Present Simple

* Presentul simplu cu valoare de viitor:

Folosim adesea prezentul simplu pentru a vorbi despre evenimente

viitoare din care fac parte un orar, un program oficial.

Jim's plane leaves at 12.00.

The meeting starts at 9:00 am.

* Adverbele de frecventa (frequency adverbs) explica cat de des se

intampla o actiune. Adverbul de frecventa se pozitioneaza, de obicei,
intre Subiect si Verb.

always: ✓✓✓✓✓ I always get up at 7.00.

usually: ✓✓✓✓ It usually rains when I go on holiday!

often: ✓✓✓ Pat often goes to footbal matches.

sometimes: ✓✓ We sometimes eat pizza for lunch.

rerely: ✓ Jane rarely listens to jazz.

never: - My bus never arrives on time.

* Cu verbul BE, adverbul vine dupa verb:

Jim is usually late.

*Alte adverbe de frecventa: frequently (✓✓✓✓), normally (✓✓✓),
occasionally (✓✓), seldom(✓), hardly ever (✓).

Exercises:

1) Complete the text with the "s" for the 3rd person singular. Take the
verbs in brackets.

A typical day in Lisa's life

Her mother always ...............(wake) her up at seven o'clock.

She ................(get) up and ..............(go) to the bathroom. There
she ............... (wash) and ...............(brush) her teeth. Then
she .................(walk) downstairs and .............(have) breakfast. Then
she ............. (say) goodbye to her parents and..................(leave) the
house. She usually ...................(catch) the bus to school where
she ............(meet) some friends. After school she ...........(do) her
homework and ....................(study) for a test. Then she...................
(chat) with her friends, ..............(read) a book or ..................... (watch)
one of her favourite sitcoms.

2) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

My uncle ..................a new laptop every year. (buy)

Claire and Zoe .................. a cake for my birthday every year. (bake)
My sister ...............hard and that's why she ............ never. (try / fail)

Ashley and her friends ..............in the park every weekend. (play)

Our dog ............... our neighbour's cat in the garden. (chase)

3) Write down the negations of the verbs in the positive sentences.

He works from Monday to Friday. He .................................. at weekends.

My friends and I play baseball. We .............................basketball and

football.

Sandra and Mary live in Chicago. Dorothy .........................there.

My mother likes reading books and magazines. My

brothers..........................................reading.

My neighbours take their holidays in July.

They ..................................................them in August.

4) Put the words into the correct order. Write down the sentences.

visit / they / sometimes / on Sundays / their aunt -

you / to the mall / go / often / with your friends -

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a tennis match / hardly ever / watches / he -

usually / have / we / dinner / before seven / don't -

read / the paper / always / she / in the morning -

5) Present Simple Negation - Exercise

Use short forms (isn't, don't,...).

1. We have some milk. We .....................................any milk.

2. Mother sews Jenny's jeans. Mother ...................................Jenny's

jeans.

3. I hate Maths lessons. I .......................................Maths lessons.

4. My brother likes eating oranges. My brother ..........................

eating oranges.

5. My parents often watch westerns. My parents ..............often

....................westerns.

6. Children like ice cream. Some children ...............................ice cream.

7. The monkey wants some bananas. The

monkey .............................some bananas.
8. They are hungry. They .................................................hungry.

9. We get up early on Sundays. We .........................................up early on

Sundays.

10. Peter is sometimes very tired. Peter ......................................

sometimes very tired.

11. I am a good pupil. I ......................................................a good pupil.

12. School always starts at seven o'clock.

School ......................always ..............................at seven o'clock.

13. Kate always has her piano lesson on Fridays.

Kate.........................always .........................her piano lesson on Friday.

14. In summer it's sometimes very hot. In summer

it ........................................sometimes very hot.

15. Mum washes all my dirty clothes.

Mum .........................................................all my dirty clothes.

16. Peter has got a brother. Peter .............................................a brother.

17. The frog is under the caravan. The

frog ................................................................under the caravan.

18. They are cool. They ........................................................cool.

19. Dad buys a new car. Dad ...................................................... a new

car.

20. The boys play football. The

boys .................................................................football.
6) Present Simple Questions - Exercise

Form the questions.

Example: I am hungry. - Are you hungry?

