Present simple tense Grammar: Doing grammar and lexical exercises Exercise 1 Starter

Present simple tense
Grammar: Doing grammar and lexical exercises
Exercise 1
Starter: read the text and look at the expression in the box and guess their meaning. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

Aware; decent; for instance; to be acquainted with; competence; hereby; core vocabulary; the matter of; undoubtedly; master; indeed

1. 
   Words like crisis, budget, auction, exchange, money or payment are undoubtedly known to people of any age.
   
2. 
   The younger population, who is mainly called computer age generation, is ___master____ in the sphere of technological vocabulary.
   
3. 
   Core vocabulary, the expression, “the end” consists of a grammatical issue where users, unconsciously deal with grammatical issue, the article for instance.
   
4. 
   In public transportation people are acquainted with words like attention, warning, please, push, pull, caution and others.
   
5. 
   Apparently, aware of the languages consists of approximately 1500 words.
   

1. 
   Match the words and expressions 1-5 and the correct definitions a-e
   

1. 
   Inveterate _______a____________________________
   
2. 
   Corroborate _____e______________________________
   
3. 
   Nodding ________d_______________________________
   
4. 
   Precise _________c_______________________________
   
5. 
   Utterance _______b_______________________________
   

1. 
   Settled or confirmed in a habit or practice, esp a bad one; hardened
   
2. 
   An element of spoken language
   
3. 
   Strictly correct in amount or value
   
4. 
   To express or indicate agreement by nodding
   
5. 
   To confirm of support
   

Doing exercises: 2 exercise: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
1. A zookeeper ___feeds__ animals.
2. Computer programmers ____write software.
3. Photographers ___take photos.
4. A chef ___cooks food.
5. A fire fighter ___ fights fires.
6. Musician____ plays instruments.
7. A farmer ____ works on a farm.
8. A dancer ____dances

Exercise 2. Open the brackets in the Present Simple.

(USUALLY) 1. My sister gets up at eight o'clock. 2. She is a school-girl. She goes to school in the afternoon. 3. Jane is fond of sports. She does her morning exercises every day. 4. For breakfast she has two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of tea. 5. After breakfast she goes to school. 6. It takes him two hours to do his homework. 7. She speaks French well. 8, My working day begins at seven o'clock. I get up, switch on the radio and do my morning exercises. It takes me fifteen minutes, At half past seven we have breakfast. My father and I leave home at eight o'clock. He takes a bus to his factory. My mother is a doctor, she leaves home at nine o'clock. In the evening we gather in the living-room. We watch TV and talk.
Exercise 3. Rewrite each sentence as a positive or negative sentence, or a question, according to the instructions.
1. I visit my parents very often, I don't visit my parent’s very often.2. Does he go to school every day? - He goes to school every day.3. She comes from Germany, Does she come from Germany? 4. She goes to work by car. (question), Does she goto work by car? 5. We watch television every night, (negative) We don’t watch television every night. 6. He doesn't walk to work. (positive) He walks to work. 7. She plays football every Saturday, (question) Does she play football every Saturday? 8. He washes his car every week. (question) Does he wash his car every week? 9. They live in Australia, (question) Do they live in Australia? 10. They go to school by bus. (question) Do they go to school by bus? 11. Does she finish work at five o'clock? (positive) She finishes work at five o'clock. 12. He goes to the cinema on Fridays, (question)¹ Does he go to the cinema on Fridays?
Homework: Fill in the sentences with appropriate forms of the verbs.

1. 
   Knowledge is never earned by hunks but gained by bits.
   
2. 
   English became a single international communicative tool.
   
3. 
   I prepared / have prepared all necessary examples before coming.
   
4. 
   Interest of foreign tourists for ancient cities in Uzbekistan has increased recently.
   

4. Home work: revise words, to learn new theme.

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