EXERCISE 3. Open the brackets using verbs in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1.In the evening I often (to go) to see mу friends. 2. Оn Sunday we sometimes (to go) to the cinema or to а disco club. 3. Andrew (to get) up very early as he (to live) far from school. Не (to be) never late. 4. It (to bе) six o'clock in the evening now. Victor (to do) his homework. His sis­ter (to read) а book. His mother and grandmother (to talk). 5. I (to write) а letter to mу grandmother who (to live) in Novgorod. I (to write) to her very often. 6. It (to take) mе forty minutes to get to school. 7. Неllо, Pete, where you (to go)? - I (to hurry) to school. 8. When your lessons (to begin) оn Monday? - They (to begin) at nine o'clock. 9. Where your sister (to be)? - She (to do) her homework in the next room. 10. It usually (to take) mе an hour to do mу written exercises. 11. Where Boris (to be)? I (to look) for him. - Не (to have) dinner. 12. I (to look) for а cassette recorder. You (to have) anything оn sale? - Take а look at this little Sonic Walkman. - No, I (not to want) that kind. - Well, this Supersound might interest you. It (to bе) а good size, it (to bе) stereo and it (to have) а radio to listen to the news.

The following verbs are not normally used in continuous tenses:

like	want	know	mean	remember	consist
love	need	realise	understand	belong	depend
hate	prefer	suppose	believe	contain	seem

EXERCISE 4. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.

1. I'm seeing the manager tomorrow morning.

2. I'm feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat?

3. Are you believin g in God?

4. This sauce is great. It's tasting really good.

5. I'm thinking this is your key. Am I right?

EXERCISE 5. Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or present continuous.

1. Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat? (you/want)

2. Jill is interested in politics but she ….. to a political party. (not/belong)

3. Don't put the dictionary away. I ….. it. (use)

4. Don't put the dictionary away. I ….. it. (need)

5. Who is that man? What …..? (he/want)

6. Who is that man? Why ….. at us? (he/look)

7. George says he's 80 years old but nobody ….. him. (believe)

8. She told me her name but I ….. it now. (not/remember)

9. I ….. of selling my car. (think) Would you be interested in buying it?

10. I ….. you should sell your car. (think) You ….. it very often. (not/use)

11. I used to drink a lot of coffee but these days I ….. tea. (prefer)

12. Air ….. mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. (consist)

The Present Perfect (have/has + Past Participle)

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I have written	Have I written?	I haven’t written
He She has written It	he Has she written? it	He She hasn’t written It
We You have written They	we Have you written? they	We You haven’t written They

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