The Indefinite Tense

I. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Present Indefinite Tense. Translate into Russian:

1. Miss Grey (to teach) us French.

2. They (to meet) in our club very often.

3. My friend (to help) me in my German.

4. I (to like) such films.

5. In winter we (to ski) and (to skate) a lot.

6. Many people (to play tennis) in summer.

7. This man says he (to know) you very well.

8. My brother (to wash) his face every morning.

9. I (not to have) History lesson every day.

10. How often you (to go) to the dentist’s?

II. Make the following sentences negative:

1. This woman speaks Russian.

2. We use these old papers.

3. Sam and John play chess very often.

4. This clock goes well.

5. Bess comes home at this time.

6. I like hot tea.

7. She goes to school every day.

8. Our Institute trains teachers.

9. I entered the University two years ago.

10. They will have seminars in History twice a week.

III. Make the following sentences interrogative:

1. Your daughter learns English.

2. Mrs. Brown’s children go to school.

3. John often spends his free time at your place.

4. Ben does well at school.

5. Miss Hope likes her job.

6. The party begins at 7 o’clock.

7. You leave the office at 6 p.m.

8. Students take exams at the end of every term.

9. She missed two lectures yesterday.

10. She will fail in Mathematics.

IV. Put the verb to be in the Present Indefinite Tense:

1. My family … not very large. We … four: a father, a mother, a brother and myself.

2. I … sorry. … you free now? I want to speak to you.

3. I … on duty today.

4. … you from Moscow?

5. … your name Nick? – Yes, it ….

6. Mike … a student. He … nineteen. He has 2 sisters. His sister’s names … Helen and Ann. They … schoolgirls.

7. These … your letters.

8. My father … fifty-five, and my mother … fifty.

V. Make the following sentences negative:

1. I’m busy now.

2. We are late.

3. My children are at home now.

4. This is a Russian film.

5. Her husband is a doctor.

6. Her son is married.

7. She is a kind woman.

8. They are ready.

9. The weather is fine today.

10. There is a plate of apples on the table.

VI. Make the general questions out of the given ones:

1. These newspapers are fresh.

2. It’s time for us to leave.

3. Her family is big.

4. These are your pupils.

5. That hill is rather high.

6. Your brother is married.

7. You are sorry about it.

8. These letters are from her.

9. She is a pupil of the 6^th form.

10. They are the first-year students of the local institute.

VII. Fill in the blanks with the verb to have in Present Indefinite:

1. - … you … any paper?

- I’m sorry. I … no paper.

2. Miss Eve … no family of her own.

3. We are very busy. We … very little free time.

4. My friend … no telephone.

5. - … you … any questions?

- No, I ….

6. They … no French magazines.

VIII. Make the following sentences interrogative:

1. This old woman has a black cat.

2. This book has 2 hundred pages.

3. The students have a seminar today.

4. She has many children.

5. We have a lecture on History tonight.

6. You have several books about London.

IX. Make the following sentences negative:

Model: 1. We have much free time.

We don’t have much free time.

2. I have a car.

I have no car.

1. This man has many French books.

2. Their parents have a house of their own.

3. We usually have a break at this time.

4. My son has a big black dog.

5. Mr. Black has an open car.

6. We have many lectures today.

X. Open the brackets putting the verbs into the correct tense form:

1. Mike (leave) the room an hour ago.

2. I (clean) the room yesterday evening.

3. It (be) cold last week.

4. Mary (stay) at home last summer.

5. She (want) to talk to them 3 days ago.

6. We (look) at those pictures yesterday morning.

7. The children (play) in the garden yesterday.

8. They (wait) for their friends last Sunday.

9. We (be) at home yesterday.

10. Last week she (write) a funny story about her pet.

XI. Make the given sentences interrogative and negative:

1. It was cold in the evening.

2. He ate his lunch at 1 p.m.

3. She saw a very interesting film yesterday.

4. They were ready at half past eight.

5. Breakfast was ready at 8 o’clock in the morning.

6. I arrived home late last night.

7. You were at the seaside last summer.

8. Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926.

