CHAPTER 1. PRESENT TIME (23) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 1. PRESENT TIME

EXERCISE22. Review: present verbs. Directions: Complete the sentences by using the words in parentheses. Use the simple present or the present progressive. Supply the short answer to a question if necessary. 1 A: My sister (have) ____has____ a new car. She bought it last month. B: (you, have) ___ Do you have _____ a car? A: No, I ____don’t _____. Do you? * , B: No, but I have a ten-speed bike. 2 A: Where are the children? B: In the living room. A: What are they doing? (they, watch) ___________ TV? B: No, they ___________. They (play) ___________ a game. 3 A. Shhh. I (hear) ___________ a noise. (you,  hear) ___________ it, too? B: Yes, I ___________. I wonder what it is. 4 A: Johnny, (you, listen) ___________ to me? B: Of course I am, Mom. You (want) ___________ me to take out the garbage. Right? A: Right! And right now! 5 A: Knock, knock! Anybody home? Hey, Bill! Hi! It's me. I'm here with Tom. Where are you? B: I (be) ___________ in the bedroom. A: What (you, do) ___________? B: I (try) ___________ to sleep! A: Oh. Sorry. I won't bother you. Tom, shhh. Bill (rest) ___________. 6 A: What (you, think) ___________ about at night before you fall asleep? B: I (think) ___________ about all of the pleasant things that happened during the day. I (think, not) ___________ about my problems. 7 A: A penny for your thoughts. B: Huh? A: What (you, think) ___________ about right now? B: I (think) ___________ about English grammar. I (think, not) ___________ about anything else right now. A: I (believe, not) ___________ you! 8 A: (you, see) ___________ that man over there? B: Which man? The man in the brown jacket? A: No, I (talk) ___________ about the man who (wear) ___________ the blue shirt. B: Oh, that man. A: (you, know) ___________ him? B: No, I (think, not) ___________ so. 9 A: (you, know) ___________ any tongue-twisters? B: Yes, I ___________. Here's one: She sells seashells down by the seashore. 'A: That (be) ___________ hard to say! Can you say this: Sharon wears Sue's shoes to zoos to look at cheap sheep? B: That (make, not) ___________ any sense. A: I (know) ___________.

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