Простые времена Spotlight 10

Module 1. Present tenses

Упражнение 1. Раскройте скобки, употребив одно из настоящих времен.

What time _____________ (the meeting/end)?

Tomorrow I _____________ (fly) to Moscow to visit my aunt Sally.

Right now he _______ (talk) on the phone.

The Earth __________ (go) round the Sun.

I _________ (look) for my camera for an hour.

Could you close the window? I _____________ (freeze)

The man __________ (paint) the walls all day long.

The coffee ___________ (smell) good.

At the moment we ___________ (take) a walk around a beautiful village.

We _____________ (not/finish) our history project yet.

Kim _____________ (never/be) abroad.

School always _______  (close) for Easter holidays.

I’m exhausted. I _____________ (train) my stomach muscles all morning.

What _____________ (usually/you/do) in your free time?

Look! Your mum ____________ (water) tomatoes in the vegetable garden.

Упражнение 2.  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.

Ответы к упражнениям.

Exercise 1.

1 does the meeting end, 2 am flying, 3 is talking, 4 goes, 5 have been looking, 6 am freezing, 7 has been painting, 8 smells, 9 are taking, 10 have not finished, 11 has never been, 12 closes, 13 have been training, 14 do you usually do, 15 is watering  

Exercise 2.

1 c, 2 a, 3 b, 4 a, 5 b, 6 a

Exercise 3.

1 has been, 2 am still working, 3 is doing, 4 have lost, 5 have taken, 6 know, 7 am, 8 are living, 9 has finished, 10 is running, 11 are looking, 12 have lost, 13 are having

Exercise 1. Составьте предложения в the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

 I/to read/this book/for three days.

 We/to play volleyball/ for twenty minutes.

 She/to clean/the flat/for more than an hour.

 Peter/to swim/for half an hour.

 Anna/to speak/on the phone/for an hour now.

You/to wait/for a bus/for ten minutes only.

 Nelly and Mary/to do the shopping/since early morning.

 It/to snow/since last night.

 Jack and his friend/ to ride bikes/for three hours now.

The teacher/to explain/ a grammar rule/since the beginning of the lesson.

Exercise 2. Составьте вопрос к выделенным словосочетаниям.

 He has been speaking to his friend for an hour.

We have been whitewashing the trees in the garden for two hours.

 You have been telling us about your work since five o’clock.

 She has been translating this text for half an hour.

 They have been having lunch in the canteen since one o’clock.

 Exercise 3.Используйте Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous в вопросительных предложениях.

Your shirt smells terrible! … (you/smoke)? (Твоя рубашка ужасно пахнет! Ты курил?)

How long … (you/wait) for them? (Как долго ты их ждешь?)

How many glasses of beer … (he/drink) today? (Сколько бокалов пива он сегодня выпил?)

… (you/ever/live) in a tent? (Ты когда-нибудь жил в палатке?)

Where … (you/be)? (Где ты был?)

How much money … (Kevin/spend) in the casino? (Сколько денег потратил Кевин в казино?)

… (those vegetables/boil) since 2 o’clock? (Те овощи варятся с двух часов?)

… (you/defrost) the fridge yet? (Ты еще не разморозила холодильник?)

How many messages … (she/send) today? (Сколько сообщений она послала сегодня?)

How long … (your sister/travel)? (Как долго твоя сестра путешествует?)

How many people … (Angela/invite) to her party? (Сколько людей пригласила Анджела на свою вечеринку?)

… (you/sit) here for a long time? (Ты долго тут сидишь?)

Exercise 4. Present Continuous или Present Perfect Continuous

Поставь глаголы в скобках в правильную форму: Present Continuous или Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Maria _______________ (learn) English for two years.

2. Hello, Tom. I _______________ (look) for you all morning. Where have you been?

3. Why ___________________ (you/look) at me like that? Stop it!

4. We always go to Ireland for our holidays. We_________ (go) there for years.

5. I _____________ (think) about what you said and I've decided to take your advice.

6. "Is Ann on holiday this week?" "No, she _____________ (work).

