UNIT 1

GRAMMAR: PRESENT INDEFINITE; PRESENT CONTINUOUS

TEXTS: WHAT IS PHYSICS; MOBILE PHONES

Present indefinite

Affirmative form		Interrogative form			Negative form
I We You They	play	Do I Do we play? Do you Do they			I We do not play You (don’t) They
He She It	plays	Does	he she it	play		He She It	does not (doesn’t)	play

Short answers

Affirmative form	Negative form
I Yes, we do. you they	I No, we don’t you they
he Yes, she does. it	he No, she doesn’t. it

Signal words: Always, every day (week, year…), often, normally, usually, sometimes, seldom

Present Indefinite вживається для вираження звичайної, постійної дії:

Не lives in Kyiv. Він мешкає у Києві.

Не comes here at six. Він приходить сюди о шостій.

Does she speak English well? Вона добре розмовляє англійською?

She

Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.

1. Does your younger sister go to school? – No, she doesn’t. 2. She dances very badly. 3. We drink coffee in the morning. 4. The Earth goes round the Sun. 5. I hate cold. 6. Do you like coffee? – No, I don’t. 7. He always comes to school on time. 8. Do you often go to the cinema? 9. I do not understand you at all. 10. The computer does not work. 11. Who helps your mother? – I do. 12. Whose brother goes there? 13. Who goes there? 14. What does your friend do after school? – He usually does his homework.

Exercise 2. Open the brakets choosing the correct form of the verb.

1. When most shops in big cities _______ (to close)? 2. Water _______ (to freeze) at 0 degree Celsius. 3. Olya always _______ (to wear) expensive clothes. 4. My job is interesting. I always _______ (to meet) interesting people. 5. We _______ (not to like) sandwiches. 6. This pair of shoes is expensive. It _______ (to cost) a lot of money. 7. These shoes are cheap. They _______ (to cost) little money. 8. They usually _______ (to have) dinner at 4 o’clock. 9. I never _______ (to watch) television. 10. Sometimes my younger brother _______ (to read) in bed. 11. All sport competitions _______ (to take place) at our stadium.

Present continuous

Affirmative form	Interrogative form			Negative form
I am (I’m) playing	Am I playing?			I’m not playing
We You are playing They	we Are you playing? they			We You are not playing They (aren’t)
He She is playing It	Is	he she it	playing?	He She It	is not (isn’t)	playing?