The Ideal Family of the Future

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Present Simple

Exercise 1. Put the verb into the correct form.

1. What time _____ (the banks/close) in Britain? 2. I have a car but I _____ (not/use) it very often. 3. How many cigarettes ______ (you/smoke) a day? 4. If you need money, why ____ (you/not/get) a job? 5. I _____ (play) the piano. 6. I don’t understand the word “deceive”. What ______ (“deceive”/ mean)?

Exercise 2. Make the following sentences negative. Then give the right information.

Example

The sun rises in the West.

The sun doesn’t rise in the west. It rises in the east.

1. Mice catch cats. 2. Kangaroos come from Canada. 3. In England people drive on the right. 4. The sun shines at night. 5. The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean. 6. Carpenters make things from metal. 7.The Queen lives at 33, Station Road, London. 8. Maradona plays tennis.

Exercise 3. Make questions to the following sentences.

1. Ann watches television. (How often?) 2. I write to my parents (How often?) 3. I have dinner in the evening (What time/usually?) 4. Tom works. (Where?) 5. I go to the cinema. (How often) 6. People do stupid things (Why?)

Exercise 4. In this exercise you have to decide whether the verbs in these sentences are right or wrong. Correct those which are wrong. The verb is underlined.

1. Look! Somebody is climbing up that tree over there. 2. Can you hear these people? What do they talk about? 3. Are you believing in God? 4. Look! The man tries to open the door of your car. 5. The moon goes round the earth. 6. I’ mthinking it would be a good idea to leave early. 7. The government is worried because the number of people without jobs is increasing. 8. I’ m usually going to work by car.

1. The average number of children in a British family used to be 2.4 but this has fallen dramatically in recent years. How do you say '2.4'?

a) two dot four

b) two comma four

c) two point four

d) two stop four

2. Who are your siblings?

a) brothers and sisters

b) nephews and nieces

c) grandparents

d) cousins

3. What do we call a child with no brothers or sisters?

a) a lonely child

b) a lucky child

c) an only child

d) a single child

4. My grandad had a very strict _________, there were so many rules he had to follow.

a) upbringing

b) bringing up

c) raising

d) upraising

5. Which word is used more in American English than British English?

a) Mum

b) Mom

c) Mummy

d) Mother

6. In some cultures many generations of families live together. They live as _________ family.

a) an extended

b) an enlarged

c) a nuclear

d) an increased

North Americans say 'Mom' and the British say 'Mum'.