название	форма	содержание	указатели
Present Simple	V1(s) do/does (he, she, it) + V1 am, is, are have, has	1) факты, события 2) привычки 3) отношение	always, usually, normally, every day (week, decade, month, year…), sometimes, from time to time, often, rarely, seldom, never
Present Continuous	am is + Ving are	действие, происходящее сейчас временная ситуация недовольство, раздражение каким-либо действием (always)	now, at the moment, this week (month, year…)
Present Perfect	have + V3 has	положение вещей началось в прошлом и длится до сих пор (с глаголами, кот-е не употребляются в Сontinuous)	already, just, ever, never, yet, recently, so far, till now/ up to now since, for
Present Perfect Continuous	have + been + Ving has	действие началось и длится до сих пор (с глаголами, кот-е употребляются в Сontinuous)	since, for

Видо-временные формы для обозначения настоящего (Present time tenses)

Exercises

Exercise 1. Simple Present Tense

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Hi. My name (be) _______ Albert. My friends (call) _______ me Al. You can call

me Al if you (like) _______. I (want) to tell you about a problem I (have) _______. It (be, not) _______ _______ a big problem, but it is not a small problem, either. I (guess) _______ it's somewhere between big and small.

I (have) _______ a best friend. His name (be) _______ Joe, but everybody (call) _______ him Joey. Joey and I have been friends for a long time. That's the problem. Joey (like) _______ to smoke. He (say) _______ he (do, not) _______ _______, but I (know) _______ he (do) _______. He (try) ______ to hide it from me, but I (see) ______ him do it sometimes. When I see him do it, he just (laugh) _______ and (walk) _______ away.

Now, Joey (smoke) _______ every day. When he (come) _______ over to my house, he (always, bring) _______ _______ his cigarettes with him. He (keep) _______ them in his pocket. He (think) _______ they are cool. He (not, think) _______ _______ _______ it's a bad idea to smoke. He (say) _______, "(not, worry) _______ _______ _______ , Al. I'm okay." He (tell) _______ me that I (not, understand) _______ _______ _______, but I (think) _______ I (do) _______. I (feel) _______ like it's his right to smoke. He can do what he (want) _______ to do, right? But I can (not, help) _______ _____ worrying. He's my best friend.

Exercise 2

Simple or progressive

1. They normally _____________________ lunch at two. (have)

2. Are _____________________ in Paris this week ? (you work)

3. You _____________________ new clothes every Saturday! (buy)

4. I played football at school but now I _____________________ swimming (prefer)

5. I _____________________ no idea what the book is about. Can you tell me what it’s about? (have)

6. John _____________________ a difficult time at the university this year (have)

7. My father _____________________ everything about c ars, but nothing about bicycles . (know)

8. The moon _____________________ round the earth. (go)

9. Do _____________________ those men at the door? – They _____________________ at us very

strangely (you see, look)

10. We _____________________ that the contents of this letter should be changed.(feel)

11. They _____________________ lunch at the moment. – You shouldn’t disturb them. (have)

12. The watch _____________________ to my grandmother. (belong)

13. I _____________________ what you _____________________ me but I don’t agree with you (hear,

tell)

14. This medicine _____________________ a new substance (contain)

15. These days we _____________________ tests at school. (always have)

16. Why _____________________ my coat? – Oh, I’m sorry. It _____________________ like mine!

(you wear, look)

17. This c ake _____________________ strange. What’s in it? (smell)

18. Hi Jak e. – What _____________________ at the moment? – I _____________________ the

sunshine at the beach. (you do, enjoy)

19. Where __________________________ from? (new neighbours, come)

20. What _____________________ for a living? - He is a government official but he quit his job a few

weeks ago. – And what _____________________ now? – At the moment he

_____________________ for a new job. (your Dad do, he do, look)

Exercise 3. Закончите предложения, поставив инфинитивы в скобках в Present Simple или Present Progressive.

Amy is sitting at her computer. She isn't working; she (a) ......................................... (think)

about her boyfriends. She (b) ......................................... (hate) her job almost as much as

she (c) ......................................... (dislike) Josh. He is so silly. He always (walk )in the

park, (smell) the flowers and (think) about nature. Amy (e) ......................................... (prefer) Ramon. Ramon is Spanish and he is very rich. He (f) ......................................... (have) an apartment in Barcelona but he (live) in a flat near Amy at the moment. He (g) ......................................... (belong to) all the best clubs and he (h) ........................................ (know) lots of famous people. Amy (i) ...................................... (believe) Ramon will marry her one day, but she (j) ......................................... (not know) that Ramon is returning to Barcelona next month.

Exercise 4. Закончите предложения диалога, используя правильную форму глагола to be в Present Simple.

The Rodriguez family are in England

Mrs Evans: Come in, come in, everyone. It (1) ................ lovely to see you all! You

(2) ................ a bit late but never mind. The fish and chips (3)................ still hot.

Pablo: Great! I (4)................ really hungry!

Mrs Evans: (5)................ you hungry or thirsty, Mr and Mrs Rodriguez?

Mrs Rodriguez: No, thank you, we (6) ............... fine, Mrs Evans. We’ll go to our

hotel now, I think.

Mrs Evans: Oh, alright, then. So, what do you think of the horrible weather? It (7)

................ very warm for the time of year, is it? But the beds (8) ................ nice

and cosy with their duvets on and I (9) ................ sure the young people will be

comfortable.

1. What do you do? 2. What are you doing? 3. Where do you work? 4. Where are you working? 5. Does your son play the violin? 6. Is your son playing the violin? 7. What language does she speak? 8. What language is she speaking? 9. Who's drinking champagne? 10. Who drinks champagne?

a. Actually, that's the radio. b. French - she's from Belgium. c. I want to get this car started. d. I'm an architect. e. I'm in Cardiff this week. f. In a big insurance company. g. It sounds like Russian. h. Me - can I have some more? i. Me. When I can afford it. j. No. The piano.

Exercise 5. Сопоставьте вопросы и ответы.

Exercise 6. Present Perfect-Present perfect progressive

1. The earth __________________ for billions of years (exist).

2. We ________________________ cards for the last few hours (play).

3. We ________________________ problems with our new car recently (have)

4. Cuba ________________________ a socialist country since 1959 (be)

5. I ________________________ my car for three years (have).

6. ________________________________ an important fight? (the boxer , ever, win)

7. John and Mary ________________________ with each other since the day they got married (quarrel).

8. It ________________________ hard since last night (rain).

9. I’m tired because I ________________________ well lately. (not feel)

10. _________________________________ your problems? (your parents, always, understand)

11. The patient ________________________ penicillin for several days now (take)

12. A big earthquake ________________________ San Francisco since 1906. (not hit)

13. They ___________________________ in San Francisco since they arrived in the USA 20 years ago. (live)

14. He got ill five weeks ago and ________________________ yet. (not recover)

15. Everyone in the Middle East ________________________ about the situation for decades (worry).

16. I ________________________ for 6 years. (marry)

17. Dad ________________________ a number of jobs in the last few years (have).

18. Our daughter ___________________________ lipstick since she was 16 (wear).

19. She is angry because her boyfriend ________________________ up yet and she _______ for half an hour. (not show, wait).

20. I’m still waiting for an answer. They ________________________ up their minds yet. (not make)

21. How many times ________________________ the cat today? (Kim feed)

22. My company ________________________ a lot of money in the last few years. They ___________ hard on an important project. (make, work).

23. They ________________________ our new refrigerator yet, but they will any day now. (not deliver)