Ex. 5. (A, B) Answer the questions using the Present Indefinite.
1. What time do you go to the Institute? (generally, usually) 2. What do you do on Sunday mornings? (often) 3. How do you spend your leisure time? (usually, occasionally) 4. What sort of radio programmes do you listen to? (usually, often, always) 5. How do you help your parents? (always, sometimes, usually) 6. What sort of films do you enjoy? (nearly always) 7. Where do you read for your examinations? (normally, sometimes) 8. Where do you have your meals? (usually, sometimes) 9. What do you take if you have a headache? (generally, usually) 10. How do you celebrate your birthday? (nearly always, occasionally)
Ex. 6. (A, B) Put the verb in brackets into the correct form.
Examples: The lecture begins at 10 o'clock (begin).
How many languages do you speak (you/speak)?
1. What time_________________________ (the museums/open) in St.-Petersburg?
2. I have a bike but I________________________ (not/use) it very often.
3. How many cups of tea_______________________ (you/drink) a day?
4. "What_________________ (you/do)?" - "I am a chemical engineer."
5. "Where (your father/come) from?" - "He____________ (come) from Minsk."
6. If you need help, why______________________ (you/not/ask) for it?
7. I___________ (play) the guitar, but I___________________ (not/play) very well.
8. I don't understand the word "maintain". What "maintain"________________ (mean)?
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Ex. 7. (А, В) Correct the sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each time.
Example: The Earth goes round the Moon. The Earth doesn't go round the Moon. The Moon goes round the Earth.
1. The Sun sets in the East. ______
2. Hens eat foxes.
3. Blacksmiths make things from wood.
4. The river Dvina flows into the Black Sea.
Ex. 8. (A, B) Make questions. Begin the questions using the word(s) in brackets.
Examples: Bob plays chess. (How often)? How often does Bob plav chess?
I get up early. (What time/usually?) What time do vou usually get up? 1. Felix watches birds. (How often?).
2. I write to my parents. (How often?)______________
3. I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?)
4. She works. (Where?)
5. I go to the Zoo. (How often?)__________
6. People do stupid things. (Why?)_______
7. The motor breaks down. (How often?)
Ex. 9. (A, B) Translate the sentences into English using the Present Indefinite Tense.
1. Я обычно делаю домашнее задание вечером. 2. Мой друг живет на Севере. 3. Моя сестра учится в медицинском колледже. 4. У них два занятия иностранным языком в неделю. 5. Он всегда навещает нас, когда бывает в Москве. 6. "Сколько времени вы тратите на дорогу домой?" - "Как правило, я трачу на дорогу домой около тридцати минут." 7. Он теперь редко путешествует. 8. Вы часто ходите в кино? 9. Она никогда не опаздывает. Она всегда приходит вовремя. 10. "Вы чувствуете что-нибудь?" - "Нет, я ничего не чувствую." 11. Его отец - инженер. Он строит мосты. 12. Я не учу французский язык, я учу немецкий. 13. Теперь мы редко с ними встречаемся. 14. Ее муж часто ездит в командировки?
5.2 THE PAST INDEFINITE (SIMPLE) TENSE
Regular verb + -ed
Past Indefinite________
Irregular Verbs
See List of Irregular Verbs, p. 371
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