Present Indefinite, Present Continuous

Ex. 1. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous of the Verbs in brackets and translate them:

1. I’m about to move to London and I (to try) to decide which books and records to take along.

2. What he (to do) there? He (to write) a book, I believe.

3. Part I. — Reading as a Writer — (to consider) literature primarily from the point of view of the reader.

4. What foreign language he (to study) now? He (to know) English and French well and he (to study) Spanish now.

5. This novel (to approach) literary study from two distinct perspectives.

6. The author (to describe) his own particular experience in poetry and drama.

7. Helen is good at foreign languages. She (to translate) an article from English into Russian now.

8. Oscar Wilde’s works (to reflect) the emotional protest of an artist against social conditions in England at the end of the 19^th century.

9. The teacher is very busy now. He (to examine) the students in that room.

10. When we (to write) letters to friends, we (to use) a fairly informal style.

11. I am tired of Ann. She always (to read) stories aloud.

12. For me the journal (to be) not simply a place to record my thoughts, but a place to develop them more objectively; it (to act) as a sort of a mirrow for my ideas.

13. What the students (to do) at present? They (to discuss) an article about Pushkin’s prose.

14. In her analysis the author (to comment) on stylistic elements such as word choice and variation in sentence length.

15. I can’t go to the cinema with you. I (to write) an English exercise now.

Ex. 2. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous to refer the actions in the following sentences to the future and translate them:

1. I’m professor Brown. And I have an appointment with your dean. Now where I (to go) in?

2. Do you know what time we (to arrive) at New York?

3. I know that he (to leave) for the village tomorrow.

4. “What we (to do) now?” she asked as they reached the street.

5. I can’t fetch you because I no longer have my car. I (to sell) it tomorrow.

6. The next plane (to leave) London at six o’clock. You can catch it.

7. She looked at her husband. «I’m nervous, what I (to tell) them».

8. Her voice was sharp and commanding, «I (not to go) home alone. Come on».

9. Alice (to return) from her honeymoon tomorrow and I’d like to see her before the meeting on Friday.

10. Where we (to go) from here?

Ex. 3. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English concentrating on the use of the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous:

1. На уроці ми читаємо, пишемо диктанти, робимо вправи та розмовляємо англійською.

2. Дж. Олдрідж зображує рух за незалежність в романі «Дипломат».

3. Сміх Гоголя допомагає нам боротися проти пережитків старого світу в побуті й психології людей.

4. Реалізм Ґолсуорсі поєднує його з найкращими письменниками світової літератури.

5. Студенти зараз повторюють граматичні правила вдома.

6. Що ви робите? — Ми вивчаємо й аналізуємо роботи Шекспіра.

7. Моя подруга викладає англійську мову на факультеті іноземних мов.

8. Ти зараз читаєш що-небудь англійською мовою в оригіналі?

9. Хто зараз із студентів перекладає статті з іноземних журналів?

10. Звичайно студенти цієї групи на заняттях говорять англійською мовою, а зараз вони говорять російською.

11. Я намагаюся вивчити всі незнайомі слова із цього підручника.

12. Коли моя сестра пише листи, вона робить небагато помилок.

13. Наступного тижня приїжджає група відомих письменників.

14. Найважливішою роботою Дж. Лондона є «Мартін Іден».

15. Поезія Некрасова впливає на розвиток російської поезії XIX століття.

TEST

The present indefinite / the present continuous

1. It (…) in this part of Britain

A is often raining

B often rains

2. Take your umbrella. It (…) cats and dogs.

A rains

B is raining

3. Listen! Somebody (…) a lovely song.

A is singing

B sings

4. Can you phone a bit later, please! Jane (…) out.

A is being

B is

5. Run downstairs. Your sister (…) for you.

A is waiting

B waits

6. I don’t know Spanish, but I (…) it now.

A learn

B am learning

7. Why you (…) the coat? It’s sunny today.

A are putting on

B put on

8. John (…) in the garden.

A is still working

B still works

9. We (…) to the cinema.

A sometimes go

B are sometimes going

10. What you (…) of this novel?

A are thinking

B think

11. What you (…) about now?

A think

B are thinking

12. Smith and Green (…) information now.

A collect

B are collecting

13. Miss Stewart (…) the newspaper now.

A is looking through

B looks through

14. She usually (…) the newspaper in the morning.

A looks through

B is looking through

15. The students (…) the reports on Mondays.

A discuss

B are discussing