1. Do you read a lot? What are you reading? What 2. Does it often rain here? . It looks like it is raining. 3.He writes to his parents quite often. He is busy. He is writing something. 4. He doesn't wear a warm coat in (the) winter. He is wearing a warm coat today. 5. The baby wakes up several times during the night. Don't be noisy. The baby keeps waking up. 6. They often discuss such problems..They are discussing something interesting. 7. The weather in England changes quite often.(ii)
Take the raincoat. The weather is changing.
1.He told me not to wait for him because he was dinng out.
2. The guide said that the weather wais changing for the worse and added that it would be raining in a minute.
3. The secretary wanted to know if their office would be moving to a new building.
4. The porter said that all the passengers were looking (had been looking) out of the compartment window when the train was passing (had been passing) the lake.
5. The fellow-traveller asked me what big cities we should be passing.
6. I shouted after him that he had to hurry as the train would be starting in a minute.
7. She wanted to know what they were broadcasting (had been broadcasting) when he (had) turned on the radio.
8. Mother told me to be quiet as thebaby was waking up.
9. He said that she was (had been) wearing a new dress at the party and (had) looked very beautiful.