Ex. 7 Put the verb in the correct form, Present Continuous or Present Simple

1. How much you (owe) him? – I (owe) him? – You (intend) to pay him?

2. You (belong) to your local library? – Yes, I do. – You (read) a lot? - Yes, quite a lot. – How often you (change) your books? – I (change) one every week.

3. Mary usually (learn) languages very quickly but she (not seem) able
to learn modern Greek.

4. I always (buy) lottery tickets but I never (win) anything.

5. You (like) this necklace? I (give) it to my daughter for her birthday
tomorrow.

6. I won't tell you my secret unless you (promise) not to tell anyone. – I (promise).

7. You always (write) with your left hand?

8. You (love) him? – No, I (like) him very much but I (not love) him.

9. You (dream) at night? – Yes, I always (dream) and if I (eat) too much supper I (have) nightmares.

10. The milk (smell) sour. You (keep) milk a long time?

11. These workmen are never satisfied; they always (complain).

12. We (use) this room today because the window in the other room is
broken.

13. He always (say) that he will mend the window but he never (do) it.

14. You (know) why an apple (fall) down and not up?

15. You (write) to him tonight? – Yes, I always (write) to him on his birthday. You (want) to send any message?

16. Tom and Mr Pitt (have) a long conversation. I (wonder) what they
(talk) about.

17. You (believe) all that the newspapers say? – No, I (not believe) any of it. - Then why you (read) newspapers?

18. This car (make) a very strange noise. You (think) it is all right? –
Oh, that noise (not matter). It always (make) a noise like that.

19. The fire (smoke) horribly. I can't see across the room. –
I (expect) that birds (build) a nest in the chimney. - Why you (not put) wire across the tops of your chimneys? – Tom (do) that sometimes but it (not seem) to make any difference.

20. How Peter (get) on at school? –Very well. He (seem) to like the life.

21. Why Mrs. Pitt (look) so angry? – Mr. Pitt (smoke) a cigarette and (drop) the ash on the carpet.

22. This story is about a boy who (make) friends with a snake which he (find) in his garden. Then he (go) away but he (not forget) the snake and some years later he (return) and (look) for it.

He (find) the snake who (recognize) its old friend and (coil) round him affectionately. But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full-grown boa-constrictor and its embrace (kill) the poor boy.

The snake (feel) sorry about this? – I (not know). The story (end) there.

23. How you (end) a letter that (begin), 'Dear Sir'? – I always (put), 'Yours truly', but Tom (prefer) 'Yours faithfully'.

24. What the word 'catastrophe' (mean)? – It (mean) 'disaster'.

25. What you (wait) for? – I (wait) for the shop to open. – But it (not open) till 9.00. – I (know) but I (want) to be early, as their sale (start) today.

26. Why you (smoke) a cigar, Mrs Pitt? You (not smoke) cigars as a rule. – I (smoke) it because I (want) the ash. This book (say) that cigar ash mixed with oil (remove) heat stains from wood.

27. Who (own) this umbrella? – I (not know). Everybody (use) it but nobody (know) who (own) it.

28. You (mind) if I (ask) you a question? – That (depend) on the question. – It (concern) your brother. – I (refuse) to answer any question about my brother.

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