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§1 Ways of Expressing the Present in English

There are several ways of expressing the present in English:

1) the Present Indefinite,

2) the Present Perfect,

3) the Present Continuous,

4) the Present Perfect Continuous.

Compare: Dad usually reads detective stories after supper. (всегда читает)

He has known her since childhood. (знает с детства)

Where is Dad? – He is reading a detective story. (сейчас читает)

Has your Dad read my book? – No, he hasn't. – But he has been reading it for a year. (уже год читает)

1.1. The Present Indefinite – the Present Continuous entry test

1. Open the brackets. Use either the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous.

  1. What he (1) (to do)? – He (2) (to be) an accountant. – He (3) (to like) his job?

  2. Why are you so gloomy? – I (4) (to think) about my mother’s illness.

  3. What he (5) (to do)? – He (6) (to sleep). He always (7) (to sleep) after dinner.

  4. Don’t phone him now. I (8) (to think) he (9) (to have) supper.

  5. Let’s go home. It (10) (to get) dark. If we (11) (not to return) home at 9 Mother will get nervous.

  6. I’ll discuss the plan with the manager before he (12) (to go) on a business trip. – And when he (13) (to leave)? – Tomorrow.

  7. She (14) (to have) exams in June. As soon as she (15) (to pass) them she’ll go to the Crimea.

  8. He (16) (to be) back in a moment. Wait, please.

  9. Why you (17) (to look) at me in such a strange way? You (18) (to understand) me?

  10. They (19) (to give) a party next Saturday. I won’t go if they (20) (to invite) Nick.

  11. Look! Ted (21) (to play) football. He (22) (to seem) to like it a lot.

  12. Why you (23) (not to believe) me? I (24) (to tell) the truth.

  13. You (25) (to know) Mr Green? Where he (26) (to work)?

  14. The old lady always (27) (to complain) of her illness. I (28) (to be) awfully tired of it.

  15. Who (29) (to wash up) in your family? – My sister does. But she (30) (not to like) it.

  16. They’ll join us unless they (31) (to be) busy.

  17. My aunt (32) (to come) to Minsk next week and she (33) (to want) me to meet her at the airport.

  18. Once a week I (34) (to go) to see my grandfather. Whenever I (35) (to come) he always plays the violin.

  19. Don’t make noise! The children (36) (to sleep). If you (37) (to switch on) the TV-set they’ll wake.

  20. When you (38) (to plan) to leave? – Tomorrow. – When your train (39) (to leave)? – At 7.15. – You always (40) (to travel) by train?

2. Translate using either the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous.

  1. Сегодня замечательная погода. Солнце светит, птицы поют. Ты любишь весну?

  2. В это время года здесь всегда тепло. Я приезжаю сюда каждую осень.

  3. Почему ты меня не слушаешь? О чем ты думаешь? Ты меня понимаешь?

  4. Как правило, мы встречаемся дважды в месяц по воскресеньям. Сегодня воскресенье. Мы сидим в саду и разговариваем.

  5. Мой сын не любит молоко, он предпочитает чай.

  6. Как ты обычно добираешься до работы? – Как правило, на машине. Это занимает у меня полчаса.

  7. Почему она выглядит такой усталой? – Она всегда много работает.

  8. Что ты ищешь? – Я ищу ключи. Я всегда теряю их.

  9. Хороший учитель никогда не кричит на своих учеников.

  10. Почему ты всегда кричишь на своего маленького брата?

Total: 50/_____

The Present Indefinite – the Present Continuous

The main use of the Present Indefinite is to express habitual actions: His father smokes. Cats drink milk.

The Present Indefinite does not tell us whether or not the action is being performed at the moment of speaking. If we want to make it clear we must use a verb in the Present Continuous.

Compare: He usually wears a scarf, but he is not wearing it now(the first verb refers to a habit, the second to a present action).They are playing tennis now, they usually play it after supper.

The Present Continuous is used to express a definite future arrangement. The time is nearly always given and is usually in the near future: We are leaving at the end of the week.

The Present Indefinite is often used for a planned future action or series of actions, particularly when these refer to a journey: We leave Paris at 9 a.m. next Monday and arrive in London at 10 o’clock.

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