Ex.1 Choose the correct tense (Present Indefinite or Present Continuous)
Look up! The sun ________________________(shine) so brightly!
My uncle usually ____________________(read) newspapers in the evening.
As a rule, my sister __________________(do) all housework.
Her mother ___________________(go) to the South every summer.
What _________________the students _________________(do) at the moment? –Don’t disturb them! They________________(write) a test.
My parents ________________(arrive) this week.
London________________(stand) on the River Thames.
How many hours _______________you _____________(work) every day?
I _________________(prefer) hot food.
This medicine ________________(taste) awful.
Many of the world’s natural resources ___________________(now disappear).
What ____________you __________(do) next weekend?
The climate __________________(get) warmer and warmer.
Ex.2. Put the verb in brackets in the Present Perfect or Past Simple tense
Have you heard the rules? They _______________(just/elect) a new manager.
Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week.
When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday?
John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures.
John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980.
Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman.
I ________________(see) Sting last year.
I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion.
I _______________(write) 5 letters this week.
I ______________(read) this book a month ago.
He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer.
They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out.
_______________you ______________(write) this translation yet?
Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous
What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays.
I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean).
What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment.
He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat.
Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) toLondon. We _____________(stay) inLondonfor three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across.
___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week.
Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.
Ex.4. Complete the conversation. Use some, any or no.
A: I’m making ___________coffee. Would you like _________?
B: No, thanks. I’m going shopping. What do we need?
A: Well. We haven’t got ___________bread.
B: Have we got _____________cheese?
A: No, we haven’t. And there aren’t __________eggs.
B: Is there ___________tea left?
A: No, there’s ____________tea. And we haven’t got ___________rice.
B: Right. Bread, cheese, eggs, tea and rice.
A: Have you got enough money?
B: I’ve got_______________, but not much. Can you lend me ___________?
Ex.5. Supply one of the compounds with some-, any- and no.
At the party you’ll see ______________you haven’t met yet.
I’m not going to see him because I have ______________important to report.
I was late. I found____________in the house.
I think there’s _____________wrong with my watch.
Is there ________________at home?
The doorbell rang but there was ____________there.
I know ______________at all.
_____________can become a member of the club by paying a subscription.
When we get there it may be too late to do ______________.
______________has been here before us.
“Why don’t you say ___________?” he demanded.
This is my affair and ____________else’s.
He looked at my pictures and didn’t say __________________.
Ex.6. Put the correct form of much, many, (a) little, (a) few.
You’ve made so _____________(много) mistakes in your test again! –Don’t be surprised, I had___________(совсем немного) time to get ready for it.
Do you have ____________(много) time on Saturday?
I’m afraid we have too _____________(мало) flour to make a cake. –I think we can cook the cake, there is still _____________(немного) flour left.
I don’t have ___________(много) friends inItaly, but still there are ___________(много) people I’d like to see.
Don’t hurry, take as _____________(много) time as you need.