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12. ... is the cheapest way to get to London: by plane or by train? A What B How C Which

Exercise 22. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form.

1. The lecture _________ (begin) at 10 o’clock. 2. How many languages __________ (you/ speak)? 3. What time __________ (the museums/open) in St.-Petersburg? 4. I have a bike but I (not/use) it very often. 5. How many cups of tea ___________ (you/drink) a day? 6.

“What __________ (you/do)?” – “I am a chemical engineer.” 7. “Where ___________

(your father/come) from?” – “He ___________(come) from Minsk.” 8. If you need help, why __________(you/not/ask) for it? 9. I ___________(play) the guitar, but I ___________

(not/play) very well. 10. I don’t understand the word “maintain”. What “maintain”

__________(mean)? 11. She often ________ (write) letters to her parents. 12. Your sister

_________(not/speak) Japanese. 13. He never _________ (smoke). 14. He often ________

(walk) in the park. 15. She _________ (not/play) basketball. 16. How often ________

(she/visit) a doctor? 17. She _________ (not/go) shopping every day.

Exercise 23. Make questions. Begin the questions using the word(s) in brackets.

1.Bob Plays chess. (How often?) __________________________________________

2.I get up early. (What time /usually?) ____________________________________

3.Felix watches birds. (How often?) _______________________________________

4.I write to my parents. (How often?) ______________________________________

5.I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?) __________________________

6.She works. (Where?) __________________________________________________

7.I go to the Zoo. (How often?) ___________________________________________

8.People do stupid things. (Why?) _________________________________________

9.The motor bike breaks down. (How often?) ________________________________

10.She visits a doctor twice a week. (How often?) ____________________________

11.She has lunch at 2:30. (When?) ________________________________________

12.She plays the piano well. (How?) _______________________________________

13.She likes knitting. (What?) ____________________________________________

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14. They spend their holidays in Spain. (Where?) _____________________________

Exercise 24. Translate the sentences into English using the Present Simple Tense.

1. Я обычно делаю домашнее задание вечером. 2. Мой друг живёт на Севере. 3. Моя сестра учится в медицинском колледже. 4.У них два занятия иностранным языком в неделю. 5. Он всегда навещает нас, когда бывает в Москве. 6. «Сколько времени вы тратите на дорогу домой?» – «Как правило, я трачу на дорогу домой около тридцати минут». 7. Он теперь редко путешествует. 8. Вы часто ходите в кино? 9. Она никогда не опаздывает. Она всегда приходит вовремя. 10. «Вы чувствуете что-нибудь?» – «Нет, я ничего не чувствую». 11. Его отец инженер. Он строит мосты. 12. Я не учу французский язык, я учу немецкий. 13. Теперь мы редко с ними встречаемся. 14. Её муж часто ездит в командировки? 15. Мой отец хорошо знает английский. Он читает английские книги без словаря. 16. Мой брат работает инженером на заводе, он говорит, ему очень нравится его работа. 17. Ваша дочь ходит в школу? – Да, она в пятом классе. 18. Где ты обычно проводишь отпуск? – В Белоруссии. Мои родители живут там. – Там есть река или озеро? – Там есть большое и красивое озеро. Я хорошо провожу там время. 19. У моего брата есть автомобиль, но я никогда им не пользуюсь. Я хочу купить свой автомобиль. 20. Позвони на вокзал и узнай, когда приходит поезд из Берлина. 21. Как правило, студенты сдают экзамены два раза в год.

Present Continuous

Present Continuous образуется при помощи глагола to be в Present Simple и причастия I основного глагола.

Present Continuous употребляется:

1. Для выражения действия, происходящего в момент речи.

I am sitting at my table and writing. – Я сижу за столом и пишу.

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2.Для выражения действия, которое рассматривается как процесс, происходящий не в момент разговора, а в данный период, на данном отрезке времени – теперь, в этом году.

What are you doing here? –I am teaching English. – Что вы здесь делаете? –

Япреподаю английский.

3.Для эмоционального описания действий (раздражения, насмешки, осуждения, возмущения и т.д.) и в предложении обязательно присутствуют always или constantly.

I wonder why he is always interfering in other people’s affairs. – Я удивляюсь,

почему он постоянно вмешивается в чужие дела.

The old woman is constantly grumbling. – Старуха постоянно ворчит.

4.Для выражения будущего действия (особенно с глаголами come, go, start, stay, leave и др.), если оно является заранее намеченным и решённым.

We are leaving for Kiev tomorrow. – Мы уезжаем в Киев завтра. Are you staying here till July? – Вы останетесь здесь до июля?

5.Некоторые глаголы, обозначающие чувства и восприятия, не могут употребляться в Continuous Tenses.

See, hear, smell, sound, taste, notice;

believe, guess, imagine, mean, realize, know, recognize, remember, suppose, understand;

fear, love, like, hate, want, wish, prefer;

seem, concern, consist of, deserve, depend on, involve, need, contain, resemble; belong, own, owe, possess.

