Prepositions of Time Основные предлоги времени

about	at about 6 o’clock	примерно в 6 часов
after	my lectures	после (своих) лекций
at	9 o’clock	в 9 часов
before	breakfast, 1 o’clock	до завтрака, до часа
by	2 o’clock, July	к 2 часам, к июлю
for	He was speaking for an hour	Он говорил в течение часа
from …to from …till	to work from 8 to 5	работать с 8 до 5 часов
in	May, summer two weeks	в мае, летом через 2 недели
on	Tuesday, Sunday the 27th of February	во вторник, в воскресенье 27 февраля
within	ten months	в течение десяти месяцев

I. Conjugate the following verbs in Present Simple Tense paying attention to the 3rd person singular:

To study, to play, to mix, to live, to go, to write, to start.

II. Comment on the use of the Present Simple Tense:

1. I live in Kerch. 2. I study at the Kerch State Maritime Technological University. 3. I love my brother very much. 4. The students understand the lecture. 5. I know the main idea of this book. 6. I see a new book on your table. Don’t talk so loudly, I hear you well. 7. If he comes, I will ask him about it. 8. I will stay here until he returns. 9. We will send you the documents as soon as we receive them from Kiev. 10. Does your wife arrive on Monday? 11. The steamer sails tomorrow.

III. Make the following sentences interrogative and then negative:

1. He always gets up at 6 o’clock. 2. Mike usually makes his own breakfast. 3. Students usually speak English at the English lessons. 4. My father knows English well. 5. The boys often play football at the stadium. 6. Father generally comes home from work late at night. 7. Kate leaves for the seaside with her parents every summer.

IV. Open the brackets using the verbs in Present Simple Tense:

1. My working day (to begin) at seven o’clock. 2. She (to do) her morning exercises every day. 3. For breakfast he (to have) two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of coffee. 4. They (to spend) much time in the language laboratory. 5. My friend (to understand) grammar rules well. 6. I (to visit) my parents very often. 7. My brother (to watch) TV every night. 8. She (to go) to the theatre twice a month. 9. Her brother (to study) in London? 10. My mother (to live) in London.

V. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using Present Simple Tense:

1. Когда у тебя каникулы? – В январе. 2. Что тебе больше всего нравится в университете? 3. Мой брат преподаватель математики в нашем университете. Он работает утром и днем. Вечером он не работает. Вечером он отдыхает. 4. Твоя сестра говорит по-французски? – Нет, она говорит по-английски. 5. Он не играет в футбол, он выступает на сцене КГМТУ. 6. Вечерами они изучают английский язык. 7. По Субботам и воскресеньям она посещает курсы английского языка. 8. Мой сын ходит в школу, где он изучает два иностранных языка.