The Present Indefinite Tense

Chart

Affirmative Form
Singular	Plural
I ask, go He, she, asks, goes It asks, goes	We ask, go You ask, go They ask, go
Negative Form
I don’t ask, go He, she doesn’t ask, go It doesn’t ask, go		We don’t ask, go You don’t ask, go They don’t ask, go
Interrogative Form
Do I ask, go? Does he, she ask, go? Does it ask, go?			Do we ask, go? Do you ask, go? Do they ask, go?

Remember

1). to study-he studies /y >i + es [iz]

but: to play – he plays [z]

2) to teach – he teaches [iz]

3) to go – he goes [gouz]

to do – he does [daz]

to say – he says [sez]

Ex 3. Read properly the verbs

She, (he)- wishes, answers, reads, opens, speaks, teaches, stands, closes, sits, writes, draws, hurries, seems, loves, smites, chooses

Ex 4. Read and translate sentences.

1. They prepare their lessons very well. 2. They don’t ask those questions. 3. She reads newspapers in the morning. 4. Korneev and Petrov work at your factory. 5. Nina studies Spanish and French. 6. Do they smoke very much? 7. We wish you much success. 8. Your friend’s parents live in Minsk. 9. He usually hurries home after studies. 10. He doesn’t know these words.

Ex 5. Make sentences negative.

1. His brother knows French and German. 2. In summer we open windows wide. 3.Almost all children like icecream. 4. Tom sees Helen every day. 5. He likes to dance with Ann. 6. They rest at a quiet place usually. 7. Mary walks to the station every Sunday. 8. You live in a flat like mine. 9. I have dinner at 2 o’clock. 10. Their family spend their holiday together.

Ex 6. Make sentences interrogative.

1. My brother is a teacher of French. 2. He reads Spanish books. 3. I usually work in the morning. 4. His parents live in Moscow. 5. Our first lesson begins at nine o’clock. 6. Ann’s sister takes music lessons on Sunday. 7. Semyonov and Kirsanov study in group 18. 8. We live in Moscow. 9. You play tennis very well. 10. Classes begin at 8 o’clock.

Ex 7. Express agreement or disagreement using: that’s right or you are wrong;

1. We study English. 2. They do their lessons in the reading hall. 3. She teaches at the Institute. 4. His friend is 22. 5. She has many foreigh books at home. 6. They go to the Institute by tram. 7. I get up at 7 in the morning. 8. They listen to the radio in the evening. 9. She helps me to prepare dinner. 10. My father looks through newspapers after breakfast.

Ex 8. Give short affirmative and negative answers.

1. Do you like English? 2. Does he teach French? 3. Do you live in a city by the sea? 4. Do you come home late usually? 5. Do you go to the shopping center every day? 6.Does Mary often sit here? 7. Does he wear a dark suit on week days? 8. Do children play on the sand every Sunday? 9. Do I go to bed at eleven o’clock? 10 Do people like to spend their holidays at the seaside?

Ex 9. Ask disjunctive questions. Model: We study English. We study English, don’t

we?

1. His friend lives in Kirov Street. 2. It takes him 10 minutes to get to the Institute. 3.They prepare their lessons at the Institute. 4. My brother switches on the radio at 7 o’clock in the morning. 5. He does his morning exercises every day. 6. After dinner I read newspapers. 7. My friend likes to get up at six o’clock. 8. I am going to have dinner at the Institute. 9. I have supper at home. 10. My friend has many friends at the Institute. 11. He goes for a walk in the evening. 12. My brother drives his car perfectly well.

Ex 10. Change the following negative sentences into affirmative.

1. My brother’s son is not a school-boy. 2. He hasn’t got many German books. 3.He is not in Moscow now. 4. He does not prepare his lessons in the evening. 5. They do not go to school. 6. There is no telephone on his table. 7. There are no pictures on the walls of his room.. 8. His parents do not live in the country. 9. We do not speak English very well. 10. He doesn’t study French.

Ex 11. Answer the following questions.

1. Where do you live? 2. What does your father read in the morning? 3. Who works at the factory? 4. What languages does Pavlov study at the Institute? 5. Do you like to read Russian or English stories? 6. Your friends speak French well, don’t they? 7.He helps you every day, doesn’t he? 8. When do we take English lessons? 9. Whose father speaks English fluently? 10. How long does it take them to translate this text?

Ex 12. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. My father reads the newspapers after breakfast. 2. He knows two languages. 3.She understands German well. 4. Our lessons begin at nine o’clock. 5. We take two English lessons every day. 6. His brother lives in the Far East. 7. I go to the Institute every day. 8. It takes them an hour to go there. 9. They study very well. 10. You read the newspaper in the morning. 11. Kornev and Petrov work at your factory. 12. Nina studies Spanish. 13. Your friend’s parents live in Minsk. 14. You don’t smoke very much.

Ex 13. Translate into English.

1. Я живу в этом доме. 2. Мой друг тоже живет в этом доме. 3. Мы учимся вместе. 4. Мой друг любит читать английские книги. 5. Мой любимый предмет-химия. 6. Они часто работают дома. 7. Мой радиоприемник на столе. 8. Она помогает мне в моей работе. 9. Моя мама не говорит по английски. 10. Сколько предметов вы изучаете? 11. Кто просматривает газеты по утром? 12. Мы играем в футбол только по субботам.

Ex 14. Fill in blanks with one or ones.

1. This is a thick book and that is a thin … . 2. These are light rooms and those are dark … . 3. This is a small dictionary: bring me another … .4. These TV sets are better than those … .5. I have lost my pen: I must buy a new … .6. It is less dangerous to cross the street in London in a black fog than in a white … .

Ex 15. Read and translate the text.

A Working –Day

Boris Ivanov is a worker. He works at a large factory. It is the largest factory in our town. Every morning Boris gets up at six o’clock. He shaves, washes, dresses, reads his newspaper and at a quarter past seven, he has breakfast, then he leaves the house. He goes to the factory by tram. It is not far from his house.

At five minutes to eight all the workers and engineers are at their working-places, at eight they begin working. Boris is an inventor. Many of his inventions are well-known. He is a very good worker. At noon they have an interval for lunch. Boris has his lunch at twenty minutes past twelve. He goes to the factory club. This club is the best in the town. It has two reading-rooms and a large library. The library has thousands of books. You see many newspapers and magazines there. On each shelf you can see many books. Eight girls work in the library and in the reading-rooms. They all know Boris. He often goes there. He likes to read new magazines after lunch. Boris sits down at a little table and starts reading a magazine. At ten minutes to one he leaves the reading-room, goes back and starts working again. At five the working –day is over. Boris drinks some tea or milk and eats some bread and butter and cheese. Then he goes back to the club. He learns English there. He knows German. He does not know English so well as he knows German: he speaks German a little but he does not speak English: he only reads easy English texts and translates easy sentences into Russian. The lesson is over at a quarter to seven. Boris leaves the club and goes home. He has some English books in his bag. His wife knows English. She likes to read English books. Boris gets them for her at the library of his factory.

Ex 16. Put questions to the text.

Ex 17. Translate, using to learn, to study, to teach: explain the differance.

1. I teach you how to skate. 2. Comrade N. teaches French. 3. With this book you can teach yourself. 4. The teachers teach and the students study. 5. You must write out the new words first and then you must learn them. 6. The little child learns to walk. 7.Some mothers teach their children themselves. 8. It is never too late to learn. 9. Is it difficult to study at your technical school? 10. You must learn this dialogue by heart.

Ex 18. Make up dialogues, using these statements.