Comprehensive Exercises

Present Continuous (настоящее продолженное)

Compose your sentences.

Example: Sam is a doctor. He usually works in a hospital. But now he is playing football.

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Exercise One. Read and translate the sentences. Объясните употребление глагола.

1) Good-bye! I will phone you on Sunday.

2) What are you going to do tomorrow evening?

3) They are getting married on July, 17.

4) The weather is nice today. We will have breakfast in the garden.

5) What time are you leaving tomorrow?

6) Dick is not going to the cinema tonight.

7) The director will be here in ten minutes.

8) There is no bread at home. I will go and buy some.

9) I’m not working next week.

10) What are you going to wear to the party?

Exercise Two. Put the verb into the Present Simple or Present Continuous. Translate the text.

It is Monday morning. The family is at home

My name (to be) Nan. I (to have got) a large family. We (to be) busy. My parents (to go) to work five times a week. They (not to work) on Saturday and Sunday. My sister (to go) to the Institute every day. She (to be) a student. Her name (to be) Alice. Now Alice (to take) a shower in the bathroom. My brothers (to go) to school. Their names (to be) Jake and David. They (to be) good pupils. Now Jake and David (to have) breakfast. They (to be) good eaters. I (not to be) a pupil. I (to be) six. But I can read very well. Now I (to read) a very interesting fairy-tale. It (to be) eight o’clock. Our parents (to leave) home for work now.

Exercise Three. a) What opportunities do students have at our University? Tell what they can/cannot do. Complete the list.

· work at computer rooms

· have new equipment

· take books from the library

· go to concerts, parties, discos,

· learn any foreign language

· use the Internet center

· attend sport sections

· go to the swimming pool

· study by correspondence

· use crib sheets (шпаргалки) during exams

· take part in international conferences

b) What obligations and prohibitions do students have? Tell what they must/ mustn’t (needn’t) do. Complete the list.

· be late for classes

· pass their exams during sessions

· get ready for lectures and seminars

· think about their future

· write lecture notes

· respect teachers

· attend lectures and seminars regularly

· hand in their course papers in time

· study hard

· lead active social life

Exercise Four. Compose your own list of “can/cannot do” or “must/ mustn’t (needn’t)” for the students of your group.