Exercises

Exercise 1. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

1. He goes to school every day.

2. My sister works here.

3. They live in the USA.

4. He plays football every day.

5. They play tennis very often.

6. We go to the cinema on Saturdays.

7. My brother watches television every night.

8. Her father finishes his work at six o’clock.

9. He goes to school by bus.

10. They skate once a week in winter.

Exercise 2. Use the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple Tense.

1. She (to learn) English.

2. I (to like) music.

3. She (to live) in this house.

4. After supper my sister (to go) for a walk.

5. We (to visit) our grandparents very often.

6. I usually (to cook) dinner at 3 o’clock.

7. He (to want) to become a doctor.

8. My parents (to come) home very late.

9. We (to like) reading very much.

10. They often (to take) a bus.

Exercise 3. Choose the right variant.

1. You usually … the newspaper after breakfast

1. read b) reads c) is read

2. He always … his home-works carefully.

1. prepare b) prepared c) prepares

3. The children … in the yard every day.

1. played b) play c) plays

4. … she … mistakes in spelling?

1. does … makes b) does … make c) do – make

5. She … several foreign languages.

1. don’t speak b) don’t speaks c) doesn’t speak

6. … his friends … holidays at a rest-home?

1. do … spend b) does … spend c) do … spends

7. I often … my friend when I walk to the University.

1. met b) meets c) meet

8. Mike and Nick … to the library twice a week.

1. don’t go b) didn’t go c) doesn’t go

9. We (to spend) our holidays in the country.

a) spends b) spent c) spend

10. …you (to take) your dog for a walk?

1. do … take? b) does … take? c) do … takes?

The Past Indefinite Tense

По форме Past Indefinite английские глаголы делятся на два типа: правильные и неправильные глаголы (или стандартные и нестандартные).

Правильные глаголы образуют форму Past Indefinite при помощи окончания -ed.

Окончание –ed произносится:

[d] - после звонкого звука

to live - lived

[t] - после глухого звука

to look - looked

[id] - после [t] и [d]

to want – wanted: to decide – decided.

Неправильные – посредством чередования звуков в корне.

to see – saw (неправильный глагол)

to send - sent (неправильный глагол)

Спряжение глаголов в Past Indefinite:

Утвердительная	Вопросительная*	Отрицательная
I worked (went) there. He You }worked (went) there. She It worked (went) well. We You } worked (went) there. They	I he Did you } work (go) there? She Did it work (go) well? we Did you } work (go) there? they	I He You } did not work (go) there She It did not work (go) well. We You } did not work (go) there. They

^*Вопросительная и отрицательная формы образуются при помощи вспомогательного глагола to do в прошедшем времени did – и смыслового глагола в форме инфинитива без частицы to.

С глаголами в форме Past Indefinite часто употребляются следующие обстоятельственные слова и словосочетания: yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 1990 . Причем в сочетаниях с last артикль и предлог не употребляются.