Present Simple (Indefinite) (Настоящее простое время)

Present Simple употребляется для выражения обычного, постоянно происходящего или повторяющегося действия, для констатации фактов.

He works in an office.

I have a daughter.

С этим временем часто употребляются наречия времени: always - всегда, usually – обычно, often – часто, sometimes – иногда, seldom – редко, never – никогда, а также словосочетания типа every day – каждый день, every morning – каждое утро, on Sunday – по воскресеньям и т.

We often go out in the evening.

She never eats meat.

He plays football on Friday mornings.

Образование Present Simple

Утвердительная форма (Positive)

I	start	at 8.
You
We
They
He	starts
She
It

Отрицательная форма (Negative)

I	do not (don’t)	start at 8.
You
We
They
He	does not (doesn’t)
She
It

Общий вопрос (General Question)

Do	I	start at 8?
	You
	We
	They
Does	He
	She
	It

Специальный вопрос (Special Question)

When	do	I	start?
		You
		We
		They
	does	He
		She
		It

Short answers

No, I don’t./ No, we don’t.

Yes, they do.

Yes, he does.

No, she doesn’t.

Yes, it does.

Обратите внимание на правописание глаголов в 3-м лице единственного числа в утвердительной форме.

1. Большинство глаголов принимают окончание –s.

Read – reads

Live – lives

2. Глаголы, которые заканчиваются на –s, -sh, -x, -o, принимают окончание –es.

Go – goes

Do – does

Finish – finishes

3. Если глагол оканчивается на согласную + -y, то y меняется на i и прибавляется окончание –es.

Study - studies

Но если перед y стоит гласная, то к глаголу прибавляется только окончание –s

Play - plays

4. Have имеет свою форму.

Have - has

12. Write the verbs in the third person singular (he/she/it)

1. love – loves	6. get
2. have	7. listen
3. go	8. leave
4. watch	9. stay
5. fix	10. fly

13. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple.

1. She’s very clever. She (speak) four languages.

2. Steve (smoke) ten cigarettes a day.

3. We usually (have) dinner at 6 o’clock.

4. Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.

5. In Britain the banks (open) at 9.30 in the morning.

6. Food is expensive. It (cost) a lot of money.

7. Shoes are expensive. They (cost) a lot of money.

8. Peter (wash) his hair twice a week.

14. Make the sentences negative.

Example:

I have a shower every morning. I don’t have a shower every morning.

1. She goes to work by bus.

2. My children usually go to bed at 9 o’clock.

3. My mother starts work at 8 o’clock every day.

4. We watch television in the evenings.

5. My husband likes his job.

6. I get up early on weekdays.

15. Write the opposite (positive or negative)

Example: I understand. I don’t understand.

He doesn’t smoke. He smokes.

1. They know the answer.

2. She loves him.

3. I have breakfast at 9 o’clock.

4. I don’t like playing football.

5. She doesn’t speak French.

6. I live with my parents.

7. If often snows in winter.

8. We are tired and want to go to bed.

16. Write positive or negative short answers.

Example: Do you smoke? No, I don’t.

Does your sister work in a hotel? No, she doesn’t.

1. Do you have a computer?

2. Do you play the guitar?

3. Does you father speak German?

4. Are you a student?

5. Does you mother like cooking?

6. Do you read a lot?

7. Do you have lunch in a café?

8. Does your friend stay home on Saturday evenings?

17. Match the questions and answers.

What time do you get up? What do you do on Sundays? Were does she live? Why does he like his job? When do you go skiing? Who does she live with? How old are you? How does he go to work?

By car. With her parents. At 7 o’clock. I relax. Because it’s interesting. Nineteen. In Minsk. In winter.