In the Active Voice

PRESENT TENSES

Ex. 1. Give the correct form of the Present Simple of the verb in brackets:

1. Your father (to know) that we are here. 2. Those cameras (to cost) too much for me.3. Paul (to seem) interested in the topic. 4. The bus (to stop) at the corner. 5. John (to take) Mary to the movies every Friday.6. The children (to look) just like their mother. 7. We (to remember) everything you told us. 8. The sun (to shine) during the day. 9. The children (to learn) Spanish at school. 10. His parents (to live) in Chicago. 11. You (to get up) when the alarm-clock (to ring). 12. My friend (to like) apples very much but I (to prefer) pears. 13. She (to have) a nice house in the country where we (to spend) every summer. 14. In spring nature (to return) to life. 15. Kate (to arrive) home from work at about seven every evening. 16. I (to sleep) eight hours every night. 17. Jet engines (to make) a lot of noise. 18. Every Saturday my fiends and I (to go) to the dancing hall. 19. What you’re telling me (to frighten) me greatly. 20. The news (to shock) everybody in the house. 21. The sea (to cover) two thirds of the world. 22. Usually the wind (to blow) from the North in these parts. 23. The Bible (to say) love of money is the root of all evil. 24. Babies normally (to lose) weight in the beginning. 25. In the film he (to play) the central character of David Copperfield.

Ex. 2. Read the sentences and correct them as the information is wrong. Give two correct sentences in the Present Simple:

Pattern: The sun goes round the earth.

The sun doesn’t go round the earth.

The earth goes round the sun.

1. Mice catch cats. 2. The Earth goes round the Moon. 3. The river Volga flows into the Black Sea. 4. Patients look after nurses in hospitals. 5. Water boils at 50 degrees Centigrade. 6. Carpenters make things from metal. 7. Our city stands on the river Thames. 8. Birds fly away to the North in winter. 9. Edinburgh is the capital of the UK. 10. Tigers eat grass. 11. All dogs like cats. 12. Water freezes at 451 degrees F.

Ex. 3. Make up special questions beginning them with the words in brackets:

1. She works from Monday till Friday. (Where?) 2. He earns money doing odd jobs. (How much?) 3. I listen to the radio. (When?) 4. People often do stupid things. (Why?) 5. She has dinner rather late in the evening. (Why?) 6. They watch TV. (How often?) 7. He goes to work. (What time?) 8. They plan to go to the South. (When?) 9. He likes poetry very much. (What poets?) 10. She buys lovely things for her daughter. (Where?)

Ex. 4. Complete the following sentences using Present Progressive:

1. She usually drinks coffee in the morning, but today she … tea. 2. As a rule they play tennis on Sundays, but today they … football. 3. I usually read books in the evening, but today I … a newspaper now. 4. Every Sunday I skate with my friends, but today I … alone. 5. She usually washes the dishes at night, but tonight she … dishes, she … a book. 6. As a rule Brian has breakfast very early, but today he … late. 7. Every Saturday they have lunch in the canteen, but today they … in the café. 8. Mary usually drinks tea with sugar, but today she … without sugar. She is on a diet. 9. Martin usually drive to college, but today he … 10. As a rule I type my essays, but today I … it. Something’s wrong with my computer.

Ex. 5. Choose the correct form:

1. The river Nile flows/is flowing into the Mediterranean. 2. My parents are living/live in Moscow. 3.He usually stays/is staying at the Baltimore Hotel when he is in London. 4. Don’t forget to take your umbrella. It rains/is raining outside. 5. I am leaving/leave. Good night. 6. My dad is a teacher, but he doesn’t work/is not working at the moment. 7. The boy does/is doing his homework now. 8. They seldom quarrel/are quarreling. 9. The Earth moves/is moving round the Sun. 10. Now they are crossing/cross the street.11. Children always laugh/are laughing at this funny little boy! 12. Her bus starts/is starting in five minutes.

Ex. 6. Ask questions to the underlined parts of the following sentences in the Present Progressive:

1. It is raining heavily outside. 2. Theyare trying to translate this exercise. 3. He is drinking teain the garden. 4. Cinema audiences are declining now. 5. She ’s listening to the rock music. 6. You are trying to persuadehim, but he won’t listen. 7. They’ve moved to a new house and are buying new furniture. 8. You are constantly mispronouncing this word, because you’re inattentive. 9. None of them is taking part in the discussion: they are not ready. 10. Ellen is reading a bookon the veranda.