7. Sarah is very tired. She _______________ (work) very hard recently.

Have you smoked?

How long have you been waiting for them?

How many glasses of beer has he drunk today?

Have you ever lived in a tent?

Where have you been?

How much money has Kevin spent in the casino?

Have those vegetables been boiling since 2 o’clock?

Have you defrosted the fridge yet?

How many messages has she sent today?

How long has your sister been travelling?

How many people has Angela invited to her party?

Have you been sitting here for a long time?

Времена группы @Present@

1. Поставьте глагол в форму Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous.

to work

Vicky … in an Italian restaurant.

I … only for 3 days this week.

The radio … now.

We … in the garden since morning.

to cook

I … roast chicken for 2 hours.

Mum … lunch at the moment.

He already … seafood pasta.

We … Japanese food at weekends.

to read

Bob … this book since last year.

I usually … detective stories.

Dad … all the newspapers today.

She … a fairy-tale to her son now.

2. Преобразуйте предложения, изменив время и используя слова в скобках вместо выделенных слов.

I never eat mushrooms. (now)

Mrs. Sanders is closing her shop now. (already)

He smokes every half an hour. (since 2005)

Every summer we visit our relatives in France. (twice this year)

Tom has been wearing glasses for 2 years. (every day at school)

We have just built a sand castle on the beach. (now)

3. Поставьте глагол в Presens Simple или Present Continuous.

1. My uncle (to walk) two miles every day and (to feel) very well.

2. We really (to need) another vacation.

3. Sorry, I can't talk now, I (to run) to see the doctor at the moment.

4. My dad always (to say) that I should find another job.

5. Take an umbrella, it (to go) to rain.

6.I added some pepper to the soup, now it (to smell) better.

4.Выберите правильный вариант:

1.He … the test for 40 minutes.

a)writes b)has been writing c)is writing

2.We … already … the text.

a)have… translated b)has been translating c)are translating

3.They are flying over the ocean… .

a)for 3 hours b)every week c)at this moment

4.She often… by Delta.

a)travels b)is travelling c)has travelled

5.How long … you …reading this book?

a)have..been b)are c)is

6.MrsBrown … me English.

a)is teaching b)teach c)teaches

7.I have been studying History … .

a)for 5 years b)now c)already

8.I…not … you for ages.

a)have… seen b)have …been seeing c)don’t see

9.We … to school every day except Sunday.

a)are going b)goes c)go

10.Look out of the window! It … now.

a)rains b)is raining c)has been raining

Exercise 4.

I ( to see) Petrov sitting near the window.

Our cadets ( to appear) on Sunday in Monino.

He (to see) his parents tomorrow.

We ( to have ) a big house in the countryside.

The soup ( to smell) delicious.

I can’t call you now, I ( to have) lunch.

She ( to appear) to be very happy with her new fiancé

Упражнение 5. Напишите 2 форму глагола и перевод

go → ________ → ________;

say → ________ → ________;

do →________ → ________;

come → ________ → ________;

have → ________ → ________;

stand → ________ → ________;

make → ________ → ________;

buy → ________ → ________;

1.b 2.a 3.c 4.a 5.a 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.b

1. Joey flies over the ocean every summer.

2. Joey is flying over the ocean now.

3. Joey has already flown over the ocean.

4. Joey has been flying over the ocean for two hours.

III. 1. Have we been translating this text for two hours?

2. Who has been translating this text for two hours?

3. How long have we been translating this text ?

4. Have we been translating this text for two or three hours?

5. We have been translating this text for two hours, haven’t we?

IV. Dear Mary.

I have just received your letter and now I am writing to you. I am very busy preparing for my exams. It is 9 p.m. now and I am sitting at my desk. I have been sitting here since 11 a.m. I haven’t done all the exercises yet. Thank you for everything you have done for me. I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours,

Helen.