Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous или в Present Simple.

1. In the evening I often (to go) to see my friends.

2. On Sunday we sometimes (to go) to the cinema or to a disco club.

3. Andrew (to get) up very early as he (to live) far from school. He (to be) never late.

4. It (to be) six o’clock in the evening now. Victor (to do) his homework. His sister (to read) a book. His mother and grandmother (to talk).

5. I (to write) a letter to my grandmother who (to live) in Novgorod. I (to write) to her very often.

6. It (to take) me forty minutes to get to school.

7. Hello, Pete, where you (to go)? — I (to hurry) to school.

8. When your lessons (to begin) on 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) me an hour to do my written exercises.

11. Where Boris (to be)? I (to look) for him. — He (to have) dinner.

12. I (to look) for a cassette recorder. You (to have) anything on sale? — Take a look at this little Sonic Walkman. — No, I (not to want) that kind. — Well, this Supersound might interest you. It (to be) a good size, it (to be) stereo and it (to have) a radio to listen to the news.

13.1 (not to know) about you, but I (to go) out to the cinema.

Упражнение 188

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous или в Present Simple.

 

1. You (to keep) to any special diet? — Well, I (not to think) it (to be) good to eat a lot of meat.

I usually (to have) meat only once a week. I (to eat) lots of fruit and vegetables.

2. He (to learn) English now because he (to want) to get a better job.

3. The teacher (to know) the girl often (not to argue) with pupils.

4. I (to think) she often (to worry).

5. Barbara’s boss (to see) she (to be) always late for work.

6. I (to call) my son in Chicago now. I (to want) to call him every month but it (to be) very expensive.

7. You (to hear) me now? How your job (to go)? — Great! I (to enjoy) it a lot. The only problem I (to have) here (to be) that the food (to be) so good. I (to eat) too much! I (to get) really fat.

8. Ruth (to learn) English now because she (to like) learning languages and she (to want) to impress everybody.

9. Listen to that man! You (to understand) what language he (to speak)?

10. Your English (to get) better? — Yes, I (to think) so.

11. We (to know) he never (to take) risks.

12. They (to think) he (to learn) fast, he (to know) English well and he (to speak) English fluently.

13. Don’t disturb him. He just (to work) at his English.

14. I (not to like) to watch TV very often. But at the moment I (to enjoy) my favourite film “Gone with the Wind”. And I (to be) very happy.

15. You (to have) any idea where Rick (to be)? I (not to see) him at work now. — He (to visit) his friends in Spain.

16. Hurry up! We (not to have) much time left. — I (to come)!

17. She (to try) to lose weight, I (to think). She always (to have) light lunches.

18. She (to try) to do her best.

19. My little brother (not to play) the piano very well. That (to be) why he (to practise) the piano again.

20. My grandmother (to be) busy. She (to bake) an apricote pie. She (to bake) pies every Sunday.

21. Tom (to be) tired. He (to be) embarrassed because he (to yawn) his head off.

22.I(to be) sad. That (to be) why I (to cry).

 

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