Question

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present (simple or continuous) tense. Rewrite the entire sentence.
1. Mrs. Jones: My daughter never (write) to me so I never (know) what she (do). Your son (write) to you, Mrs. Smith? Mrs. Smith: Yes, I (hear) from him every week. He (seem) to like writing letters. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. These apples (cost) 40p a bag. You (think) that is expensive? It (depend) on the size of the bag. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I (see) my solicitor tomorrow; I (change) my will. You always (change) your will. Why you (not leave) it alone? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. You (look) very thoughtful. What you (think) about? I (think) about my retirement. But you're only 25. You only just (start) your career. I (know); but I (read) an article which (say) that a sensible man (start) thinking about retirement at 25. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. My next door neighbour always (knock) on my door and (ask) me to lend her l0p pieces. What she (do) with them? She (put) them in her gas meter. I really (not mind) lending her a few 10p pieces but what (annoy) me is that she (know) how many she (need) each week but never (take) the trouble to bring the right number home. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What she (do) if she (run out) of them when you are away? Oh, she (borrow) from her other neighbour, Mr. White; but this (take) longer because he always (want) her to stay and chat and she (find) it quite hard to get away from him. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. How much she (owe) you now? I (not know); I (not keep) an account. Anyway she (leave) next week; she (get) married. I (try) to think of a suitable wedding present. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why you (not offer) to cancel her debt? That (sound) rather a mean sort of present. Anyway she probably (not realize) that she (owe) me money. ________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. My brother (say) that people who (owe) him money always (seem) to forget about it, but people he (owe) money to always (remember) exactly. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. I (not think) your brother (enjoy) the party. He (keep) looking at his watch. Oh, I'm sure he (enjoy) it. He always (enjoy) your parties. But I (know) he (want) to be home early tonight because he (expect) an important telephone call. __________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. wrote , knew,did,wrote,hear ,sem

2.cost, though, depends

3.saw, changed, changed, didn't