Exercises

Exercise 1. Make up question using the words in brackets.

Example: Bob play chess. (How often?) – How often does Bob play chess?

1. Felix watches birds. (How often?) 2. I write to my parents. (How often?). 3. I have dinner in the evening. (What time?) 4. She works. (Where?) 5. I go to the Zoo. (How often?) 6. People do stupid things. (Why?) 7. The motor breaks down. (How often?)

Exercise 2.Open the brackets using the verbs in the Present Simple Tense.

1. My working day (to begin) at sev­en o'clock. I (to get) up, (to switch) on the radio and (to do) my morning exercises. It (to take) me fifteen minutes. At half past seven we (to have) breakfast. My father and I (to leave) home at eight o'clock. He (to take) a bus to his factory. My mother (to be) a doctor, she (to leave) home at nine o'clock. In the evening we (to gather) in the living room. We (to watch) TV and (to talk).

2. My sister (to get) up at eight o'clock. 3. She (to be) a schoolgirl. She (to go) to school in the af­ternoon. 4. Jane (to be) fond of sports. She (to do) her morning exercises every day. 5. For breakfast she (to have) two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of tea. 6. After breakfast she (to go) to school. 7. It (to take) him two hours to do his homework. 8. She (to speak) French well.

Reading

1. Read the text.

Typically British?

Four foreign exchange students talk about the Britons and the country…

1. Nicolae, a student from Romania works in a pub in Manchester

“ British people like children but not in restaurants or pubs. In my pub we have a rule: “no children under 12”. People in Britain drink a lot of coffee-cappuccino and espresso are really popular. They drink a lot of beer too-men and women.”

2. Alexandra from Russia is a student at Bristol University

“ This is not a good country for smokers! Many coffee bars and restaurants are “no smoking”. I live with three British students and they don’t smoke. When I want a cigarette I go into the garden”.

3. Carlos is a student from Spain

“ People read the newspaper everywhere – on the train, on the bus, at the bus stop. And the newspapers are really big! Cars stop in Britain when you stand on the zebra crossing – it’s incredible! Cars don’t stop for you in Madrid”.

4. Marilia from Brazil works as an “au pair” in Cambridge

“ I think my British family is typical. The woman doesn’t cook – she just puts a pizza in the microwave. But she watches cooking programs on TV every day! The man cooks at the weekend-he makes fantastic Indian curries. Their child has a terrible diet. She eats fish fingers and chips and she goes to Burger King every week”.

Vocabulary

pub-пивная, бар

smoke-курить

incredible-невероятно

terrible-ужасный

2. Answer the questions.

1. Do people in Britain drink a lot of coffee or tea?

2. Is Britain a good country for smokers?

3. Do British people read the newspapers everywhere?

4. What is a typical British family?

3.Look at the underlined verbs. Why do the verbs in paragraph 4 end in –s?

4.Say the he/she form of these verbs:

Cook, make, go, watch, have, like drink, eat.

5.. Find three negative verbs. Which one is different? Why?

6.Look through the text and tell three things which are the same in your country, and three things which are different.

7.Summarize the text and answer the question: What is typical for British people?