Unit 2. Present Simple and Present Progressive

A. Present Simple

B Present Progressive

C. Stative Verbs

1. Present Simple Настоящее простое время

Утвердительная форма	Отрицательная форма	Вопросительная форма	Вопросительно-отрицательная форма
I We read You They	I We do not You (don’t) They read	I Do We read? You They	I Do We not read? You They
			I Don’t We read? You They
H e She reads It	H e does not She (doesn’t ) It read	He Does She read? It	He Does She not read? It
			He Doesn’t She read? It

Основные случаи употребления

Present Simple употребляется для обозначения:

1 Регулярно повторяющегося действия в настоящем времени. При этом часто употребляются наречия: usually, sometimes, often, always, seldom, rarely или словосочетания: every month, every day, every year, etc.

Usually he comes home at 7 o’clock.

She sometimes helps her friends.

We see each other every day.

2 Универсальных истин – того, что является верным при любых обстоятельствах.

Spring comes after winter.

The sun rises in the East.

3 Постоянного действия.

She lives in Minsk.

My father works at this factory.

4 Действия, которое является частью программы, расписания.

The Queen arrives in Spain on Tuesday.

The train leaves at 9 a.m.

5 Действия, выраженного глаголами, не употребляющимися в the Present Progressive Tense (to love, to like, to see, etc.)

I see a picture.

I know what you mean.

Exercise 1. Make up sentences from the table below.

Mr. Brown	always	have	the flat
I	never	read	a car
They	often	go	tennis on Sunday
Mary	seldom	clean	to the skating rink
We	every day	work	lunch at home
You	usually	translate	at an office
He	sometimes	watch	these documents
Jane	every week	play	poems in English
My friends	rarely	drive	coffee
Mark	once a week	drink	TV

style="position: absolute; top: 0.25in; left: 1.56in" Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1 Every day Ann (to drive) her kids to school.

2 I usually (to watch) TV in the evening.

3 They always (to spend) their holidays in the country.

4 On Sundays she (to go) to the swimming pool.

5 Mark often (to wear) a hat.

6 You seldom (to do) your homework.

7 Mary never (to arrive) on time.

8 It often (to rain) here in autumn.

9 We always (to help) our mother.

10 They seldom (to go) to the theater.

11 I (to learn) the English language at the university.

12 Miss Jones never (to have) dinner at home.

13 Jane rarely (to do) the morning exercises.

14 This shop (to close) at 6 o’clock.

15 Tom (to have) a shower every morning.

style="position: absolute; top: 0.76in; left: 6.31in" E xercise 3. Make the sentences negative and interrogative. Do it to the following scheme.

style="position: absolute; top: 0.31in; left: 1.31in" E g. He always gets up early.

1Tom speaks German very well.

2 Joan knows my telephone number.

3 They often play chess.

4 I like to ride a bike.

5 We eat bacon and eggs for breakfast.

6 The exhibition opens on Monday.

7 Jane always keeps her promise.

8 The pupils usually raise their hands when they want to answer.

9 Mr. Black seldom travels by plane.

10 They go in for sport to keep fit.

style="position: absolute; top: 0.27in; left: 6.31in" style="position: absolute; top: 0.27in; left: 1.18in" E xercise 4. Say what you (your friend) do (does), don’t do (doesn’t do).

1 to go to the university by tram;

2 to know a lot of English words;

3 to read a lot of books in German;

4 to prepare lessons in the reading hall;

5 to have breakfast at 9 o’clock;

6 to listen to the teacher attentively;

7 to buy tickets to the cinema in advance;

8 to do shopping on Saturday;

9 to come from the university at 2 o’clock in the afternoon;

10 to attend the lectures regularly.

11 to collect stamps;

12 to like vegetables;

13 to stay at home in the evenings;

14 to ride a bike when it is warm;

15 to get excellent marks.

style="position: absolute; top: 0.24in; left: 2.31in" style="position: absolute; top: 0.37in; left: 3.43in" Exercise 5. Make up sentences from the given words.

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1. granny/often/in/go/the/see/evening/my/to/I.

2. club/sometimes/a/on/we/Saturday to/ disco/go.

3. thinks/always/Mary’s/work/late/boss/is/for/she.

4. people/happy/money/make/doesn’t.

5. in/film/Meryl Streep/superb/is/acting/this/really.

6. lot/vegetables/useful/contain/vitamins/a/of.

7. in/and/numbers/avenues/names/New York/have/the/instead/only/of/streets.

8. who/are/they/always/help/to/believe/doctors/are/ready/people/ill.

9. a/Mary/deal/people/time/television/spend/great/of/watching.

10. to/wants/invite/conference/you/he/Mr. Black/to.

style="position: absolute; top: 0.32in; left: 3.18in" Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate verb.

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Boil; close; cost; cost; go; have; like; open; smoke; speak; teach.

1. She is very clever. She …… four languages.

2. Steve……… ten cigarettes a day.

3. We usually …….. dinner at 7 o’clock.

4. I …… films. I often………. to the cinema.

5. Water …………… at 100 degrees Celsius.

6. In Britain the banks …………… at 9.30 in the morning.

7. The City Museum ……………. at 5 o’clock every evening.

8. Food is expensive. It ………….. a lot of money.

9. Shoes are expensive. They ………… much money.

10. Tina is a teacher. She ……. Mathematics to young children.

Exercise 7. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Многие студенты первого курса посещают библиотеку два раза в неделю.

2. Она не часто пишет своим друзьям в Америку.

3. Ее друг занимается английским языком каждое утро?

4. Вечером мы обычно ходим гулять или смотрим телевизор.

5. Некоторые студенты проводят свои каникулы в студенческих лагерях?

6. Он не любит много света в комнате.

7. Она работает над своей дипломной работой каждый день?

8. Летом мы всегда ездим к своим родственникам в деревню.

9. Каждое лето абитуриенты сдают вступительные экзамены.

10. Студенты нашей группы активно принимают участие в жизни университета.

11. Каждый год к нам приезжают студенты на практику из Англии.

12. Я не читаю английские книги в оригинале.

13. Учиться никогда не поздно.

14. Обычно они ходят за покупками в выходные дни.

15. Искусство делает людей лучше и добрее.

Exercise 8. Put the verbs into the correct form.

In many parts of the world there (to be) mountains that (to seem) to smoke. The mountains that (to erupt) are called volcanoes. The hot rock that (to pour) out of the opening is called lava. Lava (to harden) before it has flowed very far. Most of the rock dust (to flow) down near the opening. When a volcano (to send) out hot rock we (to say) that it is erupting. Every time a volcano (to erupt), it (to become) higher. Every volcano (to have) a great “saucer” at the top. This “saucer” is called a crater. When a volcano has been quiet for many years, we (to call) it a dead volcano. But a :dead” volcano may suddenly become active.