• usually

• often

• always

• seldom

• occasionally

• sometimes

• ever

• rarely

• never

• permanently

• from time to time

• now and then

• every day/week/month/year

• In the morning/afternoon/ evening

• at night, at the weekend, etc

• on Mondays, etc.

e.g. Does he ever visit you nowadays?

Pat occasionally writes postcards to her distant relatives.

9. To make sentences in Present Indefinite more emphatic auxiliary verbs ‘do’ or ‘does’ are added in affirmative sentences,

e.g. I do want to meet your parents. – Я действительно хочу встретиться с твоими родителями.

Fiona does insist on your going to Kiev. – Фиона все-таки настаивает на твоей поездке в Киев.

10. Note should be taken about questions to the subject which are asked without an auxiliary verb and with the direct order of words,

e.g. Who usually cooks in your family? – Our mum does.

Paula and Jack sometimes visit us at the weekends. – Sorry, I didn’t catch you. Who visits you at the weekends? - Paula and Jack do.

A short answer to the questions of this type are formed with the auxiliary verb ‘do’ or ‘does’.

*TASK 6. Make the rules yourself!

Step 1. Look at the verbs in the third person singular and answer the questions below the box.

catches does eats enjoys fixes flies goes lives makes misses passes plays pushes reads replies says prepares smokes speaks stands calls

decides teaches thinks tries waits washes works

damages travels laughs listens insists demands shops

1. What is the commonest way of making the third person singular?

2. What happens with words ending in a vowel + -y?

3. What happens with words ending in a consonant + -y?

4. After which consonants and groups of consonants –es is added?

5. Which two other common words add –es?

Step 2. Sort out all the verbs given in the box according to the pronunciation of their endings.

[s]	[z]	[iz]
eats	does	catches

Step 3. Write and pronounce the third person singular of the verbs given below.

1. to box

2. to brush

3. to buy

4. to complete

5. to cry

6. to defend

7. to spend

8. to deny

9. to destroy

10. to excite

11. to expect

12. to fry

13. to guess

14. to rush

15. to take

16. to pray

17. to reach

18. to receive

19. to watch

20. to want

21. to fetch

22. to say

23. to restore

24. to pronounce

25. to shout

26. to weep

27. to sing

28. to sleep

29. to ask

30. to jump

*TASK 7. Mrs. Robinson is writing a letter to her grandson Tim, to thank him for a kitten he gave her. Write each verb given in brackets with the correct Present Simple verb ending.

Dear Tim,

I want to thank you for the lovely kitten you gave me. I __________ (to call) her Sheba and she __________ (to have ) some lovely ways. She always __________ (to come) when I __________ (to call) her, and when I __________ (to open) a tin of cat food she always __________ (to hurry) to eat it. Then, when she has finished her milk, she __________ (to jump) onto my lap. If you __________ (to hang) a piece of string in front of her, she always __________ (to try) to catch it. Sometimes she __________ (to play) with a little rubber mouse if I __________ (to throw) it in front of her. But she __________ (to scratch) everyone who (to pull) her tail too hard! And when my neighbour’s son __________ (to come), she usually __________ (to go) out of the room, I think she's afraid of him.

On warm days she __________ (to lie) outside in the garden. Sometimes she __________ (to watch) the birds for hours, but she never (to catch) any of them.

When Mrs. Ross, the cleaner, is working here, Sheba often __________ (to chase) the vacuum cleaner. But Mrs. Ross __________ (to say) she's the best cat in the world, and all of us here __________ (to agree) with her.

Love,

Your grandma

**TASK 8. Rita, a reporter for Music News, is interviewing Lou Belize, who writes songs and sings for a successful pop group. Complete Rita’s questions using the given prompts. The first question is done for you.

Rita: Tell me, Lou, where do you write your songs?

Lou: Well, I write a lot of them in hotels and on buses. Anywhere, really.

Rita. ___________________________________(other members of the group?)

Lou: Yes, Simon, the guitarist, writes some.

Rita: ___________________________________(a song –good enough?)

Lou: We decide together, after we've tried it out.

Rita: _____________________________________ (How long?)

Lou: It varies. Sometimes it takes only minutes, but sometimes it takes days and days.

Rita: __________________________________________ (ideas for your songs?)

Lou: Often they come from newspapers, things I've read about.

Rita: __________________________________________(time together, outside performances and the recording studios?)

Lou: No, we don't really spend much time together. We like to be on our own when we can.

Rita: ___________________________________(your mother - of your success?)

Lou: Oh, she thinks it's wonderful.

Rila: _____________________________________________(she - your songs?)

Lou: Not really. She likes other kinds of music.

**TASK 9. You are going to read the first two acts of the opera libretto (synopsis).

Step 1. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form and read the libretto.