1.6. Open the brackets. Use the Present Continuous or Present Indefinite.

(A)

1. Are you hungry? You (to want) something to eat?

2. Air (to consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.

3. He (to listen) to a tape but he (to wear) earphones so nobody else (to hear) it.

4. This coffee (to taste) bitter.

5. Why you (to smell) the milk? It (to smell) sour?

6. These shoes (to belong) to you?

7. George says he's 80 years old but nobody (to believe) him.

8. Who is that man? What he (to want)?

9. Who is that man? Why he (to look) at us?

10. She (to taste) the pudding to see if it is sweet enough.

11. You (to know) the girl who lives next door?

12. Don't put the dictionary away. I (to need) it.

13. Don't put the dictionary away. I (to use) it.

14. The director (to see) the applicants this morning.

15. She (to see) that the situation is out of control.

16. He (to have) a Siamese cat.

17. Anna is Italian. She (to come) from Italy.

18. Joan (to weigh) 50 kilos.

19. Mary (to be) very naughty these days.

20. You (to enjoy) the party?

2.2. Transform into negative and interrogative forms.

1. I was looking for you all day yesterday.

2. When the phone rang, he was sitting at the breakfast.

3. They were watching TV at 10 o'clock yesterday.

4. At this time yesterday she was meeting them at the airport.

5. It was raining cats and dogs when we got to the station.

6. They were playing cards when the stranger appeared on the deck.

7. The foreigner was speaking slowly because he wanted us to understand the joke.

8. Tom was learning English the whole day yesterday.

9. My friends were playing chess when the light went out.

10. The secretary was still dialling 911 when she saw the burglar again.

2.7. Open the brackets. Use either the Past Continuous or Past Indefinite.

(A)

1. Sally (to burn) her wrist when she (to cook) the dinner.

2. Last night I (to read) in bed when suddenly I (to hear) a scream.

3. We (not to go) out because it (to rain).

4. One day I (to play) by the big window in our front room where I used to sit on wet days looking at the rain.

5. When Sid (to be) young, he (to work) from morning till night.

6. While he (to read) aloud, I (to write) a letter to my friend.

7. Last night my neighbours (to shout) for hours and I couldn't get to sleep.

8. The whole day yesterday Nick (to get) ready for his report.

9. What you (to do) at this time yesterday?

10. The phone still (to ring) when I (to rush) into the room.

11. I (not to drive) very fast when the accident (to happen).

12. I (to make) the tea while Jimmy (to clean) the car.

13. Isabel always (to ask) difficult questions to answer when she (to be) a little girl.

14. Ann (to break) a plate last night. She (to do) the washing-up when it (to slip) out of her hand.

15. At this time yesterday the students (to have) a Grammar test.

16. Malcolm (to fall) off the ladder while he (to paint) the ceiling.

17. We (to enjoy) the film when suddenly the electricity (to go) off.

18. He (to open) the book and (to start) to read.

19. Last night at 9.35 the Director of school (to walk) from the office to his car when somebody (to attack) him from behind.

20. Everyone was having a good time, although not many people (to dance).