Indefinite Tenses Present Indefinite

Exercise 22

Write the third person singular of these verbs.

get - gets cook - _____ stop - _____ like - _____ ask - _____ help - _____

leave - leaves sing - _____ read - _____ end - _____ cover - _____ drive - _____

teach - teaches finish - _____ kiss - _____ wish _____ mix - _____ pass - _____

carry - carries study - _____ fly - _____ play - _____ hurry - _____ play - _____

close - closes use - _____ go - _____ do - _____ live - _____ rise - _____

Exercise 23

Put the verbs in the correct column in the third person singular, then read them out.

work, play, come, watch, talk, dance, go, laugh, drive, smoke, kiss, sleep, swim, wash, mix, visit, close, know, ride, open, teach, speak, change, sit, try, bake, hate, arrive, begin, dress, choose, rob, cry, see

/ s /		/ iz /		/ z /
/ f/, / k /, / p /, / t /		/ s /, / z /, / ∫/, / t ∫/, / dз/		after other sounds
he works.. …………. …………. ………….	…………. …………. …………. ………….	he washes.. …………. …………. ………….	he swims.. …………. …………. ………….	…………. …………. …………. ………….	…………. …………. …………. ………….

Exercise 24

What do they do at their jobs?

Answer the following questions choosing an appropriate phrase from the list. Why is the Present Indefiniteused here? Explain the spelling and pronunciation of the ending in the third person singular.

What does an architect do? What does a shoemaker do? What does a mason do? What does an artist do? What does a doctor do? What does a hairdresser do? What does a broker do? What does a law student do? What does a laundress do? 10. What does a sportsman do? 11. What does a farmer do?

to go in for sports to study law to cut and dress the hair to paint pictures to mend shoes and boots to design buildings to work in stone to practise medicine to buy and sell shares to wash linen to grow crops and raise cattle and poultry

Choose other jobs. Say what those people do at their jobs.

Exercise 25

Add -sor-eswhere necessary.

Example:

• My friend Abdul (1) … live …in an apartment near school.

• My friend Abdul (1) … lives …in an apartment near school.

Abdul and Pablo

My friend Abdul (1) … live …in an apartment near school. He(2) … walk …to school almost every day. Sometimes he(3) … catch …a bus, especially if it’s cold and rainy outside. Abdul(4) … share …the apartment with Pablo. Pablo(5) … come …from Venezuela. Abdul and Pablo(6) … go …to the same school. They(7) … take …English classes. Abdul(8) … speak …Arabic as his first language, and Pablo(9) … speak …Spanish. They(10) … communicate …in English. Sometimes Abdul(11) …try … to teach Pablo to speak a little Arabic, and Pablo(12) … give …Abdul Spanish lessons. Abdul(13) … enjoy …having Pablo as his roommate, but he(14) … miss …his family back in Saudi Arabia.

Snakes

Snakes (1) … eat…all sorts of things. Eggs(2) …are… a favourite food of many snakes. When a snake(3) …eat…an egg, the snake first(4) …curl… around the egg. It(5) ... don’t want…the egg to roll away. Then the snake(6) … open …its mouth and…move…the egg into its throat. It(7) … squeeze…the egg with muscles in its neck. The egg(8) … break…and… go…into the snake’s stomach. Then the snake (9) …spit out …the eggshell. Snakes(11) … love …to eat eggs.

Exercise 26

Complete the sentences as in the example.

1. She … does not (doesn’t) …speak Italian.

2. They … do not (don’t) …go to school.

3. We ………………..swim very well.

4. He ……………….. watch TV every day.

5. You ………………..live in England.

6. Jill ……………….. get up at 5 p.m. every day.

7. I ……………….. eat bananas.

8. The sun ……………….. shine by night.

9. George ……………….. play chess very well, does he?

10. Employees ………………..leave their office before their boss.

11. Lunch break ……………….. last more than one hour.

Exercise 27

Use the words in italics to make negative sentences.

Example:

like, not like, not

Ingrid _____ tea. Ingrid doesn’t liketea. I _____ milk. I don’t likemilk.

1. know, not 2. need, not 3. snow, not 4. speak, not 5. be, not 6. have, not 7. be, not 8. rain, not 9. have, not 10. shave, not 11. eat, not

Mary and Jim are strangers. Mary _____ Jim. It is a nice day today. You _____ your umbrella. It _____ in Bangkok in the winter. I _____ French. I _____ hungry. A butterfly _____ a long life. Butterflies _____ large. It _____ every day. We _____ classes every day. Fred has a beard. He _____ in the morning. She _____ meat. She’s a vegetarian.

Exercise 28

Complete the questions then answer them as in the example.

1. Do ……the girls like football? No,…… they don’t.……………….

2. ……….. Jim eat beefburgers? Yes,……………………………….…

3. ……….. you go to the university? Yes,………………………………

4. ……….. she drink lemonade? No, ……………………………………

5. ……….. he help his mother? No, ……………………………………..

6. ……….. they walk to school? Yes,…………………………………...

7. ……….. fish live in the water? Yes,…………………………………..

8. ……….. your dog sleep in your bedroom? No,………………………

9. ……….. you like oranges? No,………………………………………..

10. ……….. Ann and Mary visit their grandparents? Yes,…………….

Exercise 29