9. Yesterday he worked very hard.

10. He graduated from the University three years ago.

XII. a) Use the verbs in brackets in the Future Indefinite Tense:

1. John (see) his friend at the cinema.

2. I (be) in the dining-room at eight o’clock tomorrow.

3. They (tell) us about their work.

4. I (do) my homework in the evening.

5. He (cook) the breakfast for you in an hour.

6. We (see) you on Sunday.

b) Make the sentences negative and interrogative:

1. I shall go there next month.

2. He will arrive tomorrow morning.

3. It will snow tonight.

4. We shall meet him next week.

5. She will come this evening.

6. They will see him again tomorrow afternoon.

XIII. a) Change the following sentences according to the model using the Future Indefinite Tense:

Model: He went to Paris last year. – He will go to Paris next year.

1. He went to New York last week.

2. I got up early yesterday.

3. We phoned you the day before yesterday.

4. I saw him yesterday evening.

5. She finished her work last month.

b) Put the following sentences into the Present and the Future Indefinite Tense:

1. He wrote a letter, but forgot to put the stamp on.

2. The grocer weighed the butter, and I watched him.

3. The teacher came in and saw that no boys were working hard.

4. He went to London in April.

5. Lucille drove the car.

6. The cat tried to catch a mouse.

XIV. Use the verb “to be” or “to have” in the correct form:

1. Up to the last year she … in a boarding school.

2. They … two cats and a dog.

3. It … very difficult for girls to find jobs.

4. The students of our group … a meeting with students from Britain yesterday. There … a lot of students from other groups too.

5. The boarding school … 150 miles away.

6. He has always wanted … a teacher.

7. Our library … about four thousand books last year, but now their number … five thousand.

8. In five years we all … teachers.

9. The age difference between them … only two years.

10. We … three exams this winter.

11. When we lived with our parents we … a very happy family.

12. There … no school in the village and the boy went to the school which … three miles away.

13. Which year … you in? – I … in my second year now.

14. Teachers’ training institutes … a five-year course of studies.

15. … it a wise choice?

16. Choosing a career … no problem for our school-leavers.

XV. Use the right form of the verb “to have” or “to be”:

1. We don’t … any questions.

2. He … born in 1989.

3. What … he now?

4. We … a lot of rooms in our hotel.

5. It … an interesting film.

6. Who … any ideas?

7. Who … a pen?

8. Where … the key to my room? – It … on the table.

9. He … a student five years ago.

10. … you got enough money about you?

11. Cars … four wheels.

12. These … my guests.

13. What do you … for breakfast?

14. Mary … a manager in three years.

15. … he … any children?

16. He … a student, … not he?

17. What … the price?

18. This man … in the next room.

19. How … are you? I … fine.

20. How … your friend?

XVI. Put the verbs in brackets in Future Indefinite or Present Indefinite and translate the sentences into Russian:

1. As soon as you (to get) my letter let me know.

2. If you (to come) at 5 o’clock, we (to see) an interesting programme on TV.

3. Before you (to leave) home, ring me up.

4. When you (to be tired), we (to stop) working.

5. If you (to look through) today’s paper, you (to find) an interesting article.

6. Before he (to begin) to read a book, he (to look through) it.

7. When I (to enter) the University, I (to study) two foreign languages.

8. If you (to be busy) on Sunday afternoon, we (not to go) to the stadium.

9. When she (to arrive) today’s paper, you (to find) an interesting article.

10. As soon as I (to get) any news about him, I (to tell) you about it.

XVII. Use the Present, Past or Future Indefinite Tense:

1. Where you (to go) for your next holiday?

2. You (to eat) fruit every day? I have a car but I (not to use) it very often.

3. I think they (to go) to France next year.

4. I (not to belong) to a political party.

5. He (to leave) for London tomorrow night.

6. I (to be) very busy last summer and (not to go) anywhere.

7. He (to come) if you ask him.

8. There (to be) a child in the room.

9. We (to invite) many people to our family party.

10. They (to go) to the skating-ring yesterday.

XVIII. Open the brackets using the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite Tense:

A certain tyrant (to be) in the habit of writing verses which he himself (to think) perfect. Since he (to be) a king, the people to whom he (to show) them (not to contradict) him and (to praise) them to the skies. One day the tyrant (to show) his verses to a learned man who (to find) them poor. This (to make) the king so angry that he (to send) his critic to prison. Some time (to pass) and he (to make) up his mind to pardon the critic. When the man (to return) from prison the tyrant (to invite) him to dinner. Again he (to show) him his verses and again (to ask) what he (to think) of them. The learned man (to turn) to the guard who (to stand) by and (to say): “Take me back to prison!”.

XIX. Rewrite the following, making all the nouns and pronouns masculine where possible and putting all the verbs in the Past Tense.

