* The Present Simple Tense (Настоящее простое время) употребляется для выражения постоянных, регулярных, повторяющихся действий. При этом часто используются следующие наречия: always, usually, often, sometimes, never, прилагательное every и т. д
Task 1. Заполните пропуски, поставьте глаголы в нужную форму (время – Present Simple).
1. Where ___ the Johnsons (live)?
2. I (not/understand) ___ that man because I (not/know) ___ English
3. ___ you have any time to help me? – Sorry, I ___ .
4. Everybody in our family (help) ___ Mummy about the house. Dad (walk) ___ the dog, I (water) ___ the flowers, and my brothers (clean) ___ the rooms.
5. ___ Jane Smith (speak) ___ English?
6. ___ you (like) swimming?
7. ___ Jack (have) any brothers or sisters?
8. ___ your sister often (go) to the theatre?
9. We ___ (not/have) a car, but we are going to buy it.
10. ___ Bob (know) what I want?
11. Jack lives not far from us, but we (not/see) ___ him often.
12. Don’t give him cigarettes. He (not/smoke) ___ .
13. Can you help me? I (not/know) ___ the way to the market.
14. My daughter Mary (not/like) ___ apples, but she likes oranges.
15. What’s the matter? You (look) ___ very happy.
Task 2. Поставьте глаголы в нужную форму (время –
Present Simple).
1. Alice ___ (go) to school by bus.
2. Harry and Peter ___ (work) in Manchester.
3. My uncle ___ (sing) in a rock group.
4. Joe ___ (do) not like chocolate.
5. Peter ___ (be) Australian.
6. I ___ (have) a new CD.
7. My cat ___ (be) hungry.
8. Jane ___ (get up) at 7 o’clock.
9. The children often ___ (play) in the park.
10. It ___ (rain) a lot in Dublin.
Task 3. Вставьте don’t / doesn’t (время – Present Simple).
1. Tom ___ like chocolate ice cream.
2. I ___ understand, do you?
3. Dr. Watson ___ smoke, does he?
4. We ___ like classical music very much.
5. Mr. Hill ___ live in New York. He lives in Boston.
6. Rice ___ grow in cold climates.
7. They like coffee, they ___ like tea.
8. We are new here. We ___ know him.
9. Harry has bad breath because he ___ brush his teeth very often.
10. We are rich so we ___ have to work.
Task 4. Вставьте don’t / doesn’t (время – Present Simple).
1. Dave speaks English, French, and German, but he ___ speak Italian.
2. They ___ sell that brand anymore.
3. It is really a cheap restaurant, it ___ cost much to eat there.
4. I have a television, but I ___ watch it often.
5. We live close to the sea, but we ___ go often.
6. I love sumo, but I ___ like boxing.
7. You ___ like me very much, do you?
8. My son ___ like skiing. He likes snowboarding now.
9. We ___ have time to do that on the way home.
* The Past Simple Tense (Прошедшее простое время) употребляется, чтобы рассказать о событиях или ситуациях в прошлом. Для этого часто используются следующие слова: yesterday, last, ago, in 1998 и т. д.