Exercise 5. Put the verb into the correct form, the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 961.

Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1. Dave _____________ (live) in Glasgow and ________________ (work) for an advertising company. He _______________ (have) a good job and ______________ (earn) a lot of money. He ________________ (meet) many people every day and _______________ (lead) a busy life. The company ________________ (expand) rapidly and today he ___________ (see) a new client.

2. John and Anna ________________ (fly) to Paris on Monday for a holiday. Their flight _______________ (take off) at 7.10 in the morning and ___________ (arrive) in Paris at 8.10. Anna's cousin _____________ (own) a house there, so they ___________ (stay) with him.

3. My neighbour _______________ (bang) on the walls of his flat when he ___________ (do) repairs. This week he ________________ (install) a new bath, and the noise _____________ (drive) me crazy. He ___________________ (not/seem) to care about the way he ________________ (bother) other people.

4. Tom is an athlete. Every morning he ____________ (swim) ten laps in the pool and _____________ (lift) weights for an hour. This year he _____________ (train) harder because he ______________ (want) to compete in the next Olympic Games.

1. Are you hungry? Do you want (you/want) something to eat?

2. Nicky ______________ (think) of giving up her job.

3. (you/ believe) ___________________ in God?

4. I _______________ (feel) hungry. Is there anything to eat?

5. Who is that man? What ______________________ (he/want)?

6. Who is that man? Why ______________________ (he/look) at us?

7. Alan says he's 80 years old, but nobody _____________ (believe) him.

8. She told me her name, but I _____________________ (not/remember) it now.

9. Air _________________ (consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.

10. I can't understand why he _______________ (be) so selfish. He isn't usually like that.

11. He never thinks about other people. He _________ (be) very selfish.

12. Excuse me, ______________ (you/speak) English? – Yes, a bit.

13. Listen to those people. What language __________________ (they/speak)?

14. Let's go out. It _______________ (not/ rain) now.

15. You _____________________ (always/ watch) television. You should do something more active.

16. The rate of unemployment ________________ (decrease) slowly.

17. Water ________________ (freeze) at 0 degrees Celsius.

18. We _________________ (go) to the opera next Saturday.

19. The hole in the ozone layer _________________ (become) bigger and bigger.

20. Mammals _____________ (feed) their babies on milk.

21. “What's that noise?” – “It _______________ (sound) like Jane playing her trumpet!”

22. I ______________________ (never go) to that restaurant again! The food was horrible.

23. The Greens _____________________ (play) golf with my parents this weekend.

24. “What do you know about snakes?” – “I know that they are reptiles and they ____________ (lay) eggs.”

25. “Your hair _________________ (look) great today! Have you had it cut?” – “Yes, I had it done yesterday.”

26. Every morning when I ________________ (wake up) I ____________ (smell) fresh coffee coming from the kitchen.