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Present Simple: every day
Hazuki is a waitress from Nagoya in Japan. She serves food and drink in a motorway restaurant just outside the city. She has a tiring job. She stands and walks.
Hazuki gets up between ten and eleven o'clock every morning and starts work at four o' clock in the afternoon. The restaurant is very busy in the evenings. Men and women from important Japanese companies (Nissan, Toyota, Sony, Hitachi) have dinner with their customers and friends. Hazuki works very quickly, but she is always very polite. She is never rude to her customers.
She finishes work at ten o'clock and arrives home at eleven o'clock at night. Then she phones her friends in different Japanese cities. She doesn't go to bed at eleven o'clock. She sometimes goes to a disco - about once a week, but she usually watches television. She often goes to bed between two and three o'clock in the morning.
Present Simple: likes & dislikes
Juan Carlos is a friendly Spanish gentleman. He works as a State Administrator in Valencia. He has a very responsible job. He needs good information to do his job well.
Juan Carlos also likes to have good information when he is buying food. He likes cooking, but he also wants to know where the food comes from and what is in it. He doesn't like food grown with a lot of chemicals and pesticides. He hates meat factories and highly processed food.
Many people eat the American diet of hamburgers, a lot of sugar and salt, animal fat and white bread. Juan Carlos prefers organic fruit and vegetables and whole food cereals.
HAZUKI JUAN CARLOS 1. Where ...... from? 16. What ......... nationality? 2. What .........do? 17. What .......... job? 3. Has ..... easy job? 18. Has ... a good job? 4. Does .... sit in an office? 19. Does ....... information? 5. When ............ up? 20. What ........ like doing? 6. When ........... work? 21. What ........ want to know? 7. Is .. empty in the evenings? 22. Does ......... pesticides? 8. Who ........... serve? 23. What .... many people eat? 9. Does ........... slowly? 24. What ........... prefer? 10. Is ......... sometimes rude? 11. When ........ arrive home? 12. Who ........... phone? 13. Does ........ to bed early? 14. What ........ usually do? 15. Why ............... between two and three o'clock in the morning?