Но в разговорной речи некоторые глаголы чувства и восприятия могут употребляться в форме Continuous при изменении их значения:

а) глагол smell со значением «нюхать, обнюхивать» и глагол taste со значением

«пробовать»:

She is smelling the flower.

Но: The flower smells wonderful. The cook is tasting the dish.

Но: The dish tastes nice.

б) глагол see со значением « повидать, встретиться»:

I’m seeing the manager tomorrow. Но: I see everything quite well.

в) глагол think со значением «думать, обдумывать»:

Please be quiet. I’m thinking.

Но: I think the book is interesting.

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с) глагол hear со значением «получать известие»:

He is hearing from them now.

Но: Don’t shout! I hear you very well. d) глагол have со значением «иметь»:

I have a sister and a brother. Но: I’m having dinner now.

Exercise 25. Put the verb into the correct form.

1. The boys (to run) about in the garden. 2. I (do) my homework. 3. John and his friends (to go) to the library. 4. Ann (to sit) at her desk. She (to study) geography. 5. A young man (to stand) at the window. He (to smoke) a cigarette. 6. The old man (to walk) about the room. 7. The dog (to lie) on the floor. 8. You (to have) a break? 9. What language you (to study)? 10. Who (to lie) on the sofa? 11. What they (to talk) about? 12. It still (to rain). 13. – Where are our children? It’s quiet at home. – They (lie) on the carpet and (draw). 14.

– What you (do) now? – I (look for) my key. I can’t open the door. 15. Why you (put on) the coat? It’s sunny today. 16. Let’s go for a walk. It (not/rain) now. 17. I (die) to see him. 18. At the moment we (fly) over the desert. 19. I don’t speak any foreign language, but I

(learn) English now. 20. Why you (not/hurry)? I (wait) for you. 21. I want to lose weight.

I (not/eat) sweets now. 22. I (not/go) to school this week. I’m on holiday. 23. Why you (wear) your fur coat today? It’s very warm. 24. Please be quit. I (try) to sleep.

Exercise 26. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.

A.Example: Are you drawing? (write a story) - No, I’m not. I’m writing a story.

1.Is he writing a letter? (watch TV) ________________________________________

2.Are you reading Byron’s poems? (learn them by heart) _______________________

3.Is Dad smoking in his study? (read a newspaper) ____________________________

4.Are you listening to the radio? (talk with a friend)___________________________

5.Are you hurrying to work? (go home) ____________________________________

6.Is Joan playing the piano? (listen to a concert)_____________________________

7.Are you working at your essay? (write a film script) _________________________

8.Is she washing up? (cook) ______________________________________________

B.Example: Is Mother very busy just now? (type a report) –Yes, she is. She is

typing a report.

1.Is Jerry very busy just now? (study) ______________________________________

2.Are the students very busy just now? (have breakfast) _______________________

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3.Is Susan very busy just now? (shop) ______________________________________

4.Are the Greens very busy just now? (shop) ________________________________

5.Is Jane very busy just now? (wash up) ___________________________________

6.Is Miss Black very busy just now? (sew) __________________________________

7.Is Henry very busy just now? (skate) _____________________________________

8.Are the girls very busy just now? (rehearse) ________________________________

C.Example: What are you doing? (daydream) – I’m daydreaming.

1.Why is Father making such a terrible noise? (teach the dog to bark) _____________

2.What are you doing with the scissors? (cut out a dress) _______________________

3.Where are you hurrying to? (run to catch my bus) __________________________

4.What are you doing in this shop? (buy a mink coat) _________________________

5.Why are you leaving so soon? (go to the University) _________________________

6.Why is she playing the violin so late? (rehearse for a concert) _________________

7.Why are the children listening so attentively? (listen to a favourite fairy tale) _____

8.What is George doing in the kitchen? (bake an apple pie) ____________________

Exercise 27. Change the sentences to questions.

1. The student is holding his grammar book. 2. Renee, the baby, is sneezing. 3. We are writing a composition. 4. Mary is sitting in the classroom. 5. John is reading a novel about life in England in 1603. 6. You are sleeping in class. 7. I am chewing gum. 8. Jane is standing on a chair. 9. An airplane is flying across the sky. 10. She is cutting the cake. 11. Anthony is holding his wig for the play. 12. They are playing our favorite song on the radio. 13. Ray is buying many airplane parts from Andy.

Exercise 28. Ask questions to the underlined words.

1. Father is watching TV. 2. My father is sitting at the table. 3. He is reading a newspaper. 4. I am talking to my friend on the phone. 5. Nick and Kate are playing in the children’s room. 6. I am looking at the clock. 7. She is looking for her gloves. 8. She is looking after her grandmother. 9. We are talking to our neighbors. 10. They are listening to a funny story. 11. I am waiting for the results. 12. John and Dick are playing tennis. 13. He is crying as he has cut his finger. 14. A new supermarket is being built in our district. 15. The children are swimming in the river. 16. He is driving a new Ford today. 17. It is snowing hard. 18. Mrs. Bell is buying ice-cream for her children. 19. The children are lying on the carpet and drawing. 20. Listen! Somebody is singing a lovely song.