Unit 2. Present Simple and Present Progressive

A. Present Simple

Exercise 1. Make up sentences from the table below.

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

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.

Exercise 3. Make the sentences negative and interrogative. Do it to the following scheme.

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.

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.

Exercise 5. Make up sentences from the given words.

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.

Exercise 6.Fill in the gaps with the appropriate verb.