Continuous tenses in active voice
время
(Past, Present, Future)
be — число (Plural, Singular) + Participle I (Ving)
лицо
(1, 2, 3)
11. Open the brackets and put the verbs into Present Continuous. Translate the sentences into Russian
1. The bank (to require) a business plan.
2. You (to create) your plan only as a response to an external request.
3. Market research firms (to bring) together the participants and (to lead) the
group discussion.
4. Why you (to smoke) here? It is not allowed to smoke in the lecture hall.
5. She (not to read) a newspaper now, she (to read) a magazine.
12. Fill in the blanks with the proper tense-forms of the verbs in brackets
1. What you (to do) when I came in? I (to read) an article on economical
problems.
2. Where you (to go) when I met you? I (to go) to the University, I (to intend) to
visit the lecture on accounting by the recently arrived american professor.
3. We (to arrive) at the airport when the plane (to land).
4. At the corner of the street we (to see) a van. The driver (to fix) its engine.
13. Translate from Russian into English
1. Что вы делали, когда мы пришли?
2. В 1990 году он работал на Дальнем Востоке.
3. В девять часов Джой не смотрела телевизор.
4. Я вчера встала рано утром. Был чудесный день. Ярко светило солнце, и
звонко пели птицы.
5. Вы смотрели вчера вечером концерт группы Битлз?
6. Когда вы собираетесь продолжить свои исследования?
8. Они уезжают завтра в Ирландию.
9. Мэри начинает писать новую курсовую работу через неделю.
10. Я приду к вам сегодня вечером.
14. Read the sentences paying attention to the italicized verbs used for expressing future actions
1. He is going to enter the postgraduate course next year.
2. She is leaving for the USA in a week.
3. They are coming to the city tomorrow.
4. Nick is starting his new business this year
15. SPEAKING PRACTICE.
15.1. Discuss the topic “My University” with your partner using such words as
educational year, to be founded by/in, period, to have a break, to be situated in, exams, to be late, prelim, student’s book, schedule, to last for, monitor, to choose, prestigious, time-table, campus, alumni, to sail through, motivation, a long-term goal, to fail in a subject, to work hard at, a technique, to make good (poor) progress in, to make it a rule to do smth., to attend (miss) lectures, to lag behind the group, to combine work with study, to catch up with the group, to take notes at a lecture, to have a place at the hostel (dormitory, residence), grant, tutor, supervisor, scientific work, course paper, term, semester, (under)graduate student, to specialize in, to be expelled from, well-stocked, recruit, a preliminary session, a pass, tutorial, finals, extracurricular, to socialize, grade, to arrange a seminar, to spend time, to contribute one’s time to, a seminar (lecture) on…, etc.
15.2. What subjects, to your mind, will help you to become a good practitioner? Self-Study
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