Ex. 7. Use the Present Simple or the Present Progressive Tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:

1. I (to think) you (to behave) rather foolishly, honey. 2. Your German (to get) better? 3. I (to see) that you (to have) some problems with this computer. Can I be of any help? 4. He (to understand) the rule, but he still (to make) mistakes too often. 5. How many parts this text (to consist)? 6. -Listen! You (to hear) that noise? – That’s our neighbours. They (to shout) again. 7. Now I (to see) everything clearly. You (to try) to swindle. That won’t do! 8. Who this house (to belong) to? 9. – Where’ Mom? – She’s in the kitchen. She (to cook) dinner. – I (to think) I’ll go and give her a hand. – Don’t! She’s (to be) sulky today. She (not to want) to see anyone. 10. Why he (to look) so gloomy? – Oh, he (to have) a toothache.

Ex. 8. Put the verb into the most suitable form, Present Simple or Present Progressive, with a future meaning:

1. We (to have) a party next Sunday.

2. What time (to leave) the next train for Cambridge?

3. What you (to do) on Monday evening?

4. The next show (to start) at 7:30.

5. You know, Sarah (to come) tomorrow and she (to plan) to stay here for two weeks.

6. The art exhibition (to open) in three days and (to close) in two weeks.

7. Alec and Mary (to get) married next week.

8. The liner (to leave) Dover at 11 a.m. Don’t miss it.

9. John (to meet) his boss tomorrow.

10. Hurry up! The train (to start) in five minutes.

Ex. 9. Give the four forms of the following verbs:

Write, speak, read, make, teach, give, take, bring, buy, catch, sell, say, tell, do, go, come, put, send, spend, cost, fight, sit, stand, understand, forget, build, forgive, fly, cut, lead, become.

Ex. 10. Put the verbs from brackets into Present Perfect:

1. We never (to hear) him talk so much before. 2. My aunt (to stay) with us for a week. 3. It (to stop) raining yet? 4. I (to meet) a lot of interesting people in the past few days. 5. The car already (to break) down twice this month. 6. You (to have) a holiday this year yet? 7. Ron looks happy. He just (to find) a new job. 8. You should not smoke so much. You (to smoke) ten cigarettes since morning. 9. You ever (to visit) that country? 10. The little girl never (to eat) caviar. 11. Is this the first time you (to ride) a horse? 12. I am OK. I (not to smoke) for two years. 13. I feel a bit afraid. I (not to play) the piano since I fell ill. 14. Where is your licence? You (to lose) it? 15. I think she (to fall) in love with Adam. She is so happy. 16. I just (to find) the money which I was looking for. 17. Come quickly! There (to be) an accident. 18. We (to read) about their adventure in the morning newspaper. 19. Where is David? What (to happen) to him? 20. How many times I (to tell) you to take off your coat when you come into a hot room? 21. Why are they crying so? They (to be) so quiet all the afternoon, not a sound out of them. What can be the matter? 22. The settlers (to leave) the bay forever. 23. She recently (to become) a student. 24. How long you (to be) here? 25. They never (to behave) like this before.

Ex. 11. Answer these questions using the verbs from brackets in the Present Perfect Tense. The first sentence has already been done for you:

1. Is it a nice place? (I/be) – Yes, it’s the nicest place I’ve ever been to. 2. Is it an interesting film? (we/see) 3. Is it a good book? (I/read) 4. Is she a beautiful woman? (he/meet) 5. Are the shoes comfortable? (I/have) 6. Is it a convenient room? (we/live in) 7. Is it a picturesque country? (they/visit) 8. Is it a long letter? (she/write) 9. Is he a reliable man? (I/know) 10. Is she a famous person? (I/speak to) 11.Is it a powerful car? (he/drive) 12. Is it a strong horse? (I/ride) 13. Is it a lovely music? (they/hear) 14. Is he a selfish man? (we/deal with) 15. Is it a cheap dress? (she/buy) 16. Is it a great holiday? (I/enjoy) 17. Is the hotel expensive? (we/stay) 18. Is the coffee good? (I/taste) 19. Is he a generous man? (we/meet) 20. Is it a bad mistake? (he/commit) 21. Is it an uncomfortable armchair? (you/sit) 22. Is it an expensive thing? (we/buy) 23. Is it a difficult decision? (they/make) 24. Is she an intelligent student? (I/know) 25. Is it a difficult task? (we/have)

Ex. 12. Supply one of the Present Tenses: Present Simple, Present Progressive, or Present Perfect:

1. I must know what you (to talk) about. 2. I hear that you (to be) in this country for some time. 3. He (to admire) you tremendously. He (to see) the play three times. 4. I (not to know) what Harry (to say) to you. 5. I want to see how much he (to change) since I saw him last. 6. We (to be) to the pictures about twice a week ever since. 7. Hallo, what you (to do) there at this late hour? 8. I (to suppose) you never (to have) anything to do with those people? 9. She (to be awake) since two in the morning. 10. I always (to stay) in my dressing-room and (to rest) till the evening performance. – Can’t I come and see you while you (to rest)? 11. I (to hear) you (to look) for a new house. 12. Since the tragedy Mr. Holmes and I (to hear) of many strange things. 13. (to happen) anything else since your arrival in London? 14. Come in, Jack, we (to have) lunch! Will you join us? 15. You father (to know) such interesting things! – No wonder, he (to travel) a lot.

Ex. 13. Open the brackets using the verb in the Present Prefect Progressive Tense:

1. She (to live) with them since then. 2. How long the children (to play)? He is tired. He (to dig) all day. 4. She (to teach) at this school for twenty years. 5. He (to make) experiments for a year. 6. What you (to do) with yourself lately? 7. I think she (to tell) lies as usual. 8. I (to ask) myself that question for many years. 9. You (to follow) me since the very moment I left the house. 10. We (to help) our librarian to put the books in the right order for three days.11. He says he (to work) for a long time without achieving good results. 12. The room is in a mess. The children (to play) here the whole day.

Ex. 14. You have to say how long something has been happening using Present Perfect Progressive:

Example: It is snowing. It began snowing two hours ago. It has been snowing for two hours.

1. Jane is reading. She began reading an hour ago. She … for an hour.

2. My sister is knitting a new sweater. She started knitting a month ago. She … for a month.

3. Sam is studying German. He started studying it two years ago. He … for two years.

4. My friend is working at his report. He began working at it in the morning. He … since morning.

5. They are building a new tube station. They started it in June. They … since June.

6. You are taking music lessons. You began taking music lessons six months ago. You … for six months.

7. Mary is looking for a job. She began looking for it in December. She … since December.

8. George smokes much. He started smoking ten years ago. He … for ten years.

9. Ann is making her report on Byron’s poetry. She began making it a week ago. Ann … for a week.

10. My sister is working in this school. She started working here 2 years ago. She … for two weeks.

Ex. 15. Use these sentences to make questions with “ How long…”?:

Example: It is snowing – How long has it been snowing?

1. We know our neighbours well. 2. My younger brother is in the Navy. 3. Lisa teaches English in one of the Balkan countries. 4. My cousin is married. 5. Larry has a new job. 6. Margaret lives in Liverpool. 7. Diana knows about my problem. 8. I’m a student at Cambridge University. 9. George is studying law at college. 10. The children have a bad cold. 11. My uncle is unemployed. 12. Our grandmother is cooking something tasty. 13. Nick is learning Japanese. 14. Mark and Polly are married. 15. Dad is putting up a shelf. 16. I’m waiting for Mickey. 17. You are walking very slowly. 18. Mr. Brown is repairing his car. 19. He is out taking pictures of the fighting. 20. The girl is walking her dog. 21. The children are taking music lessons. 22. Our neighbours are redecorating their flat. 23. Ann is translating an English article. 24. The boys are skating on the pond. 25. Frank works at this oil plant.

Ex. 16. Say, if these sentences are grammatically right or wrong. Correct the ones which are wrong:

1. I am waiting here for an hour. 2. They have been married since January. 3. How long do you know Ann? 4. Mary has a bad cold for the last few days. 5. My brother is studying languages for two years. 6. I always live in London. 7. She works in Sheffield since February. 8. We are friends since childhood. 9. It has been raining for weeks. 10. They have been having problems with the children lately. 11. He has written two articles for a week. 12. I’m looking at this old building for ten minutes.