A small girl lives with her mother and her aunt. Every day she goes along the road to play with the daughter of the doctor. The two girls play many games. Sometimes they are great actresses, sometimes famous heroines or great ladies. At other times they cross the fields to the farm and watch the ducks and hens and cows eating their food.

XX. a) Choose the right variant:

1. That pair of Dior sunglasses ______ a lot of money.

a) costs;

b) cost.

2. Two hundred dollars _______ enough money to pay for that.

a) are;

b) is.

3. The Jaws ______ the best film that I have ever seen.

a) is;

b) are.

4. Maths ______ his favourite subject.

a) are;

b) is.

5. The money he ______ been looking for is in the upper drawer.

a) has;

b) have.

6. The pair of socks which I have bought at the local supermarket _______ 80% of nylon and only 20% of cotton in the yarn it was made of.

a) have;

b) has.

7. Twenty gallons of gasoline which you need every day ______ now a lot of money, so you just have to save.

a) cost;

b) costs.

8. Sound and Sense _______ written for college students just beginning the serious study of poetry.

a) are;

b) is.

9. Three months _______ enough to complete the construction.

a) is;

b) are.

10. They say politics _______ dirty business.

a) is;

b) are.

b) Choose the right variant:

1. What will you do when you _______ a friend you haven’t seen for a long time?

a) meet;

b) will meet;

c) met.

2. I will buy this book when I _______ to read something more serious.

a) will want;

b) want;

c) wants.

3. If I _______ rules for writing a novel, I will certainly write one.

a) will learn;

b) learnt;

c) learn.

4. John will certainly tell me when precisely he ______ to Washington.

a) will arrive;

b) arrive;

c) arrives.

5. Let me know if you ______ next week.

a) came;

b) will come;

c) come.

6. We will sit down to dinner as soon as Jake ______.

a) come;

b) comes;

c) will come.

7. I will surely telephone him if I ______ his telephone number.

a) learn;

b) will learn;

c) learnt.

8. We won’t sit to dinner until she _____.

a) come;

b) doesn’t come;

c) comes.

9. If you _______ ideas from other people’s books, this will be considered plagiarism.

a) copy;

b) will copy;

c) copies.

10. I will leave the room if anyone ________ television.

a) will switch;

b) switches;

c) switch.

XXI. Translate into English:

1. Сэм поводит свое свободное время в клубе.

2. Они живут далеко отсюда? – Да.

3. Мой сын не катается на коньках, но он ходит на лыжах.

4. Бэсс преподает русский язык? – Да.

5. У меня очень мало чистой бумаги.

6. Мы не изучаем этот предмет.

7. Мы ежедневно пишем много писем.

8. Я не люблю опаздывать на занятия.

9. Сегодня мы очень заняты.

10. У меня есть 2 брата и сестра.

11. У этого преподавателя много групп?

12. Библиотека – на другой стороне улицы.

13. У них новая машина.

14. Семья вашего друга большая? – Нет. Их трое.

15. Вы ходите на прогулку вечером?

16. В воскресенье я обычно встаю поздно.

17. Я живу на улице Горького в доме № 46.

18. Это наш новый преподаватель русского языка.

19. Он хорошо занимается по английскому языку.

20. Мы приедем в Санкт-Петербург рано утром, проведем весь день в городе, а вечером сядем в поезд и вернемся в столицу.

21. Следующий урок история? – Нет, русский язык.

22. Крым и Кавказ – самые популярные места среди отдыхающих.

23. На первом курсе мы изучаем педагогику, историю, английский язык и другие предметы.

24. Лето – лучшее время года.

25. На каком языке она будет говорить?

XXII. Translate the text into English:

Моя подруга Аня пришла ко мне в субботу после работы. Мы решили повторить правила перед диктантом. Я люблю заниматься с Аней. Она много читает и хорошо знает английский язык. Мы повторили слова и прочитали тексты. Мы закончили работать в девять часов.

«Я хочу пойти в кино и посмотреть новый фильм. Хочешь пойти со мной?» – спросила Аня. «С удовольствием, – ответила я. – Моя сестра смотрела его не прошлой неделе, и он ей очень понравился». Мы пошли в кино в десять часов. Фильм был очень интересный. Так как мы пришли домой поздно, Аня осталась у нас. В воскресенье погода была хорошая, и мы поехали за город. После обеда мы вернулись домой. Наши друзья пригласили нас в театр, и мы с удовольствием приняли их приглашение.

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