1. You / buy a newspaper; 2. Nick / retell the text; 3. they / discuss the problem; 4. Mum / go to work; 5. the Simons / sell the house; 6. your boss / have lunch; 7. she / speak to Henry; 8. you / eat at the new restaurant; 9. Jack / read the article; 10. Kate / get married; 11. it / stop snowing; 12. you / be / Kiev; 13. Sally / be / London; 14. you / hear / from Clark lately; 15. they / see / Tom today. 16. he / be in love with Ann / since last month; 17. they / write something / ever since.
Ex. 8. Make general questions. Add some information.
Model: – Has Dick got up yet? – Yes, he has. He is having breakfast now.
– Has Richard got up yet? – No, he hasn’t. He is still sleeping.
1. John / do his homework / play chess; 2. Kate / have supper / watch TV; 3. Mike / go home / play football; 4. you / find your gloves / look for them; 5. they / dust the furniture / clean the carpet; 6. she / finish typing / file the documents; 7. you / write your article / look through my notes; 8. the children / tidy up their room / watch TV
Ex. 9. Make alternative questions.
1. You / read much / little / lately? 2. He / drink tea / coffee / today? 3. She / has a holiday / a business trip / this year? 4. They / see any good films / plays / recently? 5. You / be / to Holland or Sweden / several times? 6. Sam / swim / play tennis much / lately? 7. Jack / pass / fail the exam? 8. They / work hard / little / this week? 9. Helen / find / loose / a job lately? 10. The team / win / loose / the game? 11. You / have / English / French / today?
Ex. 10. Express solidarity.
Model: – I have already translated the text. And you? – So have I.
– Mike hasn’t come yet. And Nancy? – Neither has Nancy.
1. Betsy has visited London twice. And Frank? 2. Kate hasn’t done the work yet. And Gloria? 3. I haven’t heard from Ben this week. And you? 4. Ann has never been to Russia. And Dick? 5. We have already had breakfast. And your parents? 6. Victor has already written the test. And George? 7. Jack hasn’t found the key yet. And Henry? 8. They have just left. And Sally? 9. Mary has wanted to become an actress since her childhood. And you? 10. She has never considered Harry a devoted friend. And Kate?
Ex. 11. Put questions to the underlined words.
1. Up to now he (visit) twelve countries. 2. Miss Eliot (type) six letters so far. 3. I never (eat) shell-on prawns. 4. She never (speak) to us so unfriendly before. 5. Mr. Black (work) here since 1980. 6. The Smiths (be) to Australiathree times this year. 7. Robert (drive) the same car for 10years. 8. I (know) them for many years. 9. The y just (fly) from Rome. 10. Mark (become) a director recently. 11. We (buy) a modern computer recently. 12. Mary (quarrel) with Sam today. 13. He (stay) with them long enough to discover all their little secrets. 14. The weather (change) for thebestsince Sunday. 15. Your chances (improve) lately.
Ex. 12. Ask disjunctive questions.
1. You never (be) to the Crimea, … you? 2. He already (tell) everything, … he? 3. Pat just (come), … she? 4. David (not, see) Victor today, … he? 5. The Thompsons … (be) married for ten years, … they? 6. Frank (not, invite) you for the party yet, … he? 7. Julia (fall) ill, … she? 8. Tom (not, travel) to India yet, … he?
Ex. 13. Supply the Present Perfect tense of the verbs.
| 1. I think I … you before. 2. Nothing … yet. 3. … the mail … yet? 4. We know him quite well, we … with him for many years. 5. … you already … your work for the day? 6. It’s the first time I … of their marriage. 7. He … me anything so far yet. 8. We…never…her so furious. 9. Thank you, I … already … tea. 10. It’s the oddest thing I … ever … of her. 11. Silence! The child … just … asleep. 12. Why … you … so unjust to me? | to meet to happen to arrive to work to finish to hear not to tell to see to have to hear to fall to be |
Ex. 14. Change the tense forms and use Present Perfect.
1. The students are writing a test. 2. My friend is helping me to solve a difficult problem. 3. I am learning a poem. 4. She is telling them an interesting story. 5. Kate is washing up. 6. The waiter is putting a table with meal. 7. We are eating our lunch. 8. I am drinking tea. 9. They are having supper. 10. The guests are putting on their coats. 11. Helen is making a new dress for the party. 12. She is opening a box of chocolates. 13. I am buying some milk for the cake. 14. You are recording this film on her video recorder. 15. I am translating the text from English into Russian. 16. He is going to the shop.
Ex. 15. Supply Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
1. What you (do) here? – I (write) a letter to my friend. 2. Who (write) the sentences yet? – I (do) already. 3. What language he (study)? – Now he (study) Spain, but he (learn) three foreign languages so far. 4. We (learn) already a lot of English words. At present we (learn) poems. 5. What rule she (teach) them now? – She (teach) just them the Tense and now she (teach) them the Mood. 6. You (find) your book? – No, not yet. I (look) for it everywhere. 7. What they (talk) about? – They (discuss) a complicated problem. 8. It (stop) raining yet? – Yes, the sun (shine). 9. What you (drink)? – Black coffee. Will you join? – With pleasure. I (drink, not) coffee today. 10. Are you busy now? – Yes, I (have) my English. – And what about Philosophy? – I (finish) already it. 11. He (read) the article yet? – No, he (read) just now. 12. You (hear) the weather forecast? – Yes, it’s nice.