Present Simple

1. Make the sentences negative.

1)Jack finishes his work at six o’clock in the evening. 2) You enjoy skating in winter. 3) His parents spent
most of the weekends in the cottage house. 4) Sheila often exhibits her pictures. 5) I always discuss my
problems with my friend. 6) Ron and Max take part in different research projects. 7) This train arrives in
the morning. 8) Students pass their final exams in summer. 9) The festival takes place every autumn.
10) Vegetables contain many vitamins.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

You body ….(to be) one powerful machine, capable of doing all sorts of things by itself. But one thing it
can’t do is make vitamins. Your body ….(to get) vitamins it….(to need) from the food you….(to eat) because
different foods ….(to contain) different vitamins. Though some people …(to take) a daily vitamin, most of
them ….(not to need) one if they ….(to eat) a variety of healthy food.

Vitamins …(to be) substances that your body ….(to need) to grow and develop normally. There ….(to be) 13
vitamins your body …(to need). Each vitamin ..(to have) specific jobs. If you ..(to have) low levels of certain
vitamins, you…(to develop) a deficiently disease. For example, if you…(not to get) enough vitamin D, you
might develop rickets. Some vitamins….(to help) you to prevent medical problems. Vitamin A …..(to
prevent) night blindness.

The best way to get enough vitamins is to have a balanced diet with a variety of foods. In some cases you …
(to need) to take a daily multivitamin for optimal health. However, high doses pf some vitamins …(to lead)
to health problems too.

Питальні слова: what, who, where. Why, which, whose, how, how many/much

Приклади:

When do you come home?

Where does she go on Sundays?

What do you usually have for supper?

Питальні речення з who, whose, what буз підмета:

Who understands this rule?

Whose sister speaks French?

What makes you feel upset?

3. Make up question using the Present Simple.

1)What/time/you/usually/get up? 2) How/you/spend/your/free time? 3) Who/cook/breakfast/for you?

4) How/often/you/visit/your grandparents? 5) What TV programmes/your mother/like/to watch? 6)
What/your father/like/to eat/for dinner? 7) Where/your grandparents/live? 7) Where/your
friend/prefer/to buy/clothes? 9) What music/ your friends/ like/ to listen to? 10) Why/you/prefer/to
wear/jeans?
 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1)What time…you….(to come) home from school? – I usually …(to come) home at three o’clock, but
twice a week we…(to go) to the gym to play table tennis so I…(to return) home later then. 2) How
often…Angela …(to go) to the swimming pool) – I ….(not to know) exactly, but I often ….(to meet)
her in the swimming pool on Saturdays. 3) Where ….the Browns…(to spend) their holidays? – They
usually …(to visit) their relatives in the village and sometimes they…(to go) to the seaside. 4) How
many apples…we…(to need) for the apple pie? – My granny usually …(to take) 7 or 8 apples, bit I
think we….(not to need) so many, because these apples (to be) very big. 5) ….Den…(to get) the
University by metro? – Well sometimes he….(to go) by metro, but usually his father ….(to give) him
a lift.

5. Find mistakes and correct them.

1)The weather usually change in the morning. 2) Patricia sometimes go to her cottage house on weekend. 3)
My friends often sends me e-mail messages in the evening. 4) Do Mark and Sam eats Chinese food? 5) Do
your cousin wear contact lenses? 6) What time does the bus departs? 7) Where does your parents prefer to
spend their vacation? 8) I often goes cycling on Saturdays. 9) Does Josh likes listening to rock music? 10)
Who exercise in the gym every evening?

6. Put the verbs into correct form.

Weather ….(to tell) us what is happening in the sky above us. Weather ….(to include) wind, lightning,
storms, hurricanes, rain and snow. What …(to influence) weather? Energy from the sun …(to affect) it. ….you
….(to know) the different between weather and climate? Climate ….(to tell) us what kind of weather
usually…(to happen) in an area at different times of the year. Changes in weather ….(affect) our daily life.
We…(to wear) different clothes and …(to take part) in different activities under different weather conditions.
We…(to choose) different foods in different seasons.