EXERCISES

Exercise 1.Comment on the use of the Present Simple in the following sentence.

1. Wisdom comes with age. 2. There is a reason for everything. Nothing falls from heaven. 3. – Do you believe in miracles? – I do. 4. Palermo is the capital ofSicily. 5. No one in this world is perfect. 6. Students buy a lot of books at the beginning of each term. 7.1 think that English Grammar is easy. 8. Frank has a good head for figures. 9. A cat purrs when it is pleased, but a dog waves its tail. 10. That's the way it usually happens. 11. The client is always right. 12. I often sleep with the window open. 13. My mother doesn't like it when we play in the street. 14. The beauty of the Internet is that you can get virtually anything that your heart desires. 15. Every generation has its way. 16. I watch evening news every day. 17. — Do you have a sweet tooth? — Yes, several.

Exercise 2. Write the following sentences a) in the negative

b) in the interrogative.

1. She understands the rule. 2. He usually has breakfast at 8 o’clock. 3. The lecture starts at 10. 4. The flowers look fresh. 5. She usually walks in the morning. 6. He has coffee in the evening. 7. She remembers them well. 8. He plays chess well. 9. Ann misses you badly. 10. They harvest grapes in March.

Exercise 3. Use the right form of the verbs in brackets.

1. This man (know) from his experience what it (mean). 2. Nothing (happen) by accident. 3. As man (grow) older, he (tend) to be more skeptical. 4. My mother often (tell) me that you not (leave) your problems behind you when you (go) to another place. Pain and heartache (travel) well. And indeed they (do). 5. Mrs. Osborne (own) this business and she (run) it herself. 6. He (be) a complete mystery to me. 7. What he (do) for a living? 8. In Rome every building (tell) its own story. 9. When the weather (heat) up and you (need) to cool down, a lake, a river, a pool — is what your body and soul (need). 10. My great-grandmother is very old, but she (hear, see and understand) everything quite well. 11.I (remember) that Margaret (own) a villa on the Adriatic. 12. "The Bible (say) that the heart of man is exceedingly wicked," the Pastor replied. 13. Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw (be) the most witty British writers. 14. Fishermen often (tell) tales about their catches. 15. My father (like) a lot of milk in his tea and a few lumps of sugar. 16. My English friends (live) in a nice house that (stand) on a hill that (overlook) Lake Windermere, which (be) in the Lake District. 17. What you (see) over there?

Exercise 4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Я обычно делаю домашнее задание вечером. 2. Он всегда навещает нас, когда бывает в Москве. 3. Он теперь редко путешествует. 4. Ее муж часто ездит в командировки? 5. Твой друг – это человек, который знает о тебе все и тем не менее любит тебя. 6. Все зависит от того, как он видит свое будущее. 7. Он игнорирует наши звонки, потому что не хочет выполнять эту работу. 8. Не волнуйтесь, мы уже здесь. 9. Мой сосед охотится на диких гусей и уток. 10. В Калифорнии никогда не идет снег, не так ли? 11. Цемент состоит из смеси глины и химикатов. 12. Деньги не растут на деревьях. 13. Эти щенки не кусаются.