Ex. 4. Fill in with Present Simple or Continuous

1. A: I ______ (think) about visiting Jane this afternoon.

B: I wouldn’t bother. I ______ (think) she’s away on holiday.

2. A: Mr. Jones ______ (have) a telephone message from his wife.

B: Can it wait? He ______ (have) a business meeting and don’t want to disturb him.

3. A: Why ______ (you/taste) the soup? Is there anything wrong with it?

B: Yes – it ______ (taste) too sweet. I think I’ve used sugar instead of salt.

4. A: It ______ (look) as if it’s going to rain this afternoon.

B: I know. I ______ (look) for my umbrella to take out with me.

5. A: How much _______ (your baby/weigh)?

B: I don’t know. The nurse ______ (weigh) him at the moment.

Ex. 5. Consult the Grammar Focus about Articles with countable and uncountable nouns.

Ex. 6. Fill in the blanks with the article:

1. She is _____ accountant and he is _____ lawyer.

2. Are they _____ typists? – No, Jane is _____ researcher and Mary is _____ economist.

3. What _____ interesting article! I advise you to read it.

4. We prepare _____ reports once _____ month.

5. Does _____ kangaroo live in Australia or Africa?

Ex. 7. Fill in: is or are.

1. Where ___ my scissors?

2. There ___ a lecture on economics today.

3. Her hair ___ beautiful.

4. Your socks ___ in the drawer.

5. Her furniture ___ very expensive.

6. The news ___ very exciting.

7. German ___ difficult to learn.

8. Chess ___ popular game.

9. People ___ starving in many countries.

10. Happiness ___ the key to success.

Ex. 8. Make up sentences using the chart:

Ex. 9. Consult the Grammar Focus about Plural form of nouns and read the words.

[s] [z] [iz]

a book - books a boy - boys a glass - glasses

a cup - cups a girl - girls a dish - dishes

a plate - plates a coin - coins a box - boxes

a fork - forks a table - tables a match - matches

a boot - boots a bag - bags a face - faces

a flat - flats a teacher – teachers a page - pages

a joke - jokes a shoe - shoes a bus - buses