Основные случаи употребления
Present Simple употребляется для обозначения:
1 Регулярно повторяющегося действия в настоящем времени. При этом часто употребляются наречия: usually, sometimes, often, always, seldom, rarely или словосочетания: every month, every day, every year, etc.
Usually he comes home at 7 o’clock.
She sometimes helps her friends.
We see each other every day.
2 Универсальных истин – того, что является верным при любых обстоятельствах.
Spring comes after winter.
The sun rises in the East.
3 Постоянного действия.
She lives in Minsk.
My father works at this factory.
4 Действия, которое является частью программы, расписания.
The Queen arrives in Spain on Tuesday.
The train leaves at 9 a.m.
5 Действия, выраженного глаголами, не употребляющимися в the Present Progressive Tense (to love, to like, to see, etc.)
I see a picture.
I know what you mean.
Exercise 1. Make up sentences from the table below.
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| Mr. Brown | always | have | the flat |
| I | never | read | a car |
| They | often | go | tennis on Sunday |
| Mary | seldom | clean | to the skating rink |
| We | every day | work | lunch at home |
| You | usually | translate | at an office |
| He | sometimes | watch | these documents |
| Jane | every week | play | poems in English |
| My friends | rarely | drive | coffee |
| Mark | once a week | drink | TV |
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Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1 Every day Ann (to drive) her kids to school.
2 I usually (to watch) TV in the evening.
3 They always (to spend) their holidays in the country.
4 On Sundays she (to go) to the swimming pool.
5 Mark often (to wear) a hat.
6 You seldom (to do) your homework.
7 Mary never (to arrive) on time.
8 It often (to rain) here in autumn.
9 We always (to help) our mother.
10 They seldom (to go) to the theater.
11 I (to learn) the English language at the university.
12 Miss Jones never (to have) dinner at home.
13 Jane rarely (to do) the morning exercises.
14 This shop (to close) at 6 o’clock.
15 Tom (to have) a shower every morning.
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Exercise 3. Make the sentences negative and interrogative. Do it to the following scheme.
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Eg. He always gets up early.
1Tom speaks German very well.
2 Joan knows my telephone number.
3 They often play chess.
4 I like to ride a bike.
5 We eat bacon and eggs for breakfast.
6 The exhibition opens on Monday.
7 Jane always keeps her promise.
8 The pupils usually raise their hands when they want to answer.
9 Mr. Black seldom travels by plane.
10 They go in for sport to keep fit.
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Exercise 4. Say what you (your friend) do (does), don’t do (doesn’t do).
1 to go to the university by tram;
2 to know a lot of English words;
3 to read a lot of books in German;
4 to prepare lessons in the reading hall;
5 to have breakfast at 9 o’clock;
6 to listen to the teacher attentively;
7 to buy tickets to the cinema in advance;
8 to do shopping on Saturday;
9 to come from the university at 2 o’clock in the afternoon;
10 to attend the lectures regularly.
11 to collect stamps;
12 to like vegetables;
13 to stay at home in the evenings;
14 to ride a bike when it is warm;
15 to get excellent marks.
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Exercise 5. Make up sentences from the given words.
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1. granny/often/in/go/the/see/evening/my/to/I.
2. club/sometimes/a/on/we/Saturday to/ disco/go.
3. thinks/always/Mary’s/work/late/boss/is/for/she.
4. people/happy/money/make/doesn’t.
5. in/film/Meryl Streep/superb/is/acting/this/really.
6. lot/vegetables/useful/contain/vitamins/a/of.
7. in/and/numbers/avenues/names/New York/have/the/instead/only/of/streets.
8. who/are/they/always/help/to/believe/doctors/are/ready/people/ill.
9. a/Mary/deal/people/time/television/spend/great/of/watching.
10. to/wants/invite/conference/you/he/Mr. Black/to.
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Exercise 6.Fill in the gaps with the appropriate verb.