Check your knowledge of grammar II

Авторы: A.M. Митина, А.А. Курылев, Е.В. Новоженина, О.В. Леднева, А.В. Олянич, Н.В. Багметова

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UNIT I 
THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Exercise 1. Put the verb into the correct form.
Examples: Water ….boils ....(boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
Bob .... doesn’t go .... (not/go) to the cinema very often.
How many languages ....do you speak.... (you/speak)
1. The swimming bath ... ... … …(open) at 9.00 and ... … … …(close) at 18.30 every day.
2. What time … … … …(the banks/close) in Britain?
3. I have a car but I … … … …(not/use) it very often.
4. How many cigarettes … … … …(you/smoke) a day?
5. ‘What … … …(you/do)?’ ‘I’m an electrical engineer.’
6. ‘Where … … … …(your father/come) from?’ ‘He … …(come) from Scotland.’
7. If you need money, why ... ... … …(you/not/get) a job.
8. I … … … …(play) the piano, but I ... ... ... ...(not/play) very well.
9. Rice ... ... … …(not/grow) in Britain.

Exercise 2. Use the sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in brackets.
Examples: Tom plays tennis. (How often?) … …Haw often does Tom play tennis?
1. Ann watches television. (How often?) How often ............…………....................
2. I write to my parents. (How often?) ...............................………………...............
3. I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?).......………............................
4. George works. (Where?) ..........................................…………………….............
5. I go to the cinema. (How often?) .............................…………………….............
6. People do stupid things. (Why?) .............................………………......................
7. The cur breaks down. (HOW often?) ..…………............................……................
8. Bob plays tennis. (When?).………………............................................................
9. He lives in city. (Where?)………………..............................................................
10. My parents are happy. (Why?)..................…………….........................................

Exercise 3. Read the sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the information is wrong.
Example: The sun goes round the earth. The sun doesn’t go round the earth.
The earth goes round the sun.
1. The sun rises in the west …………………………….………….………................
2. Mice catch cats .…………………………..………..………….….………..............
3. 3. Carpenters make things from metal .......……………………..............................
4. 4. The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean……………..............................
5. Water boils at 50 degrees Celsius……………………………….............................

Exercise 4. Read the sentences about Brian Johnson and arrange them in the correct order.
1. Here is a typical day for Brian Johnson.
2. He goes to work by underground.
3. He gets up at 7 30.
4. He works for an advertising agency in Manchester.
5. It makes him 30 minutes to get to the agency.