Find all the verbs in the texts. Write them out.

Example:

is, comes, lives, works…

What is the last letter of these verbs?

Practise saying the verbs. Read the texts aloud.

Complete the sentences about Ali and Bob.

Example: She’s a scientist. He’s a doctor.

1) Alison comes from England. Bob ____ ____ England, too.

2) She lives in a big city, but he ____ in a ____ town.

3) She ____ three days ____ week. He ____ 16 hours a day ____.

4) He ____ to sick people on his radio. She ____ three languages.

5) She loves her job and he ____ ____ ____, too.

6) She ____ ____ daughter. He ____ married.

7) She ____ skiing and going ____ walks in her free time. He never ____ free time.

Read the information about Anna.

Job Country Town Place of work Languages Family Free time

an accountant Belarus Novopolotsk in a bank Russian, English married, a son listening to music, swimming

Use the verbs from the previous exercises to write about Anna.

Ask and answer questions about Anna.

Example: Where does Anna come from? Belarus.

Read the questions and answers about Alison.

1) Where does Alison come from? 2) What does she do? 3) Does she speak French? 4) Does she speak Spanish?

Cambridge, in England. She’s a scientist. Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t

Now complete the questions and answers about Bob.

1) Where ____ Alison ____ from? 2) What ____ he ____? 3) ____ he fly to help people? 4) ____ he ____ French and German?

England He’s a doctor. Yes, he ____. No, he ____.

Write about your relative.

My mother is a nurse. She lives…

Ask your group-mate about his/her relative. Answer his/her questions about your relative.

Read Anna’s story.

I am an accountant. I come from Belarus and I live in Novopolotsk. I work five days a week in a bank. I speak Russian and English. I’m married and I have a son. I like listening to music and swimming in my free time.

Is this story different from your story about Anna?

Write out the verbs from this text.

Am, come, live…

Can you work out the rule?

All verbs in the previous exercises are in the Present Simple.

Study the rule:

Present Simple (Indefinite)

(Настоящее простое время)

Present Simple употребляется для выражения обычного, постоянно происходящего или повторяющегося действия, для констатации фактов.

He works in an office.

I have a daughter.

С этим временем часто употребляются наречия времени: always - всегда, usually – обычно, often – часто, sometimes – иногда, seldom – редко, never – никогда, а также словосочетания типа every day – каждый день, every morning – каждое утро, on Sunday – по воскресеньям и т.

We often go out in the evening.

She never eats meat.

He plays football on Friday mornings.

Образование Present Simple

Утвердительная форма (Positive)

I	start	at 8.
You
We
They
He	starts
She
It

Отрицательная форма (Negative)

I	do not (don’t)	start at 8.
You
We
They
He	does not (doesn’t)
She
It

Общий вопрос (General Question)

Do	I	start at 8?
You
We
They
Does	He
She
It

Специальный вопрос (Special Question)

When	do	I	start?
You
We
They
does	He
She
It

Short answers

No, I don’t./ No, we don’t.

Yes, they do.

Yes, he does.

No, she doesn’t.

Yes, it does.

Обратите внимание на правописание глаголов в 3-м лице единственного числа в утвердительной форме.

1) Большинство глаголов принимают окончание –s.

Read – reads

Live – lives

2) Глаголы, которые заканчиваются на –s, -sh, -x, -o, принимают окончание –es.

Go – goes

Do – does

Finish – finishes

3) Если глагол оканчивается на согласную + -y, то y меняется на i и прибавляется окончание –es.

Study - studies

Но если перед y стоит гласная, то к глаголу прибавляется только окончание –s

Play - plays

4) Have имеет свою форму.

Have - has

Write the verbs in the third person singular (he/she/it)

1. love – loves	6. get
2. have	7. listen
3. go	8. leave
4. watch	9. stay
5. fix	10. fly

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple.

1) She’s very clever. She (speak) four languages.

2) Steve (smoke) ten cigarettes a day.

3) We usually (have) dinner at 6 o’clock.

4) Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.

5) In Britain the banks (open) at 9.30 in the morning.

6) Food is expensive. It (cost) a lot of money.

7) Shoes are expensive. They (cost) a lot of money.

8) Peter (wash) his hair twice a week.

Make the sentences negative.

Example:

I have a shower every morning. I don’t have a shower every morning.

1) She goes to work by bus.

2) My children usually go to bed at 9 o’clock.

3) My mother starts work at 8 o’clock every day.

4) We watch television in the evenings.

5) My husband likes his job.

6) I get up early on weekdays.