10 VIVIAR Present simple and past simple a) Choose the correct tense: present simple or past simple.
When I was a boy we
(have to/had to) get up off the sofa to change channels because
we
(don't didn't) have a remote control for the TV. We (watch/watched) programmes
in black and white. My family
(sits/sat) together in one room to watch TV because
it
(is/was) the only one in the house. We often — (argue/argued about which channel
to watch. Now we (have/had) three TVs in our house, and we can watch programmes
on the computer, too, so there (are/were) no more arguments. This also means that to-
day we (don't/didn't) sit together as a family as much, and we — (don't/didn't) talk
about the programmes we watch. In my opinion, that (is/was) a shame.​

1) We have English lesson twice a week.
2) Victor is speaking English now.
3)They were playing chess when I came in.
4) My brother graduated from the Institute in 2004.
5)The students of our group will go to the theatre next Sunday.
6) Nick is watching the
film at this moment.
7) They had done their work before you came in.
8)We have seen him today.
9) My friend will come to me in two days.
10) A French delegation visited our city last August.
11) Hundreds of
young people enter our Institute every year.

1. There is... a book on the desk.
2. There are... many flowers on the window-sill. 
There    is... a magazine and some newspapers on the little table.
Are. ... there any shops near the house? No, there ... aren't any.
There are ... some apple-trees and one plum-tree in the garden.
There are ... one girl and four boys in the classroom.
On the walls there .are .. many pictures.
There arre ... a cow, a pig, and a horse in the field.
There are ... no children there.
Are ... there much snow in the yard? Yes, there .are .. a lot of snow everywhere.
 My brother doesn' t (get up) early on Sundays.
 I don't (watch) TV in the morning.
 They doesn't (spend) much time in the language laboratory.
My friend doesn't (understand) grammar rules well.
My parents often doesn't (pass) the time in the country.
Pete doesn't (take part) in our concert.