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Exercise 11. Choose the right alternative.

Exercise 3. Make the following sentences a) negative and b) interrogative. | B) Miss Dickens is not a very good typist. | Exercise 13. Answer the following questions. Put the adverbs of frequency in their proper place. | Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous. | Exercise 6. Express doubt ot disbelief about the period of time somebody has been doing something. | Exercise 3. Translate the following sentences into English using the Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous. | Exercise 1. Comment on the use of the Past Simple in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian. | She used to eat a lot of sweets. | In the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian. | Exercise 10. Read the situations and then say which time it has happened. |


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1. She says she didn’t take the money, but I don’t believe/I’m not believing her. 2. Tom thinks/is thinking of emigrating. What do you think/are you thinking of the idea? 3. Why do you smell/are you smelling the milk? Does it smell/is it smelling sour? 4. What does this word mean/is this word meaning? 5. I’m sorry, but I don’t remember/I am not remembering his new telephone number. 6. Do you like/Are you liking this painting? 7. He has/is having lunch now, so he may be late for the meeting. 8. I have/am having a headache, so I don’t want to go to the meeting anyway. 9. Cats see/are seeing in very dim light. 10. We are leaving tomorrow. Bill sees/is seeing us off at the airport. 11. Jill is interested in politics but she does not belong/is not belonging to a political party. 12. Who is that man? What does he want/is he wanting? 13. George says he’s 80 years old, but nobody believes/is believing him. 14. She told me her name, but I don’t remember/is not remembering it now. 15. The soup tastes/is tasting good. 16. He wants/is wanting to tell you something. 17. I used to drink a lot of coffee, but these days I prefer/am preferring tea. 18. Air consists/is consisting mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. 19. I can’t understand why he is/is being selfish. He isn’t usually like that. 20. This suitcase weighs/is weighing too much, I can’t carry it.

 

 

Exercise 12. Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple or present continuous.

1. I (smoke) a lot these days because I (study) for my final examinations. I always (smoke) a lot when I (study). 2. I (not to like) garlic when I (smell) it but I (love) it when I (taste) it. 3. What time she (come) here as a rule? 4. Our car is very unreliable. It always (break down). 5. How is your English? - Not bad. It (improve) slowly. 6. What your father (do)? - He’s an architect but he (not to work) at the moment. 7. This train is never late. It always (leave) on time. 8. McDonald’s restaurants worldwide (serve) 916,500 people. 9. You (understand) what the lecturer (say)? - No, I (not to understand) him at all, though I (listen) with great attention. 10. You (hear) what he (say)? - No, I (not to listen). 11. Stop smoking! The room (be) full of smoke which (come) from your pipe. Usually nobody (smoke) in here as mother can’t stand it. 12. You (go) my way? I (want) to speak to you. 13. Ray! The phone (ring). - I can’t get it. I (wash) my hair. 14. Hurry up! the bus (come). I (not to want) to miss it. 15. He often (walk) to the plant? - No, he usually (go) by bus. 16. It’s 6 p.m. Mary is at home. She (eat) dinner. She always (eat) dinner with her family around six o’clock. 17. Mike, Mr. Grey (leave), say “Good-bye” to him. 18. What’s the matter? - It (rain) and I (not to have) an umbrella. 19. Peter (stand) in front of the time-table. He (look) at it very hard. He (not to know) the number of the classroom. 20. The government is worried because the number of people without jobs (increase).

Exercise 13. Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple or present continuous.

1. My elder sister (have) a music lesson. She always (have) a music lesson on Friday. 2. Mr. Cooper is a writer. He (write) novels and stories. At present he (work) on a novel about the life of Indians in the American West. 3. My sister really (make) me angry. She always (borrow) my things without asking me. 4. In spring the days (grow) longer and the nights (become) warmer. 5. Why you (smile), Kitty? 6. You (hear) anything? - Yes, somebody (knock) at the door. 7. They still (discuss) where to go. 8. I always (buy) lottery tickets but I seldom (win). 9. Ron is in London at the moment. He (stay) at the Park Hotel. He always (stay) there when he is in London. 10. Can you drive? - I (learn). My father (teach) me. 11. The material (feel) rather like artificial silk. 12. We (enjoy) our holiday. We (have) a great fun. 13. She (taste) the pudding to see if it is sweet enough. 14. He usually (leave) his office at seven o’clock, but this week he (work) later. 15. Some people (do) everything with their left hand. 16. How you (feel)? 17. You (understand) the rule? 18. The world (spend) 75 million pounds on all kinds of weapons. 19. I (not to know) what he (want). 20. I usually (write) my letters on Sunday, but I (write) this week’s letters today because they are urgent.

 

Exercise 14. Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple or present continuous.

1. Mr. West (speak) over the telephone now. 2. Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 3. Julia is very good at languages. She (speak) four languages very well. 4. Please, don’t make so much noise. Father (work) in the study. 5. Simon (be) very untidy. He always (leave) his clothes lying on the bathroom floor. 6. Hurry up! Everybody (wait) for you. 7. You (listen) to the radio? - No, you can turn it off. 8. The river Nile (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual. 9. Ali (speak) Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak) English. 10. We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we (not to grow) any. 11. She (not to understand) what you (say). 12. This spaghetti (taste) delicious. 13. What you (think) about? - I (think) about the play we saw last night. - What you (think) of it? - I (not to think) much of it. 14. Your brother always (say) things that he shouldn’t say in front of children. 15. Jack (be) very nice to me at the moment. I wonder why. 16. Can you ring me back in half an hour? I (have) dinner. 17. Where you (go)? - To the library. - You often (go) to the library? - Twice a week. 18. I (not to want) to go for a walk now. It (rain). 19. I (like) my new job, but the people in the office (not to talk) to me very much. 20. How’s Joe? - Great. He (have) fun because he (have) a new car.

Exercise 15. Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple or present continuous.

1. Why Brian (wear) a suit today? - It’s Tuesday. He always (go) to lunch with his boss on Tuesdays. 2. She (take) three classes this semester, but she usually (take) more. 3. Where’s Tim? - I (think) he (take) a nap. 4. You (like) your job? - No, I (hate) it. 5. This case (contain) twenty cigarettes. 6. I (feel) very well today. 7. Mr. Brown always (read) his newspaper in the evenings. Mrs. Brown sometimes (knit) but she (not to knit) now. 8. My brother (say) that people who (owe) him money always (seem) to forget about it, but people he (owe) money to always (remember) exactly. 9. These workmen are never satisfied; they always (complain). 10. What you (think) of that new girl, Jacqueline? - Well, frankly, I (find) her terribly annoying. She always (make) silly remarks and she never (listen) to anything you say. 11. I never (wear) hats in summer, but I (wear) a hat today because the sun is very hot. 12. You (hear) how the rain (beat) on the window? 13. The woman who (speak) with Peter at the gate (live) just round the corner to the left. 14. I (think) it’s a pity you (not to take) more exercise. You (get) fat. 15. He (revise) for the exams this week. 16. My husband always (find) fault with his secretary, although I’m sure she (do) her best. 17. He (pay) rent to the landlord every month. 18. What’s the noise? What (happen)? 19. Look! That man over there (wear) the same sweater as you. 20. I (not to like) my job very much because I (do) the same things every day. I (want) to find a new job.


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