Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense. 1 ann sees paul putting-on his coat and says: where you (go), paul? paul: i (go) to buy some cigarettes. you (want) an evening paper? 2 ann: no, thanks. you are always buying cigarettes, paul. how many you (smoke) a day? paul: i (not smoke) very many—perhaps 20. jack (smoke) far more than i (do). he (spend) £10 a week on cigarettes. 3 mary (see) peter standing at the bus stop. mary: hello, peter. what bus you (wait) for? peter: hello, mary. i (wait) for a 9 or a 14. 4 mary: you usually (go) to work by car, don't you? peter: yes, but the car (belong) to my mother and she sometimes (want) it. she (use) it today to take tom to the dentist. 5 mary: i usually (go) by car too. jack (take) me because he (pass) my office on his way to the factory. but this week he (work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so i (queue) like you. 6 peter: here's a 9 now. you (come) on it or you (wait) for a 14? mary: i (think) i'll take the 9. if i (wait) for a 14 i may be late, and if you (be) late at my office everyone (look) at you. 7 mary and ann (wait) outside a telephone box. inside the box a boy (dial) a number. mary: you (know) that boy? ann: yes, he's a friend of my brother's. he (phone) his girl friend every day from this box. 8 mary: where he (come) from? ann: he (come) from japan. he's a very clever boy; he (speak) four languages. 9 mary: i (wonder) what he (speak) now. ann: well, his girl friend (come) from japan too; so i (suppose) he (speak) japanese. 10 it is 8.30. tom and ann (have) breakfast. they both (open) their letters. tom: no one ever (write) to me. all i (get) is bills! you (have) anything interesting? 11 ann: i've got a letter from hugh. he (say) he (come) to london next week and (want) us to meet him for lunch. 12 peter: you (have) traffic wardens in your country? pedro: no, i (not think) so. you (not see) them in my town anyway. what exactly a traffic warden (do)? 13 peter: he (walk) up and down the street and if a car (stay) too long; at a parking place or (park) in a no-parking area he (stick) a parking ticket to the windscreen. 14 look! he (put) a ticket on tom's car. tom will be furious when he (see) it. he (hate) getting parking tickets. 15 customer: i (want) to buy a fur coat. have you any nice coats for about £500? assistant: i'm afraid we just (close), madam. it's 4.55, and we always (close) at 5.00 sharp on fridays as mr jones the manager (not want) to miss his favourite television programme. 16 it is friday evening and the brown family are at home. mrs brown (listen) to a concert on the radio; mr brown (read) a paper, george brown (do) his homework and ann brown (write) a letter. 17 mr brown always (read) his newspapers in the evenings. mrs brown sometimes (knit) but she (not knit) tonight. 18 mr black often (go) to the theatre but his wife (not go) very often. he (like) all sorts of plays.she (prefer) comedies.