Ex. 8 Put the verb in the correct present form

1. What (happen) in your class? The teacher (give) lectures every day? –No. He (give) one lecture a week.

2. A bus conductor (get) more exercise than a bus driver. The driver just (sit) in his cab but the conductor (stand) and (walk) about and (run) up and down the stairs.

3. Why that man (stand) in the middle of the road? –He (try) to get across. He (wait) for a gap in the traffic. –Why he (not use) the subway? –Lots of people (not bother) to use the subway. They (prefer) to risk their lives crossing here.

4. You (wear) a new coat, aren't you? –Yes. You (like) it? –The colour (suit) you but it (not fit) you very well. It's much too big.

5. All the guides here (speak) at least three foreign languages, because a lot of foreign visitors (come) every summer.

6. Paul (take) a party of French tourists round now and tomorrow an American party (come).

7. Englishmen very seldom (talk) on the Underground. They (prefer) to read their newspapers. –Those two men in the corner (talk). - But they (not talk) in English.

8. Jones and Co. (have) a sale at the moment. Shall we look in on our way home? –I'd love to but I'm afraid I won't have time. I (meet) Tom at 5.30. –You (go) out with Tom often?

9. I usually (go) by train, but this weekend I (go) by bus. It (take) longer but it (cost) less.

10. Ann (on telephone): You (do) anything at the moment, Sally?

Sally: Yes. I (pack); I (catch) a plane to New York in three hours' time.

Ann: Lucky girl! How long you (stay) in New York?

11. Peter: You (go) out tonight, Paul?

Paul: No, I (stay) at home. The neighbours (come) in to watch TV.

Peter: You (invite) the neighbours often?

Paul: No, but they (invite) themselves whenever there is a good programme.

12. Jack: I just (go) out to get an evening paper.

Ann: But it (pour)! Why you (not wait) till the rain (stop)? (I advise you to wait.)

13 Lucy: Tom (get) up very early but he (wash) and (shave) and (get) his breakfast so quietly that I (not hear) a thing. But I (hear) him driving away from the house because his car (make) a lot of noise.

Alice: My brother (get) up very early too. But he (make) such a lot of noise that he (wake) everybody up. He (sing) in his bath and (bang) doors and (drop) things in the kitchen and (play) the radio very loudly.

Lucy: Why you (not ask) him to be a bit quieter?

Alice: I (mention) it every night but it (not do) any good. He (say) that he (not make) a sound, and I (think) he really (believe) it.

14. Tom: You (see) that man at the corner? He (keep) stopping people and asking them questions. You (think) he (ask) for directions?

Jack: No, I (expect) he (make) a survey.

Tom: How you (make) a survey?

Jack: You (stop) people and (ask) them questions and (write) the answers on a report sheet.

15. In most countries a child (start) school at six and (stay) for about five years in a primary school. Then he (move) to a secondary school. At 17 or 18 he (take) an exam; if he (do) well in this exam he can go on to a university if he (wish).

16. What the word 'Establishment' (mean)? My dictionary (not give) an explanation. –It roughly (mean) the government and people who (have) power and authority.

If we (say) that Mr Brown (belong) to the Establishment we also (imply) that he (accept) the existing system. He (not try) to overthrow it. -

All rich men (belong) to the Establishment? - Middle-aged rich men probably (do) but rich young men like pop singers always (jeer) at the Establishment. The word (be used) chiefly in a pejorative sense.

17. The house opposite the college (be pulled) down. That's why we (use) the back entrance at present. If you (go) out by the front door you (get) covered with dust.

18. Tom: I (smell) something burning!

Jack: So do I. I (think) it (come) from the kitchen. Ann probably (iron). She usually (iron) and (watch) TV at the same time and if she (get) very interested in a programme she (forget) that she (press) a hot iron on to somebody's shirt. Mother (think) of selling the TV set.

19. Mrs Jones: What you (look) for, Tom?

Mr Jones: I (look) for the garage key. I always (look) for the garage key, because nobody ever (put) it back on its hook.

Mrs Jones: I always (put) it back on its hook. Why you (not try) your pockets? (I advise you to try your pockets).

20. Imagine that you (travel) by train, in a crowded compartment. One of the passengers (read) a newspaper; another (do) a crossword puzzle; another (look out) of the window. Suddenly the train (stop) with a jerk and your suitcase (fall) off the rack on to somebody's toes.

21. This is a story about an invalid who (spend) most of the day in bed. He has a powerful telescope and he (amuse) himself by watching the activities of the people in the opposite houses. One day when he (watch) No. 24, he (see) a murder being committed.

22. The cashier used to do the accounts and I used to check his figures, now the computer (do) it all. –And who (check) the computer? –No one. The computer (not need) a second opinion. –And what (happen) if the computer (make) a mistake? –The computer never (make) a mistake.

Ex. 9 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

1. His usual habit is to get up late at weekends. (usually)

He..................................................................................... at weekends.

2. I prefer not to travel by train. (want)

I............................................................................................. by train.

3. It isn't necessary for you to write all the answers. (have)

You............................................................................... all the answers.

4. He calls me in the middle of the night, which is very annoying.

(always)

He.................................................................... in the middle of the night.

5. Whose dog is this? (belong)

Who................................................................................................ to?

6. What's on your mind? You seem upset. (about)

What...........................................................................? You seem upset.

7. Pollution causes many health problems. (blame)

Pollution.............................................................. many health problems.

8. It is unfair to give him such a low mark. (deserve)

He............................................................................... such a low mark.

9. She must come home before 10 o'clock. (allow)

Her parents................................................................... come home

after 10 o'clock.

10. I almost never get to the bus stop on time. (miss)

I............................................................................................. the bus.