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XI. Speak about your future profession. Grammar exercises Present Continuous

Ex. 1. Write the ing-forms of the following verbs:

to work, to travel, to make, to transfer, to buy, to go, to stop, to put, to be, to study, to cancel, to play, to do, to get, to come, to run, to begin, to lie, to fix, to open, to continue, to forget.

Ex. 2. Explain the use of the Present Continuous Tense:

1. Don’t make any noise, the children are sleeping. 2. He is writing a new play. 3. She is leaving the city in two days. 4. The delegation is arriving tomorrow. 5. We are going out with Nick tonight. 6. The telephone is ringing. 7. She’s always ringing up and asking questions. 8. He is building his own house. 9. Is your English getting better? 10. I’m working hard today because I have a lot to do. 11. The population of the world is rising very fast.

Ex. 3. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Continuous:

1. She (not to work), she (to play) now. 2. Someone (to knock) at the door. Shall I answer it? – I (to come) in a minute. I (to wash) my hands. 3. It’s a lovely day. The sun (to shine) and the birds (to sing). 4. Tom can’t answer the phone. He (to have) a bath. 5. She always (to lose) her glasses and (to ask) me to look for them. 6. I (to wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong. 7. He always (to leave) his dirty dishes on the table. 8. Let’s go out now. It (not to rain) any more. 9. The population of the world (to rise) very fast. 10. She (to go) to the dentist on Tuesday morning. 11. The kettle (to boil) now. Shall I make the tea? 12. Why you (to make) a cake? Someone (to come) to tea? 13. I (to meet) her at the station at 10.30.

Ex. 4. Use the Present Continuous or Present Simple:

1. Tom (to play) football on Sunday. 2. He (not to play) football every day. 3. He (to play) football now. 4. He (to sleep) now? 5. I (to write) an exercise now. 6. She (not to help) her mother every day. 7. She (to work) in a bank? 8. She (not to work) now. 9. She (not to work) on Saturday. 10. Your friend (to do) his homework now? 11. Look! The baby (to sleep). 12. He always (to sleep) after dinner. 13. My aunt (to live) in Kyiv. 14. Julia (to be) very good at languages. She (to speak) three foreign languages. 15. Listen to those people. What language they (to speak)? 16. Who is that man? What he (to want)? 17. Who is that man? Why he (to look) at us? 18. I (to go) to bed now. Goodnight! 19. I always (to go) to bed before midnight. 20. Don’t disturb me. I am busy. – Why? What you (to do)? 21. He (to have) two houses. 22. She (to have) lunch now.

Ex. 5. Use the Present Continuous or Present Simple:

1. Who (to knock) at the door? 2. Look! Viktor (to dance) with Helen. He (to dance) all modern dances very well. 3. I won’t go out now as it (to rain) and I (not to have) an umbrella. 4. The children are in the forest now. They (to gather) mushrooms. They always (to gather) mushrooms in summer. 5. Turn off the gas. The water (to boil). Water (to boil) at 100° C. 6. He usually (to speak) so quietly that I (not to understand) him. 7. Why you (to walk) so fast? You usually (to walk) quite slowly. – I (to hurry) because I (to meet) my mother at five o’clock and she (not to like) to be kept waiting. 8. You (to see) my car keys anywhere? – No, I (to look) for them but I (not to see) them. 9. I can’t hear what you (to say). The traffic (to make) too much noise. 10. It always (to take) him half an hour to get to the Institute. 11. We (to be) busy now. We (to discuss) an important problem. 12. What you (to do) here? – I (to wait) for my friend. 13. He usually (to drink) coffee but today he (to drink) tea. 14. It often (to rain) in England. 15. My sister (not to be) here, she (to work) in the library. 16. What time you (to meet) Ann tomorrow? 17. He never (to listen) to what you say. He always (to think) about something else.

Ex. 6. Translate into English:

1. Що роблять студенти? Вони готуються до семінару в читальному залі. 2. Коли ми вирушаємо? – Ми вирушаємо завтра вранці. 3. Я не можу вам дати зараз цю газету, тому що я її читаю. 4. Дощ їде? Ні, дощу немає, але дме сильний вітер. 5. Чоловік, що розмовляє зі студентами, наш декан. 6. Послухайте! Ганна співає в сусідній кімнаті. Вона співає дуже гарно. 7. Зараз він розмовляє з лікарем. 8. Не турбуй її, вона спить. 9. У неділю я поїду до батьків. 10. Вона постійно на щось скаржиться.

Ex. 7. Translate into English:

1. Не галасуйте і не заходьте до тієї аудиторії. Там студенти складають іспит з математики. Студенти складають іспити два рази на рік. 2 Де Петро зараз? Він в аудиторії – Що він там робить? Він читає книжку. Він дуже любить читати. Він завжди читає англійські книжки. 3. Не виходьте на двір. Зараз іде дощ. Восени в Києві часто дощить. 4. Мій брат ніколи не заважає мені, коли я працюю. 5. Чому Катя не виконує домашнє завдання? – Вона читає. – Що вона читає? – Вона читає «Давіда Копперфілда» Діккенса. – Вона багато читає? – Так.