EXERCISE UNIT 2
I. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets in present simple .
1. I usually ( go) to school by bicycle.
2. My mother sometimes ( buy) vegetables at this market.
3. We seldom ( eat) before 6.30.
4. Mr. Pike ( have) coffee for breakfast every morning.
5. She ( walk) to school every day.
6. Nam ( take) lessons in physical exercise three morning a week.
7. Rivers usually ( flow) to the sea.
8. Light ( travel) faster than sound.
9. John ( like) to go to the museum.
10. The Australian ( speak) English as their first language.
11. That brown briefcase ( belong) to Dr. Rice.
12. It ( be) often hot in summer.
13. He ( live) near my house but I ( not see) him very often.
14. She ( not know) much French.
15. My parents ( not live) in this town.
16. You ( have) coffee for breakfast every morning?
17. How often she ( read) a newspaper?
18. What time she ( go) to school every day?
19. What you ( do) before breakfast every morning?
20. I ( not be) tired. You ( be) tired?
II/ Choose the best answer.
Spring _________ summer.
a. follows b. is following c. will follow d. has followed
2. Every twelve months, the Earth ________ the sun.
a. circle b. circled c. has circled d. is circling
3. The sun _______ in the East and _______ in the West.
a. rises/ set b. rises/ sets c. rose/ had set d. has risen/ has set
4. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius.
a. boil b. boils c. is boiling d. boiling
5. The Earth ________ on the sun for its heat and light.
a. is depend b. depending c. has depend d. depends
6. It ________ quite often in Britain during in the Winter.
a. is snowing b. snows c. snowed d. was snowing
7. It ________ very much in the summer in our country.
a. not rains b. don’t rain c. doesn’t rain d. isn’t raining
8. My mother always _________ up early.
a. gets b. is getting c. got d. will get
9. The concert ________ at 7: 15.
a. starts b. is starting c. has started d. is going to start
10. Susan usually _______ her homework after dinner.
a. doing b. do c. is doing d. does
11. People ______ English and French in Canada.
a. speak b. have spoken c. had spoken d. are speaking
12. According to the research reports, people usually ____ in thie sleep 25 to 30 times. a. turn b. are turning c. have tuened d. turned
13. Ann _____ tea very often.
a. doesn’t drink b. don’t drink c. didn’t drink d. hasn’t drink
14. Michael _______ thirty hours a week.
a. works b. worked c. has worked d. is working
15. Lan is very good at languages. She ______ two languages very well.
a. speaks b. is speaking c. spoke d. was speaking
16. John ______ tennis once or twice a week.
a. usually play; b. is usually playing; c. have usually played; d. usually plays
17. _________ on Sundays.
a. Always he gets up late; b. He always gets up late; c. Does he always get up late; d. He gets always up late
18. Harry works all the time. He ________ .
a. never relaxes; b. relaxes never; c. often relaxes; d. relaxes sometimes
19. I _______ at six o’ clock, but ________ to be up by five.
a. normally get up / I have sometimes ; b. normally get up / sometimes I have
c. get normally up / sometimes I have;d. get noprmally up / I sometimes have
20. _________ a long time for the bus.
a. We have to always wait b. We always have to wait