1. Peter goes to the party.

2. His schoolbag is brown.

3. Mary can ski.

4. I meet my friends.

5. The teacher hands out the books.

6. Pat is a clever boy.

7. The monkey takes the banana.

8. Tony is hungry.

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9. Tim goes to school.

10. They are at Sarah's party.

11. You like apples.

12. Winter begins in December.

13. They are at home.

14. Tom can play football.

15. His mother speaks Spanish.

POSSESIVE/ POSESIVUL

Posesia în engleză se exprimă prin adjectivul posesiv pronominal sau

prin genitiv.

• Adjectivul pronominal posesiv:

My = al meu, a mea
my family = familia mea

my father = tatal meu

Your = al tau, a ta

your family = familia ta

your father = tatal tau

His = al lui, a lui

his family = familia lui

his father = tatal lui

Her = al ei, a ei

her family = familia ei

her father = tatal ei

Its = al lui, a lui, al ei, a ei

its family = familia lui/ei

its father = tatal lui/ei

Our = al nostru, a noastra

our family = familia noastra

our father = tatal nostru

Your = al vostru, a voastra

your family = familia voastra

your father = tatal vostru

Their = al lor, a lor

their family = familia lor

their father = tatal lor

• Genitive:

-> 's - dupa posesorul - persoană la singural

the student's book (cartile studentului)

Jack's books (cartile lui Jack)

-> ' (apostrof) dupa posesorul - persoană la plural

the students' books (cartile studentilor)

-> of inaintea posesorului - lucru la singular sau plural

the roof of the house (acoperisul casei)

the roofs of the houses (acoperisurile caselor)

Cazuri speciale:

*La formele regulate de plural (care se termină în s) adăugăm doar ‘

(apostrof), fără să mai punem încă un s. Nu se schimbă nimic în
pronunție – genitivul pluralului se pronunță la fel ca pluralul.
My parents’ house is in Bucharest.

*Totuși, în cazul substantivelor neregulate care nu se termină în s,

adăugăm ‘s:

The children’s uncle is Tom.

*Atunci când posesorul este multiplu (doi sau mai mulți posesori),
adăugăm ‘s la sfârșitul ultimului nume:

Clara and Jeremy’s phone number, Brian and Ruby’s car number.

1. Ce culoare are casa ta?

What is the color of _____ house?

2. Acesta nu este bolul animalului meu de casă.

_____ is not the bowl of my pet.

3. Animalele de casă ale verișorilor tăi sunt câini?

Are your cousins' _____ dogs?

4. Numărul de telefon al lui Jeremy este 0123 456 789.

_____'s phone number is 0123 456 789.

5. the color _____ the cat → the cat's color (culoarea pisicii)

6. the bowl of the dog → the dog__ bowl (bolul câinelui)

7. the jobs _____ our parents → our parents' jobs (slujbele părinților
noștri)

8. the boss of Freddie → Freddie _____ (șeful lui Freddie)

9. the answers of the _____ → the children's answers (răspunsurile
copiilor)
10. Jim and Jeremy ......... toy ( jucaria lui Jim si Jeremy

Expecting Guests

The Taylors are expecting guests. Their friends from Scotland, the
Parkers, are coming on a visit. The Taylors usually receive guests in the
living-room. Mrs Taylor put some flowers in a vase to make the room
more beautiful.

It is a large room with a brown carpet on the floor. On the left, there is a
sofa with some cushions on it. Next to the sofa, there is a TV set.
Opposite the sofa, there is a sideboard. To the left, there is a bookcase
full of books in English, French and German. To the right of the
sideboard, there are two armchairs and a low table for newspapers and
magazines. The furniture in the living-room is modern and quite new.
On one of the walls, there is a beautiful picture.

Mrs Taylor has laid the table in the dining- room. It is an oval oak table
covered with a tablecloth. There are nine chairs at the table.

Mrs Taylor looks around her to check if every- thing is ready for the
guests’ arrival. She has laid the table in the usual way and has put the
right number of knives, forks, spoons, and glasses for each person.
There is also pepper, salt, oil, vinegar and mustard on the table. Mrs
Taylor has put the napkins on the left of each plate.
Everything looks splendid. She hopes they will all have a delightful
evening together.