These tasks can help you to practise The Present Simple Tense (See Appendix 1 p. 214 – 217) and do the following exercises.

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These tasks can help you to practise The Present Simple Tense (See Appendix 1 p. 214 – 217) and do the following exercises.

14. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple Tense. You have to decide if the verb is positive or negative.

e.g. 0. Claire is very sociable. She knows lots of people.

1. My friend is finding life in Paris a bit difficult. He ….. (to speak) French.

2. Most students live quite close to the college, so they ….. (to walk) there.

3. What’s the matter? You ….. (to look) very happy.

4. Don’t try to ring the bell. It ….. (to work).

5. I hate telephone answering machines. I just ….. (to like) talking to them.

6. We always travel by bus. We ….. (to own ) a car.

7. We’ve got plenty of chairs, thanks. We ….. (want) any more.

 

15. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.

1. The University ….. (to carry out) the student’s exchange program according to the agreements on collaboration.

2. At present the number of students in the NTUU ”KPI” ….. (to exceed) 50000.

3. The Knowledge Square ….. (to be) the centre of the NTUU ”KPI” campus.

4. Many students ….. (to go in for) different kinds of sport according to their liking.

5. Meetings, festivals, consecration into students ….. (to take) place here.

6. Sport ….. (to help) students to keep their body healthy and strong.

7. Highly qualified teachers, professors and scientists ….. (to work) at the KPI.

16. Write these sentences into the Present Simple negative form.

e.g. 0. He listens to the radio every evening. - He does not listen to the radio every evening. or He doesn’t listen to the radio every evening.

1. This part of town has many places of historic interest.

2. This city is the centre of education and science.

3. We take photos of this place every year.

4. There are only daylight lamps in the room.

5. Sometimes I prepare a special list of exercises.

6. The bank closes at four o'clock.

7. We have time to do that on the way home.

 

17. Work in pairs. Make up 5 questions to the text about KPI using the Present Simple Tense and let your partner answer them.

 

UNIT 2