1. Paco likes sports

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Paco likes sports

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Paco likes sports a lot. He does sports to keep fit. He usually plays basketball with his friends at weekends and, from time to time, they go for a mountain bike ride. Paco enjoys cycling very much. They intend to do Saint James' Way by bike next year.

Paco also likes tennis and he plays with Andrés on Wednesday evenings. Although Paco has got a lot of friends, Andrés is one of his best friends. They sometimes watch tennis on television together, but Paco doesn't like to watch all sports on tv. He only watches basketball and tennis. Paco likes tennis because his father plays with him occasionally.


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Click on the flame and watch the following video by The Bangles, playing the song Eternal Flame and notice the uses of the Present Simple tense.

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In this song you can hear these sentences: ...when you are sleeping / Am I only dreaming?. They are in the Present Continuous Tense. Let's learn about it.

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Choose the correct answer for each question:

Paco plays golf everyday.

  
No, he doesn't.
Yes, he does.

Does Paco have any brothers or sisters?
  
Yes, he have two brothers.
Yes, he has a brother and a sister.

Paco likes playing tennis.
  
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn't

Does Paco play basketball on Wednesdays?
  
No, he doesn't.
Yes, he does.

Paco enjoys cycling.
  
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn't.

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Does Paco do sports to keep fit?
  
No, he doesn't.
Yes, he does.

Paco and Andrés watch tennis on tv.
  
Yes, they do.
No, they don't.

Do Paco and his friends intend to do Saint James' Way?
  
No, they don't.
Yes, they do.

Paco's father plays tennis with him.
  
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn't.

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