

7. You teach biology. You don't teach biology

8. We have an exam on Saturday night. We don't have an exam on Saturday night

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6 SPEAK. Work with a partner. Make negative statements with the words below.

I… work My father doesn't exercise


My mother … study My mother doesn't drive to work
My father … exercise My sister doesn't work
My … drive to class/work I doesn't drive to class

Student A: I don’t drive to class. Student B: My mother doesn’t study.

3.5 Prepositions of Time (Part 2)


Preposition Noun
1. Many time expressions are prepositional
phrases. A prepositional phrase is a at three-thirty
preposition + a noun. in the afternoon
at night
on Sunday

2. remember: Use at with specific times The bank opens at nine o’clock.
and in the phrase at night. We relax at night.

Use in with morning, afternoon, and We go to work in the morning.


evening. We eat dinner in the evening.

Use on with days of the week and I don’t work on Saturday.


specific dates. The meeting is on Monday afternoon.
His birthday is on November 25th.

3. To show when an activity begins and She works from nine to five-thirty.
ends, use from . . . to.

4. Use until to talk about an activity that The bank is open until four o’clock.
continues up to a specific time.

5. A sentence can have more than one He wakes up at five-thirty in the morning.
prepositional phrase.

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For Prepositions of Time (Part 1), see Unit 2, Lesson 3.
To be less specific, we use around and about.

We usually eat dinner at about 8:00. (We


7 Underline the prepositional phrases in don’t eat exactly at 8:00 every night.)
these sentences. I usually leave work at around 6:00. (I don’t
leave work at exactly 6:00 every night.)
1. We have class from 9:40 to 10:50.

2. On Wednesday, I have class until 3:30.

3. The party is on Saturday night.

4. The meeting doesn’t end until 3:00.

5. My workweek is from Monday to Friday.

6. I work from 9:00 to 7:00 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

7. I don’t work on weekends.

8. She doesn’t get home until 4:00 in the afternoon.

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8 Complete each sentence with the correct preposition(s).

1. She works at night.

2. The meeting is on Wednesday afternoon.

3. I sleep at 9:30 in the morning on Saturday.

4. I work from Monday to Friday.

5. Class starts at 8:30 in the morning.

6. We study at night.

7. The library is open at eleven o’clock until night.

8. I have lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 every day.

9. She goes to bed at 1:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

10. We have a break from 10:30 to 10:45 in the morning.

9 WRITE & SPEAK. Complete the sentences with prepositional phrases of time. Use the
prepositions from chart 3.5 on page 91. Then share your sentences with a partner.

1. I have breakfast at 7:00. 4. I have lunch at 12:30

2. English class starts at 8:00 5. I have dinner in the evening

3. We have class from 9:00 to 11:00

3.6 Like, Need, and Want + Infinitive


Subject Verb Infinitive

I like
to exercise in the morning.
He likes

We need
to relax today.
She needs

They want
to meet every week.
He wants

1. An infinitive is to + the base He likes to play soccer.


form of the verb.
2. Some verbs are followed by We want to play soccer.
infinitives. She needs to call her boss.
I like to read.

✓ We want to leave.
✗ We want leave.

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10 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. Saturday / to / work / They / need / on They need to work on Saturday.

2. He / have / lunch / wants / at / 1:00 / to He want to have lunch at 1:00

3. tonight / to / need / work / until / 7:00 / You


You need to work tonight until 7:00

I need to buy a new computer


4. need / buy / I / to / computer / a / new

5. She / play / to / likes / tennis She likes to play tennis

6. want / watch / to / the game / We We want to watch the game

7. to / He / study / in the library / likes


He likes to study in the library

I need to do my homework
8. need / I / do / my homework / to
I need to call my mother
9. need / I / my / call / mother / to

10. ask / to / wants / a / She / question She wants to ask a question

PR ACTICE

11 SPEAK.

A Work with a partner. Complete the sentences with information about yourself. Use
prepositional phrases, the simple present, and infinitives.

I get up .at. .5:30 in the morning I like eat


. . . on weekends.
I have breakfast at
. . 6:30
. in the morning I need . . . today.
On weekends, I sleep until . 9:00
. . am I do my homework .in. .the afternoon
I go to bed at
. . 9:30
. from Monday to Friday I want to the
. . . lunch at 12:00

Student A: I go to bed at midnight.


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Student B: I do my homework in the morning.
Use on weekends to talk about
activities that happen every
B Work in a group. Say three sentences about your
weekend or on most weekends.
partner. Use the information from exercise A.
We relax on weekends.
Student A: Sun-hee does her homework in the afternoon. She doesn’t work on weekends.

Student B: Walid goes to bed at midnight.

Student C: Maria likes to relax on Sundays.


I get up at 5: 30 in the morning

I have breakfast at 6:30 in the morning

I do my homework in the afternoon

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