THE PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE The Present Simple Tense

THE PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE The Present Simple Tense

verb / verb + (e)s plays I play golf every Sunday You play golf every Sunday He plays golf every Sunday She plays golf every Sunday It plays golf every Sunday We play golf every Sunday You play golf every Sunday They play golf every Sunday

He She It -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o +s reads starts eats works drives. . . + es passes washes catches relaxes goes

-y (3 л. ед. ч. ) fly►flies try ► tries study ► studies carry ► carries -ies

Negatives and Questions + I/you/we/they play golf every Sunday He/she/it plays golf every Sunday ? Do I/you/we/they play golf every Sunday? Does he/she/it play golf every Sunday? I/you/we/they do not (don’t) play golf every Sunday He/she/it does not (doesn’t) play golf every Sunday

Questions words Why do people grow? Where does water come from? When do fish sleep? What does this word mean? Who do you sit next to? How does a camera work? НО! (вопрос к подлежащему) = do/does Who knows the answer to this question? What makes it work?

Usage 1. Регулярные, повторяющиеся действия Mr Bean drives to work every morning Every day, the UK’s 5 000 milkmen deliver to around 2. 5 million homes (always, generally, normally, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never, every day, …)

2. Действия, происходящие по расписанию The first bus to Yevpatoria departs at 6. 00 a. m. The Drama Club meets every Thursday at 7. 30

3. Постоянные действия, действия в настоящем в широком смысле слова My parents own a restaurant Pierre lives in Paris

4. Общеизвестные факты Water boils at 100°C The Earth goes round the Sun

Прошедшие действия (при пересказе историй, фильмов, книг, пьес) In the book, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson meet for the first time At the party, Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her Trains collide in France (в заголовке)

В придаточных предложениях времени и условия (if…, when…) If it rains tomorrow, we will have to move the guests indoors When you see a big green house, turn left.

Exercises 1. My working day (to begin) at seven o’clock 2. I (to get up), (to switch) on the radio and (to do) my morning exercises. 3. It (to take) me 15 minutes.

4. At half past seven we (to have) breakfast. 5. My father and I (to leave) home at eight o’clock. 6. He (to take) a bus to his factory. 7. My mother (to be) a doctor, she to leave home at nine o’clock.

8. In the evening we (to gather) in the living room. 9. We (to watch TV) and (to talk) 10. My sister (to get up) at eight o’clock. 11. She (to be) a schoolgirl. 12. She (to go) to school in the afternoon.