118 The simple present and the present continuous

Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Perfect, Present Continuous, или Past Continuous:
1. Alexander Fleming (invent) penicillin in 1928.
2. I (watch) television from eight till ten o'clock yesterday.
3. Peter already (see) that musical before he (read) the review about it.
4. I usually (not have) breakfast before I (go) to work.
5. Jane (recover) yet? - No, she is still in hospital.
6. The sun (shine) so brightly that Maria (have) to put on her sunglasses.
7. You (work) late tomorrow night?
8. In Britain most shops (close) at 5.30 p.m.
9. When I (go) into the room I could smell cigarette smoke. Obviously somebody (smoke) in there.
10. We (cycle) along the road when we (see) a huge lorry.
11. You look tired. - Yes, I (work) non-stop yesterday.

now.4/ You look tired.What ..(you /do)? 5......(you/want )to come over to my house to watch some DVDs? No .Sorry.I....(not/finish) my homework yet.. 6. ....(you/ come) shopping with me today? I"d love to,but I....(not /have) any money. 7. What time...(train/leave)? There... (be) one in five minutes.

Each verb is used only onetime: belong, need, see, take, bite, play, shine, understand, drive,prefer, sing, watch, look, rain, snow, write.
1. Look outside! It is snowing. Everything is beautiful and allwhite. 2. My father… the 8:15 train into the city every weekdaymorning. 3. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I walk to work for the exercise. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I … my car towork. 4. A: Charlie, can’t you hear the telephone? Answer it! B:You get it! I … my favorite TV show. I don’t want to miss anything.5. A: What kind of tea do you like? B: Well, I’m drinking black tea,but I … green tea. 6. I’m gaining weight around my waist. Thesepants are too tight. I … a larger pair of pants. 7. A: Dinner’s ready.Please call the children. B: Where are they? A: They … a game outsidein the street. 8. It’s night. There’s no moon. Emily is outside.She … at the sky. She … more stars than she can count. 9. Michaelhas a good voice. Sometimes he … with a musical group in town. It’sa good way to earn a little extra money. 10. A: Ouch! B: What’s thematter? A: Every time I eat too fast, I … my tongue. 11. Alicia always… in her diary after dinner. 12. Thank you for your help in algebra.Now I … that lesson. 13. This magazine isn’t mine. It … toColette. 14. I can see a rainbow because the sun … and it … at thesame time.

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?ЗАРАНЕЕ СПАСИБО
1. We _____ (have) dinner at 6 o’clock.
2. They _____ (pay) wages to their employees every week.
3. _____ (you\visit) your friend tomorrow in the evening?
4.She _____ (take) my mp3 player without even asking me.
5. The weather _____ (get) colder and colder.
6.The performance _____ (begin) at 8 o’clock in the evening.
7. Mary is tired. She _____ (work) a lot.
8. He’s angry because he _____ (do) his colleague’s work the whole day.

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be, to know, to hear, tob
D. Some verbs (for example, be/know/hear/have/believe) are not n
used in the continuous form. With these verbs when we talk about sn0rmally
that began in the past and still continues now, we use the present perfect
Compare the present and the present pcrfect.
- Bill is in hospital •
but He has been in hospital since Monday.
Do you know each other well?
but Have you known each other for a long time?
Do they have a car?
but How long have they had their car?
Here arc some more example situations:
Have you heard from Brian recently/lately?
I've met a lot of people in the last / past few days.
• Everything is going well. We haven't had any problems so far.
• I have been here all day.
• I haven't seen Peter for ages.
• He hasn't phoned me for months.
• He has always loved you.

line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line Collecting records These days, most of us have a CD (1) .................. .... Before the CD, (2) ............................ m ade LPs, or „long - playing‟ records. Although many (3) ....................... have never seen an LP, they were once very popular. To play these records, you needed a record (4) ........................ with a needle that ran along the r ecord and produced the sound. Some (5) ........................... say the sound of LPs was better than CDs - and many (6) .............................. agree! LPs are no longer very popular as a form of (7) ............................ , but many people buy and sell them. Some of them remember the LP from thei r (8) ........................... and listening to records reminds them of the past COLLECT SING CHILD PLAY MUSIC COLLECT ENTERTAIN CHILD B. Complete using the correct form of the verbs in the box. You have to use one word twice. c arry eat give jo in send take turn 9. Now, everyone knows this song, so I want you all to ............................. it with me! 10. It‟s noisy in this restaurant . Could you ask them to ............... ......... the music down? 11. There was a fight during the match and the refree ............................. two play ers off. 12. We .................. ... ..... out about once a week and we cook at home the rest of the time. 13. I love this song! ................................. it up! 14. I used to play the trumpet, but I ..................................... up last year because I didn‟t have time. 15. We stopped playing because of the rain , but when it stopped we ............... ......... on. 16. A good way of getting more exercise is to ............................... up a sport, like basketball. C. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five wo rds. 17. Jack really likes football and never misses a match. crazy Jack .......................................................football and never misses a match.

2 18. My uncle worked on a sailing boat until he was thirty. was My uncle .....................................until he was thirty. 19. Do you want to watch TV? feel Do you ..............................................TV? 20. John participated in a swimming competition last week. part John .............................................in a swimming competition last week. 21. June and I had a game of tennis. against I had ......................................... June. 22. I played chest almost every day when I was young. used I ................................................chess almost every day when I was young. 23. Volleyball doesn‟t really interest me. in I‟m not......................................volleyball. 24. I enjoyed myself at your birthday party. fun I.................................................at your birthday party. 25. Young children like Disney land. popular Disneyland .....................................young children. 26. Karen doesn‟t like watching sport on TV. keen Karen ..............................................watching sport on TV. D. Choose the correct answer. 27. When you rang, I ........................my bike. A.cleaned C. used to clean B.was cleaning D. clean 28. At my last basketball club, we ...................every Saturday for three hours. A.were training C. train B.training D. used to train 29. I really ........................the meal we had at your house last Tuesday. A.was liking C. like B.liked D. am liking 30. We ........................to the beach every day when we were on holiday. A.went C. go B. were going D. used to going 31. I borke my leg when Tony and I .....................for the school sports day. A.practised C. were practising B.used to practise D. are practising 32.Leon never .........................about it, but he was once a world champion skier. A.talks C. was talking B.is talking D. talk 33. I ........................like golf, but now I really like it. A.don‟t use to C. didn‟t used to B.don‟t used to D. didn‟t use to 34. Denise ........................at the stadium until she finds a better job. A.works C. used to work B. is working D. was working E. Match the two halves of the sen tences 35. I waited outside the tennis club for 36. When you rang, I was in 37. We finally got to the stadium just in 38. I just play football for 39. I loved that film and when it comes out 40. It‟s great to appear on .............. .............. .............. .............. ..... ......... .............. A. fun, and I don‟t want to do it as a job. B. stage, with all the audience clapping. C. time to see the match start. D. a long time, but George didn‟t appear. E. on DVD, I‟ll definitely get it. F. the middle of cleaning my football boots.