10. The Present Simple

10.1. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.

1. The children play the piano very well. 2. We drink coffee together. 3. I read books and listen to music every day. 4. He leaves home at 9 a.m. every day. 5. She has a bath in the evening. 6. You do the same thing every day. 7. Our secretary types a great number of letters on Saturday. 8. The plane leaves at 4 p.m. We must be at the airport by 2 p.m.! 9. The school opens in January. 10. The sun rises in the East.

10.2. Change these sentences according to the model.

Pattern: He opens the window in the morning (always).

He always opens the window in the morning.

1. He listens to the radio in the evening (rarely). 2. Тhey have tea in the morning (often). 3. Peter has coffee in the morning (usually). 4. She watches TV in the afternoon (never). 5. My friend and I play chess on Saturday (often). 6. He takes an exam in English twice a year (usually). 7. Mary stays there till late in the evening (constantly). 8. My mother leaves the house at half past eight (always).

10.3. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning with the word (s) in brackets.

Pattern: Tom plays tennis (How often?)

How often does Tom play tennis?

1. Ann watches TV (How often?). 2. It is his problem, not mine (Whose?). 3. Steve’s friends come to our place regularly (How often?). 4. I write to my parents (Who...to? How often?). 5. He has dinner in the evening (What time / usually?). 6. People often do stupid things (Why? Who?). 7. Lidia comes to see her friends in Omsk every summer (When? Who?). 8. Steve studies Russian (Why?).

10.4. Ask all types of questions to the sentences.

1. Carol lives in a very nice cottage with her family. 2. We seldom see each other these days. I don’t know why. 3. It takes him hours to get there. 4. Lots of people enter this University every year. 5. The milkman brings us milk very early. 6. Phil enjoys sports, but he doesn’t enjoy music at all.

10.5. Use the Present Simple Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

1. The swimming bath (to open) at 9 a.m. and (to close) at 6.30 p.m. every day. 2. My little sister (to go) to school every day. 3. The sun (to rise) in the East. 4. Bad students never (to work) hard. 5. It often (to snow) in winter. 6. He (to wake up) at 7 a.m. and (to have) breakfast at 7.30 a.m. 7. Mother always (to cook) in the morning. 8. I (to see) what you mean. 9. She (to say), she (to hear) nothing, my friend (to go) there nearly every week. 10. There (to be) a girl downstairs who (to want) to see you. 11. What time the banks (to close) in Britain? 12. They often (to interfere with) your work. Why you (to allow) them to make such a noise? Why you (not to tell) them to be quiet? 13. He (not to approve of) your behaviour. 14. Who (to come) here most often?

10.6. Make up sentences using the following words.

1) at once, can, all, we, questions, your, answer. 2) autumn, prefer, I, in, holiday, to have, a. 3) comes, late, my, often, elder, brother.4) is, lawn, there, a, house, our, in front of. 5) telegram, her, to, a, send, he, must. 6) advice, always, she, very, good, gives, me. 7) they, mistakes, many make, spelling. 8) every, day, first- year, must, students, work, laboratory, the, at. 9) tea, they, five, o’clock, have, at. 10) home, we, speak, sometimes, at, English. 11) she, the morning, there, seldom, goes, in. 12) never, they, Sundays, go, on, to school. 13) you, on Saturday, to, go, the office, ever, do?

10.7. Translate into English.

1. Его родители живут в Москве, и он навещает их каждый месяц. 2. В это время он всегда занимается, и родственники стараются не мешать ему. 3. Я не знаю, почему он всегда опаздывает. Наверное, он живет далеко от универмага. 4. Лари редко гуляет с собакой (to walk smb’s dog) у него очень мало свободного времени. 5. Почему Марджи так редко бывает на занятиях? – Она часто болеет. 6. Разве вы не хотите пойти с нами на дискотеку? 7. Мой брат ходит в школу каждый день, а мы учимся 5 дней в неделю. 8. Почему вы никогда не приходите на занятия вовремя? 9. Кто знает перевод этого слова? 10. Что означает это выражение? 11. Стив покупает много книг и словарей. 12. Питер не курит, не так ли? 13. Открываете ли вы окна каждый вечер? 14. Дилан редко болеет.