III. Lexico-grammatical exercises 3.1. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
1. A: I …1.. (think) she’s busy at the moment. She …2… (wash) her hair.
B: But I want to get information how much this computer …3…. (cost).
2. A: Your new trousers …4…. (look) nice.
B: Thank you. The trouble is …5…. (they/not/fit) properly. I …6…. (not/know) why I bought them.
What …7… (you/think) of them?
3. A: What …8… (you/do)?
B: I …9… (weigh) this letter. I …10… (need) to know how many stamps to put on it. 10 points
3.2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
Last summer some friends and I arranged to go camping. We had been looking forward to going for weeks when finally the date of departure arrived. We ……1……..(load) the car with our luggage and ………2……..(set off) early in the morning. The weather was perfect, the sun ……3………(shine) brightly and the wind ……4………(blow) gently. There ………5…….(not/be) a cloud in the sky! Shortly afterwards, while we ………6…….(travel) along the motorway, we ………7……….(notice) that the car ………8………(make) a strange noise. Pete, who ………9………(drive) very fast, suddenly ………10……..(stop) the car. Everyone …………11………(get out) and ………12………..(go) round to the back of the car. To our surprise the boot was open – whoever had loaded the luggage hadn’t close it properly, and everything had fallen out!