1. раскройте скобки, употребив одно из настоящих времен.
1. what time (the meeting/end)?
2. tomorrow i (fly) to moscow to visit my aunt sally.
3. right now he (talk) on the phone.
4. the earth (go) round the sun.
5. i (look) for my camera for an hour.
6. could you close the window? i (freeze)
7. the man (paint) the walls all day long.
8. the coffee (smell) good.
9. at the moment we (take) a walk around a beautiful village.
10. we (not/finish) our history project yet.
11. kim (never/be) abroad.
12. school always (close) for easter holidays.
13. i’m exhausted. i (train) my stomach muscles all morning.
14. what (usually/you/do) in your free time?
15. look! your mum (water) tomatoes in the vegetable garden.
2. choose the right variant.
1 the boy homework and now he -tv.
a) already has done, watches
b) already does, has watched
c) has already done, is watching
2. about russian traditions since the beginning of the lesson.
a) have been talking
b) are talking
c) talk
3. this is the best conference i
a) am
b) have ever been to
c) ever have been to it
4. the postman usually at 9 in the morning. it is half past 9 now but he
a) comes, has not come yet
b) comes, has not been coming
c) is coming, has not come yet
5. the walls and they .
a) have painting, are looking
b) have painted, look
c) have been painting, look
6. the economic situation in the world is already bad and it .
a) is getting
b) gets
c) have gotten
3. use present simple, present continuous or present perfect.
hello nancy
it (1) (be) time since my last letter to you. i (2) (still/work) at abs and the company (3) (do well). this is very fortunate as many of my friends (4) (lose) their jobs. our savings (5) (take) a disastrous dive because of the economy. i (6) (know) the situation everywhere is difficult and i (7) (be) happy i still have a job. my friend michael and his wife georgia (8) (now, live) in virginia. michael (9) (finish) studying massage therapy. he (10) (run) a small clinic in partnership with another woman. he and georgia (11) (look) for a full-time job, though, as they (12) (lose) money also. as i say, many people (13) (have) a hard time now.