A – Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous. 1. Mark usually goes / is going home on foot.
2. Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano.
3. My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent.
4. Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone.
5. They often watch / are watching TV in the evening.
6. Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car.
7. The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now.
8. Water boils / is boiling at 100º Celsius.

B- Fill in the blanks with either Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Jason (not / listen) to the radio very often.
2. Where Sally usually (spend) her summer holidays?
3. Mr. Watson always (take) very good photos. Look! He (take) a photo of you right now.
4. It always (rain) at the weekend. But today the sun (shine).
5. Carol (phone) her grandmother every day. She (phone) her now.
6. Tom usually (play) football but now he (play) tennis.
7. The professor (speak) five languages. Right now he(speak) German.

C - Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in Present Simple or Present Continuous tense.

1. Right now I (watch) a movie. I (watch) a lot of movies.
2. Rickie (be) my friend. We (like) to talk together. Right now we (talk) about school.
3. The police officer (wear) a badge and a gun to work every day.
4. Jaime usually (eat) cold cereal for breakfast, but now he (eat) oatmeal.
5. Jonas (sing) in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) the guitar with him.
6. My uncle (live) in Novosibirsk. I (live) in Moscow.
7. We (read) the newspaper every morning.
8. Listen! She ………………………………………………….(play) the piano.
9. My friend …………………………………………………… (play) the guitar every evening.
10. He usually ………………………………………..(get up) early in the morning.​

1

Where is the money?

There isn't enough information in this text.

His advice helps me. It's always useful.

His knowledge in Physics is big.

What is the news? It is bad.

This information will help him to know the way.

2

I'm looking for my book. (Я ищу свою книгу.)

Who looked at a cat? (Кто смотрел на кошку?)

Jane looked after her mother. (Джейн ухаживала за мамой)

Don't look at her. She's crying. (Не смотри на неё, она плачет)

I'm looking forward to the birthday party. (Я с нетерпением жду вечеринки в день рождения.)

You should look up these words in a dictionary. (Вы должны посмотреть эти слова в словаре.)

3

Some people have to work at night .

My granny is ill. I must visit her.

Tomorrow I must go to school.

I have to catch a bus to school every day.

Children mustn't watch TV all day.

Yesterday I had to finish my homework.

If you have a sore throat, you’ll have to go to the doctor.

Your dog mustn't sleep in your bed.

4

You should buy enough potatoes. (Ты должен купить достаточно картофеля.)

My brother is too young. (Мой брат слишком молод/юн.)

Your question is easy enough. (Твой вопрос достаточно простой)

There wasn't enough salt. (Соли было недостаточно.)

He's speaking too fast. (Он говорит слишком быстро)

I don't have enough time to talk to you. (У меня нет достаточного времени на разговор с тобой.)

He has been working too much. (Он слишком много работал.)

This book was interesting enough. (Эта книга была достаточно интересна.)

Do you have enough sugar? (У тебя достаточно сахара?)

1) By the time Graham arrived at the train station, the train had already left.( Past Perfect - действие предшествовало - поезд уехал к тому времён  как они приехали на железнодорожный вокзал)

2) How long had you been trying to call Tom before he finally answered the phone? действие началось в продолжалось в течение некоторого времени до окончания

3) The children had put away their toys before their mum came back home.

Действие завершилось , предшествуя второму действию

4) Alan had a headache because he had been playing computer games all afternoon. действие началось в продолжалось в течение некоторого времени до окончания и предшествовало второму действию

5) Simon had been saving money for many years before he bought his own house. На протяжении долгих лет копил деньги, перед тем как стал владельцем дома

6) The football game had just started when it began to rain.Матч уже начался, когда пошёл дождь.