2. Grammar The Present Indefinite Tense( Present Simple )

1. Sentence patterns

Key examples to be memorized

I study hard. Do you study hard? I don’t study hard.

Illustrative Examples

He attends lectures and seminars.

Does he attend lectures and seminars?

Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.

He doesn’t attend lectures and seminars.

What does he attend?

He attends lectures and seminars.

Who attends lectures and seminars?

He (she) attends lectures and seminars.

The Present Indefinite Tense
Affirmative +	I ( you, we, they ) study V
	He ( she, it ) studies V (es)
Interrogative ?	Do I ( you, we, they ) study ? Do …. V ?
	Does he ( she, it ) study ? Does …. V(es)?
Negative	I ( you, we, they ) do not don’t study do not V
	He ( she, it ) does not (doesn’t) study does not V(es)

Adverbial Modifiers of Time

often — seldom

usually — sometimes

always — never

every day / — from time to time

year / month , week

ones a day(a week, a month), twice a day (a week, a month), three times a day (a week, a month)

Exersice.1 Put the verbs given below in the 3rd person Singular. Mind the reading of ending (e)s ([z],[s],[iz]). Make three columns :

to become, to do well, to give a lecture, to attend a language laboratory, to miss a lecture, to make poor progress, to catch up, to graduate from, to get grant, to loaf, to enter the university, to sit for exams, to pass an exams, to fail, to resit for an exam, to take marks, to go in for sports, to play sport games, to have a good time, to make up one’s mind, to carry away the audiences, to hunger for knowledge, to learn with ease.

Exercise 2. Express your agreement with the following statements.

Use the phrases: certainly , it is really so, you are right. I agree with you as in the model:

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My group-mates take notes of a lecture

Certainly , my group-mates take notes of a lecture

odel :

1. He gets grants ( scholarship ).

2. Sometimes she misses lectures.

3. We often make reports and read papers.

4. Kate lives not far from the University.

5. His working day lasts 6 hours.

Exercise 3. Object to the sentences. Use the phrases : No, it is not so? I am afraid you are wrong I can’t agree with you;. On the contrary as in the model:

I make poor progress at the University

I am afraid you are wrong. You don’t make poor progress at the University

Model :

1. She skips lectures.

2. Ann studies special subjects .

3. We miss our parents.

4. They usually go home on their days off .

5. My brother takes a preparatory course at the University of Kherson.