Ex. 17. Supply Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Progressive instead of the verbs in brackets:

1. He (to run) now. He (to run) for ten minutes without any rest. 2. What they (to do) now? – They (to work) in the reading-room. They (to work) there for three hours already. 3. Where he (to be) now? – He (to be) in the garden. He (to play) volleyball with his friends. They (to play) since breakfast time. 4. I (to live) in St. Petersburg. I (to live) in this city since 1990. 5. She already (to do) her homework for two hours; but she (not yet to do) half of it. 6. I (to wait) for you since two o’clock. 7. What you (to do)? – I (to read). I (to read) for four hours now. I already (to read) sixty pages. 8. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He (to write) books since he was a young man. He already (to write) eight books. 9. What you (to do) here since morning? 10. Lena is a very good girl. She always (to help) her mother about the house. Today she (to help) her mother since morning. They (to wash) the floor and (to dust) the furniture already. Now they (to cook) dinner together. 11. This is the factory where my father (to work). He (to work) here for fifteen years. 12. You (to find) your note-book? – No! I still (to look) for it. I (to look) for it for two hours, but (not to find) it yet. 13. You (to play) with a ball for already three hours. Go home and do your homework. 14. Wake up! You (to sleep) for ten hours. 15. I (to wait) for a letter from my cousin for a month already, but (not to receive) it yet. 16. I just (to receive) a letter from my granny, but I (not to receive) any letters from my parents. 17. The weather (to be) fine today. The sun (to shine) ever since we got up. 18. Every day I (To wind) up my watch at 10 o’clock in the evening. 19. Come along, Henry, What you (to do) now? I (to wait) for you a long time. 20. Where your gloves (to be)? – I (to put) them into my pocket.

Ex. 18. Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the Present Simple Tense:

1. Он никогда не ходит в библиотеку. 2. Солнце не восходит на Западе, верно? 3.Ты навещаешь бабушку с дедушкой каждое воскресенье или каждое второе воскресенье? 4. Она занимается урывками, вот почему она худшая студентка. 5. Староста нашей группы всегда приходит на занятия вовремя. 6. Во сколько отправляется поезд? 7. Мой друг знает и английский и французский языки. 8. Сколько тебе обычно требуется времени, чтобы вскипятить чайник на газовой плите? 9. Почему вы не хотите воспользоваться такой прекрасной возможностью? 10. Джек хорошо знает язык и редко делает ошибки. 11. Кто помогает тебе готовиться к семинарам по языкознанию? 12. США не граничат с Аргентиной, верно? 13. Ты хочешь чай или кофе? – Ни то, ни другое, дай мне минеральной воды. 14. Зимой здесь часто идет сильный снег, правда? 15. Работа в фонолаборатории помогает нашим студентам избавляться от ошибок в произношении.

Ex. 19. Translate the sentences from Russian into English using Present Simple or Present Progressive:

1. Возьми зонтик. Идет дождь. 2. Поезд прибывает через пять минут.3. Не говорите так громко. Я хорошо вас слышу. 4. Они часто говорят о вас. 5. Послушай, она поет какую-то новую песню. 6. Мне не нравится ваш приятель, он все время ворчит и жалуется. 7. Кто это стоит у окна? Я не знаю эту женщину. 8. Мы обычно ужинаем в 7 часов. 9. Я не понимаю, что он говорит. 10. Мой друг уезжает в этот город завтра. 11. На уроках мы переводим тексты, а дома учим грамматические правила. 12. На каком языке они говорят сейчас с вашим другом? – Они говорят по-английски, но мой друг знает также и немецкий. 13. Вы часто навещаете своих друзей? – Мы встречаемся каждую субботу. 14. Я пишу письма каждое утро. 15. Она постоянно говорит по телефону.

Ex. 20. Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the appropriate present tense:

1. Я уже три дня об этом думаю. 2. Моя сестра пьет кофе с молоком. А я всегда предпочитал черный кофе. 3. Мы очень рады вас видеть. Мы вас ждали целый месяц. 4. Вы все еще читаете эту книгу? Сколько времени вы ее уже читаете. 5. Моя сестра занимается музыкой уже пять лет. 6. Я ищу тебя весь вечер. Где ты был все это время? 7. Они пишут сочинение уже два часа. 8. Мы знаем друг друга уже четыре года. 9. Я всегда хотела изучать английский язык. 10. Где Нина? – Она уже два часа как дома. 11. Где дети? – Они все еще играют во дворе. 12. Мой брат уже три года инженер. 13. Мой друг знает английский с детства. 14. Я наблюдаю за тобой уже три часа. Что ты делаешь. 15. Ваш брат еще болен? – Нет, поправился. Он уже три дня занимается физикой. Он хочет получить отличную оценку на экзамене. 16. Мне уже давно хочется прочесть эту книгу. 17. Я пытаюсь найти свою старую тетрадь уже двадцать минут. 18. Они живут в Нью-Йорке двадцать лет. 19. Моя тетя – артистка. Она всегда любила театр. 20. Ваш папа вернулся с севера? – Да, он уже две недели как дома.

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