C O N T E N T S

The Present Indefinite Tense…………………………………………………….	4
The Present Continuous Tense…………………………………………………..	8
The Present Perfect Tense……………………………………………………….	15
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense…………………………………………..	19
Revision Exercises on Present Tenses…………………………………………...	23
The Past Indefinite Tense………………………………………………………..	28
The Past Continuous Tense………………………………………………………	31
The Past Perfect Tense…………………………………………………………..	35
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense……………………………………………...	39
Comparing the Past Indefinite and the Present Perfect Tenses………………….	42
The structure “Used to do”………………………………………………………	44
The Future in the Past……………………………………………………………	46
Revision Exercises on Past Tenses………………………………………………	48
The Future Indefinite Tense……………………………………………………..	51
The Future Continuous Tense……………………………………………………	59
The Future Perfect Tense………………………………………………………..	65
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense……………………………………………	69
Revision Exercises on Future Tenses……………………………………………	73
Revision Exercises on all the Tenses…………………………………………….	76

Present Tenses The Present Indefinite

We use the Present Simple for:

1. permanent states:

Pattern I. He works in an office.

2. general truths or laws of nature:

Pattern II. The sun rises in the east.

3. repeated actions or daily routines:

Pattern III. She always drinks a cup of coffee in the morning.

4. actions going on at the present moment with verbs which are not used in the present continuous:

Pattern IV. Listen! Do you hear this noise?

5. future actions connected with the time-table ( usually with verbs of motion: to go, to came, to leave, to start, to arrive, to set off):

Pattern V. The train leaves at 5 tomorrow.

Markers: every day, usually, never, always, from time to time

The Forms of the Present Indefinite Tense:

Note 1: In Present Simple: We add `-s` to verbs in third person, singular.

	Positive form	Interrogative form	Negative form
Sing.	I (you) ask. He (she, it) asks.	Do I (you) ask? Does he (she, it) ask?	I (you) do not ask He (she, it) does not ask.
Pl.	We (you, they) ask.	Do we (you, they) ask?	We (you, they) do not ask.

Exercise 1. Write these verbs in Present Simple, third person, singular. Comment on the rules of writing and reading.

Model: read – reads [z]; put-puts [s], wash-washes[z]

Leap, make, see, excuse, kiss, try, stay, power, feel, beg, laugh, think, live, say, change, dress, copy, employ, do, wear, cast, hate, cook, snow, go, jump, push, ride, skate, ring, carry, finish, stand, close, show, understand, drink, taste, resemble, exist, consist of, include, play, listen, want, brush, have, help, park, start, write, get, visit, work.

Note 1: The verb ‘to be’ has a special formation of the Present Indefinite tense forms:

	Singular forms	Plural forms
1 person	Am I am a student.	are We are students. You are pupils. They are doctors.
2 person	Are You are a pupil.
3 person	is He (she, it) is a doctor.

Exercise 2. Define the meaning of the Present Simple in these sentences.

1. I live in Nizhniy Novgorod.

2. Every summer my family goes to the seaside.

3. He doesn’t play tennis well.

4. Tom seems sad today. I think he’s got bad news.

5. The play begins at 5 tomorrow.

6. Magnet attracts iron.

7. He travels a lot.

8. I usually go shopping on Sunday.

9. I remember that day.

10. The plane arrives in 5 minutes.

Exercise 3.

A. Answer the following questions. Then ask your partner.

1. What time do you usually have breakfast?

2. How often do you go shopping?

3. Do you have a washing mashing?

4. What time do you usually arrive home from the University?

5. How often do you read newspapers?

6. Do you listen to music every day?

7. Are you always on time for meetings?

8. Can you get up easily in the morning?

9. Do you borrow money from time to time?

10. Do you rarely drop litter?

2. Say what does your partner usually do?

Exercise 4.

1. Change the plural form of the subjects in these sentences into the singular.

1. The children have too many toys.

2. Those people always ignore traffic lights.

3. The boys often forget their good manners.

4. These women tell little white lies from time to time.

5. Generally we like to go to the theatre.

2. Change the singular form of the subjects in these sentences into the plural.

1. He lives in London.

2. She likes cooking.

3. She never pays the bills.

4. He is always late for our meetings.

5. He earns a lot.

Exercise 5. Ask all types of questions.

1. The students study American English.

2. Children usually show their toys to everybody.

3. Mrs. Brown spends too much money on her clothes.

4. They live in Russia.

5. Tom likes watching football matches.

6. She comes from France tomorrow.

7. The sisters change their jobs too often.

8. I can play the piano.

9. My mother always waters the flowers.

10. Every day he watches the news on TV.

Exercise 6. Make up sentences using the substitution table. Say what they do.

Tom	to have breakfast	in the evening
Jane and Nick	to comb one’s hair	usually
Students	to read books	at 7 in the morning
You	to take a bath	sometimes
I	to go skiing	about twice a week
My family	to do homework	every morning
They	to go to bed	every winter
We	to prefer to drink tea	at 10 p.m.
	to spend weekends in the country	seldom
	to play football	regularly

Exercise 7. Make up a dialogue. Tell each other about your daily routine.

Exercise 8. Organize these mixed up words into correct sentences.

1. Up / occasionally / get / early / I.

2. Mary / in / never / the / coffee / evening / drinks.

3. Always / must / so / you / your / play / loud / music?

4. About / help / rarely / the / their / children / mother / house.

5. A / always / day / teeth / you / brush / must / twice / your.

6. Work / usually / 8 / they / start / do / at?

7. America / are / from / they?

8. Your / does / what / like / friend / your / look?

9. The / to / Ann / belong / carpets.

10. Well / the / basketball / boys / play / very.

Exercise 9. Translate into English.

1. Вечерами я люблю смотреть телевизор, но иногда я читаю интересные книги.

2. Вы говорите по-русски? – Нет, но я говорю по-английски. Я из Лондона, я – англичанин.

3. Он – врач. Он работает в больнице.

4. Поезд прибывает в 5 утра.

5. Каждое лето я еду к морю.

6. В котором часу вы встаете? Вы никогда не приходите на работу вовремя.

7. Мой старший брат – студент. Как правило, он всегда занят. Он часто читает в библиотеке, а на дискотеки ходит очень редко. Он лучший студент в группе. Ему нравится изучать английский язык и общаться с детьми. Он хочет быть учителем английского языка.

8. Моя сестра – ученица. Ей 10 лет. Она ходит в музыкальную школу. Мне кажется, что ей очень нравится играть на пианино.

9. У меня есть большая и дружная семья. Мы часто собираемся вместе.

Exercise 10. Write about yourself and your family. What do you and your relatives usually /seldom do.