Restore, using Present Simple or Future Simple.
1. pass me the crib/ as soon as/ the teacher/ away 2. tell me/ the train for Moscow 3. If/ me/ for advice/ know/ what to say 4. As long as/ the teacher/ us/ will behave 5. wonder/ how soon 6. are sure to fail/ if/ work properly 7. hide the crib/ before/ the teacher 8. raining/ will/ home 9. before/ it/ raining/ we/ home 10. money for/ next year
Present Simple or Present Progressive
repeated actions | actions in progress repeated processes |
Present Simple | Present Progressive |
You oftenlose things. | You’re alwayslosingthings! You alwayslose things, when you’re daydreaming. |
Correct the mistakes, if any.
1. She always smiles! 2. It’s often raining here in autumn. 3. I’m never missing classes. 4. She’s always smiling when I see her in college. 5. She always smiles when she sees me in college. 6. I’m singing when I’m cooking. 7. He’s just being clever, that’s all. 8. It’s raining and raining. 9. Fewer and fewer people take up teaching as a profession. 10. He often lies, I hate it.
Complete, using the correct tense form.
1. I’m a teacher, but for the moment ___. 2. You’re hard to please. You ___. 3. I’m afraid I can’t do my homework today. We ___. 4. She is daydreaming today, but generally ___. 5. Jogging is healthy. How often ___. 6. You always look sleepy in class. I’m sure you ___. 7. I seldom make so many mistakes, but today the teacher ___. 8. How well Mom cooks! The soup ___. 9. My parents have bought a new flat, and now we ___. 10. Mother prefers fish. I wonder why this time she ___.
Future Simple or Future Progressive or Present Progressive
predicting future actions | foreseeing future progresses | anticipating future actions |
You’ll play tennis very well in a month. | At 7 tonight we’ll be playingtennis, you’d better call a bit later. | We’re playing tennis tonight. Would you like to join us? |
Future Simple | Future Progressive | Present Progressive |
Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. Are you sure he ___ (write) to you every day? 2. Let’s wait for Jack. Then we ___ (have) lunch. 3. By 6 they ___ (watch) TV already. 4. How long ___ you ___ (play) football today? Could I call you at 7? 5. I’ll ___ (see) her this evening, so you needn’t call her, I’ll tell her everything. 6. I’ll scream if she ___ (play) the piano all the evening again. 7. If you ___ (not/ do) your homework when I come, I’ll punish you. 8. Will your friends ___ (arrive) by noon tomorrow? 9. Can we meet this Saturday? – I’m afraid not. I ___ (sit) for the exam. 10. We ___ (wait) for you downstairs, but don’t stay too long. 11. They ___ (fire) him, if they ___ (learn) the truth. 12. You ___ (use) your car this Sunday, or can I borrow it?
Present Simple, Future Simple,
Future Progressive or Present Progressive
Correct the mistakes, if any. Be ready to comment on the rules.
1. We leaving soon, in a day or two. 2. Are you sure that he leaves on Saturday? 3. Call me as soon as he will leave. 4. They’ll calling again in half an hour. 5. If he call at night, don’t answer the phone. 6. I’m calling him and then leaving him. 7. He always calls very late! 8. I thought he will call you. 9. I thought he would call you when he would learnt everything. 10. He realized they’re calling him. 11. I’ll do my homework, while Mother cooks the supper. 12. They play tennis tonight. They’re always playing it on Saturday. 13. I’m seeing off my friends tonight. They’ll leave at midnight. 14. If they have dinner when you’ll come, they have to invite you. 15. I won’t hear the telephone if I’ll be doing my homework at that time. I’ll listen to the cassette. 16. Wages are not increasing all the time, prices do. 17. Will they still wait at six? – They’ll wait till he will come. 18. They redecorate their flat, they’ll do it till May, I believe. 19. You’ll be recognizing her the moment you’ll be seeing her. She’ll wear dark glasses. 20. Will you dine out tonight? Then I’m calling you at six.
Past Simple or Past Progressive