Complete with the verbs in brackets using simple present or present continuous
1. Every Monday, Sally .......(drive) her kids to football practice.
2. Usually, I......... (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I........ (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John........ (sleep) .
4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It........ (rain) .
5. I hate living in Seattle because it........ (rain, always) .
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you...... (say) because everybody....... (talk) so loudly.
7. Justin....... (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.
8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I....... (go) to a movie tonight with some friends.
9. The business cards .........(be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their prices (.........be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.
10. This delicious chocolate......... (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.
Complete with the verbs in brackets with the simple present or the present continuous
A Trekking Journal
November 12, 1997
Today...... (be) the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted and my legs .........(shake) ; I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet......... (kill, really) me and my toes......... (bleed) , but I .........(want, still) to continue.
Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything........ (be) so different, and I......... (try) to adapt to the new way of life here. I...... (learn) a little bit of the language to make communication easier; unfortunately, I....... (learn, not) foreign languages quickly. Although I ........(understand, not) much yet, I believe that I....... (improve, gradually) .
I ..........(travel, currently) with Liam, a student from Leeds University in England. He......... (be) a nice guy, but impatient. He ..........(walk, always) ahead of me and (complain) that I am too slow. I ............(do) my best to keep up with him, but he is younger and stronger than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old.
Right now, Liam ..........(sit) with the owner of the inn. They ..........(discuss) the differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I........ (know, not) the real name of the owner, but everybody (call, just) him Tam. Tam ...........(speak) English very well and he.......... (try) to teach Liam some words in Nepali. Every time Tam (say) a new word, Liam .......(try) to repeat it. Unfortunately, Liam........... (seem, also) to have difficulty learning foreign languages. I just hope we don't get lost and have to ask for directions.
viernes, 28 de septiembre de 2012
II cuat. Sistemas/TN.TM/4TO B
EXERCISE
Join the following pairs of sentences using a relative pronoun (who, which, when, where etc).There are defining and non-defining relative clauses.
relative sentences.
1.
She showed me a photograph of her son. Her son is a policeman.
2. The new stadium will be opened next month. The stadium holds
90,000 people.
3. John is one of my closest friends. I have known John for eight years
4. The boy is one of my closest friends. He is waiting for me.
5. Thank you for your letter. I was very happy to get your letter.
6. The letter is in the drawer. Peter has sent the letter to you.
7. Next week-end I’m going to Glasgow. My sister lives in Glasgow.
8. Next summer we are visiting the town. My father was born in this
town.
9. The storm caused a lot of damage. Nobody had been expecting
the storm.
10. That man over there is an artist. I don’t remember his name.
11. Mr Yates is retiring next month. He has worked for the same
company all his life.
12. My sister is visiting us next week. You once met her.
13. Mr Carter is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him last night.
14. I’ve just bought some books about astronomy. I’m very interested
in astronomy.
15. The man is in prison. Janet fell in love with this man.
16. Mr Roberts is in prison. Janet fell in love with him.
Join the following pairs of sentences using a relative pronoun (who, which, when, where etc).There are defining and non-defining relative clauses.
relative sentences.
1.
She showed me a photograph of her son. Her son is a policeman.
2. The new stadium will be opened next month. The stadium holds
90,000 people.
3. John is one of my closest friends. I have known John for eight years
4. The boy is one of my closest friends. He is waiting for me.
5. Thank you for your letter. I was very happy to get your letter.
6. The letter is in the drawer. Peter has sent the letter to you.
7. Next week-end I’m going to Glasgow. My sister lives in Glasgow.
8. Next summer we are visiting the town. My father was born in this
town.
9. The storm caused a lot of damage. Nobody had been expecting
the storm.
10. That man over there is an artist. I don’t remember his name.
11. Mr Yates is retiring next month. He has worked for the same
company all his life.
12. My sister is visiting us next week. You once met her.
13. Mr Carter is very interested in our plan. I spoke to him last night.
14. I’ve just bought some books about astronomy. I’m very interested
in astronomy.
15. The man is in prison. Janet fell in love with this man.
16. Mr Roberts is in prison. Janet fell in love with him.
sábado, 1 de septiembre de 2012
Simple Past or Present Perfect? (2do cuat. Sistemas)
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use Simple Past or Present Perfect.
1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I............. (see, never) that movie.
2. Sam ............(arrive)in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I .............(know) each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He................(write) ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5. I .............(have, not) this much fun since I........... (be) a kid.
6. Things.................. (change) a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first .................(start) working here three years ago, the company..................... (have, only) six employees. Since then, we........... (expand) to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I ..............(tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he.............. (wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you..............(miss) the bus this morning. You.............. (be) late to work too many times. You are fired!
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he................ (see, never) the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
10. How sad! George ..........(dream) of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He........... (see, never) the ocean.
11. In the last hundred years, traveling............ (become) much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it............ (take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip.......... (be) very rough and often dangerous. Things............ (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you.......... (change) since the last time I ..........(see) you. You........... (grow) at least a foot!
13. This tree........ (be) planted by the settlers who........... (found) our city over four hundred years ago.
14. This mountain .........(be, never) climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers........... (try) to reach the top, but nobody............ (succeed, ever) . The climb is extremely difficult and many people ..........(die)trying to reach the summit.
15. I (...............visit, never) Africa, but I ...............(travel) to South America several times. The last time I ..............(go) to South America, I ..................(visit) Brazil and Peru. I................ (spend) two weeks in the Amazon,................ (hike) for a week near Machu Picchu, and................ (fly) over the Nazca Lines.
1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I............. (see, never) that movie.
2. Sam ............(arrive)in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I .............(know) each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He................(write) ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5. I .............(have, not) this much fun since I........... (be) a kid.
6. Things.................. (change) a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first .................(start) working here three years ago, the company..................... (have, only) six employees. Since then, we........... (expand) to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I ..............(tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he.............. (wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you..............(miss) the bus this morning. You.............. (be) late to work too many times. You are fired!
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he................ (see, never) the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
10. How sad! George ..........(dream) of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He........... (see, never) the ocean.
11. In the last hundred years, traveling............ (become) much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it............ (take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip.......... (be) very rough and often dangerous. Things............ (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you.......... (change) since the last time I ..........(see) you. You........... (grow) at least a foot!
13. This tree........ (be) planted by the settlers who........... (found) our city over four hundred years ago.
14. This mountain .........(be, never) climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers........... (try) to reach the top, but nobody............ (succeed, ever) . The climb is extremely difficult and many people ..........(die)trying to reach the summit.
15. I (...............visit, never) Africa, but I ...............(travel) to South America several times. The last time I ..............(go) to South America, I ..................(visit) Brazil and Peru. I................ (spend) two weeks in the Amazon,................ (hike) for a week near Machu Picchu, and................ (fly) over the Nazca Lines.
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