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

Упражнение 184

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

1. I (to sit) in the waiting room at the doctor’s now.

2. I (not to work) in my office now.

3. Eric (to talk) about his holiday plans, but Kenny (not to listen) to him. He (to think) about his new car at the moment.

4. My friend (to live) in St Petersburg.

5. My cousin (not to live) in Moscow.

6. The children (not to sleep) now.

7. The children (to play) in the yard every day.

8. They (not to go) to the stadium on Monday.

9. She (to read) in the evening.

10. She (not to read) in the morning.

11. She (not to read) now.

12. I (to write) an essay now.

13. I (not to drink) milk now.

14. I (to go) for a walk after dinner.

15. I (not to go) to the theatre every Sunday.

16. He (not to work) now.

17. He (to play) now.

18. He (to play) now?

19. My mother (to work) in a factory.

20. My aunt (not to work) in a shop.

21. You (to work) in an office?

22. Your father (to work) in this factory?

23. You (to play) chess now?

24. Look at the sky: the clouds (to move) slowly, the sun (to appear) from behind the clouds, it (to get) warmer.

25. How is your brother? — He is not well yet, but his health (to improve) day after day.

26. Listen! Who (to play) the piano in the next room?

27. Henry usually (to wear) glasses and now he (to wear) sunglasses.

28. Who (to listen) to music on his personal stereo over there right now?

 

Запомните глаголы, не употребляющиеся во временах группы Continuous:

to be, to know, to understand, to think¹, to recognize, to want, to like, to dislike, to see, to hear, to believe, to have².

Эти глаголы надо употреблять в Present Simple, даже если действие совершается в момент речи.

to think — только в значении «считать, полагать».

to have — только в своем прямом значении «иметь». В словосочетаниях типа to have breakfast, to have a lesson, to have a break, to have a rest, to have a talk глагол to have употребляется также и во временах группы Continuous.

 

Упражнение 185

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

1. I (not to know) what to give my brother for his birthday.

2. They (to want) to publish this book in July?

3. She (to think) he (to drive) dangerously.

4. He (to understand) that he (to eat) noisily, but he always (to forget) about it.

5. Who that man (to be) who (to stand) in the doorway? — You (not to recognize) him? It (to be) John, my cousin.

6. I (to have) no time now, I (to have) dinner.

7. Your family (to leave) St Petersburg in summer? — Yes, we always (to go) to the seaside. We all (to like) the sea. Mother (to stay) with us to the end of August, but father (to return) much earlier.

8. Where Tom and Nick (to be) now? — They (to have) a nice walk in the garden.

9. What you (to do) here now? — We (to listen) to tape recordings.

10. You (to want) to see my father? — Yes, I....

11. Michael (to know) German rather well. He (to want) to know English, too, but he (to have) little time for it now.

12. What magazine you (to read)? — It (to be) a French magazine. There (to be)

good articles on sports here. You (to be) interested in sports? — Yes, I.... But I (not to know) French.

13. We (to have) an English lesson now.

14. He (to feel) in a position to lend her money.

15.1 (to think) she (not to feel) safe there.

16. You (to see) what I (to mean)?

17. You (to hear) what she (to say)?

18. He (not to feel) at liberty to tell you the truth.

19. Ron has got a new job. He (to earn) a fortune as a managing director. They (to think) he (to be) a bag of money.

20. They (to come) tonight? — Yes, I (to believe) so.

21. I (to believe) in myself at the moment. 22. He (to dislike) walking, he (to like) jogging.

 

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