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Test 1. Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses

Exercise Выберитепредложения, употребленныев Present Simple ипоставьтеглаголвправильнойформе.1.Open the brackets and put the verbs Present Simple or Present Continuous.

John: Good morning, (be) Mr. Green there (1)?

Jack: No, he (not/be) here (2). He (work) at this moment (3). He usually (work) until 4 p.m. (4).

John: What about Mrs Green? Where (be) 5)?

Jack: She (do) the shopping (6). She always (do) the shopping on Wednesday af-ternoons (7).

John: Where (be) the children (8)?

Jack: They (play) football (9). They al-ways (play) football after school (10).

John: How (you/know) all this (11)? Who are you?

Jack: I (be) the burglar (12)!

Exercise 2. How often do they brush their teeth? Fill in an adverb of frequency.(always, often. Sometimes ,every day)

1. He ... brushes 2. She ... brushes his teeth after meals. her teeth.

3. They ... brush 4. He ... brushes their teeth. his teeth.

5. She ... brushes 6. I ... brush my her teeth. teeth.

Exercise 3. Study the table, make general questions and give negative (-) or positive (+)

answers.

Listen
to
records / Read magazines / Eat vegetables / Watch TV
Sally / + / - / + / +
Harry andAnn / + / + / _ / +
You

Exercise 4. Make 5 questions (General, Who-question, 2 Special, Tag-question) to the follow-sentences.

Sandra always gets up early in the morning.

He dances with his girl-friend at the disco every Saturday.

VARIANT 2

Exercise 1. Complete the dialogue using the words in brackets in the correct form.

Ann: Why (you/not/finish) your homework and come to watch TV (1)?

Bill: Because I (not/understand) it. It is too difficult (2).

Ann: Why (you/not/ask) your teacher to explain it (3)?

Bill: Because I (not/like) him (4).

Ann: And why (you/not/like) him (5)?

Bill: Well, he (always/shout) at me (6).

Ann: Why (he/shout) at you (7)?

Bill: Well, I (not/do) my homework (8).

Ann: Well, no wonder he (shout) at you (9). Give me your book now. We'll try and do it together.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with time expressions from the list:

every day always sometimes

1. Mother bakes a cake 2. They go

to a party. 3. She goes to the swimming pool on Saturdays. 4. He cycles to his friend. 5. He plays the drums ....

Exercise 3. Study the table, make general questions and give positive (+) and negative (-) answers.

Play
the
piano / Read
English
books / Eat fish / Go to
the
cinema
Chris Henry and Mary
You / + / + + / + / -

Exercise 4. Make 5 questions (General, Who-question, 2 Special, Tag-question) to the following sentences.

Peter has some problems with Maths. 2. They climb the mountains without a guide.

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Exercise 1. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the correct tense forms (Present Simple)

This machine {not/work). 2. Hurry. I (not/want) to miss the bus . 3. The

river Nile (flow) into the Mediterranean. 5. (it/ever/snow) in China? 6. We usually (grow) cucumbers and tomatoes in our garden. 7. You can take my umbrella. I (not/need) it. 8. I usually (enjoy) parties. But I (not/ enjoy) this one very much. 9. George says he is eighty years old. But I (not/believe) him. He usually (stay) at this hotel when he is in Paris.

Exercise 2. Put the words in brackets in the correct place in the sentence.

1.1 keep my room tidy, (always)

2. Do you go on holiday in winter? (sometimes)

3. He helps with the housework, (never)

4. She plays cards, (rarely)

5. Does he visit his friends? (often)

6. His shoes are dirty, (always)

7. They don't eat sweets, (often)

8. We eat a lot of vegetables, (usually) 9.1 am on duty on Mondays, (never)

10. You must tell lies, (never)

Exercise 3. Study the table, ask general questions and make negative (-) and positive (+) sentences.

Tell jokes / Play hockey / Do the shopping / Dance at the parties
Bess
Tim and Tom
You / + / + / + / +
+

Exercise 4. Make 5 questions (General, Who-question, 2 Special, Tag-question) to the following sentences.

  1. Mike says that school is the best thing in the world. 2. I do well in a lot of subjects.

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Выбирите из данных предложений, предложения, которые употреблены в Present simple.

The present continuous and present simple tenses

a Study these rules.

They're playing American football at the

moment.

They play American football every Saturday.

The present continuous describes things that are happening 'now', 'at the moment'. The present simple describes things that happen 'regularly', 'often', 'everyday'.

b Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.

1 It's eleven o'clock now. Terry ......

(get up)

2 MrsRoyston ...... in a shop from

Monday to Friday, (work)

3 That'sthe leisure centre. They......

a disco there every Saturday, (have)

4We ...... to the cinema. Would you

like to come? (go)

5 Sue! Where are you?

I...... a bath. (have)

6 I...... for my bag. Is it in here? (look)

7 Why don't you go out?

l can't It ...... It always

...... on Saturdays, (rain)

8 Don't get in my way. I ......

my housework, (do)

9 Mr Moore...... to London every day,

but today he ...... to America, (travel)

10 Kamala...... her homework. She

always...... it after dinner, (do)

Выберите предложения, употребленные в PresentSimple и запишите глаголы в правильной форме.

Every day he (is drinking drinks drink is going to drink) a bottle of beer.

She( is going to tell she is telling tells tell) you something this afternoon.

They usually (are having have are going to have having) a party on Saturdays.

Fred usually(plays is going to play is playing play) football on Sunday morning.

He has so much money that he buy is going to buy is buying buys a new car every year.

I often (drink am going to drink am drinking drinking) milk before going to bed.

Who makes (is going to make made make) the tea today?

They never (are playing are going to play play playing) tennis on Sundays.

They always(making are making make are going to make )a lot of noise .

I sometimes (speaking am speaking speak am going to speak) in French.