Present Simple / Continuous.
Настоящее неопределенное время/ Настоящее длительное
время
Уровень сложности-2
Choose either the Present Simple or Present Continuous in the
following sentences
A) Present Simple B) Present Continuous
1. What are you doing, Nick?
2. I'm cutting the grass.
3. I always cut the grass on Saturdays.
4. It's 1 o'clock. Nick's having lunch.
5. He always has lunch at 1 o'clock.
6. Mrs. Lee is putting hot water in the tea-pot.
7. She wants to make some tea.
8. The workman is bringing a ladder.
9. He wants to climb up to the roof.
10. My bag is cheaper than yours.
11. We are taking photographs.
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12. The parents are in the room next to ours.
13. This book is worth reading.
14. Tom is visiting a friend in Liverpool this weekend.
15. How do you feel when you're in an airport?
16. What do you do while you're waiting for your flight?
17. This novel isn't boring at all.
18. Are you surprised at the news?
19. It's growing cold. I don't want to stay here any longer.
20. I'm tired of doing the same things every day.
Prepositions of place
Уровень сложности-1
Choose the correct preposition.
A) at B) in C) on
1. There is a nice picture … the wall.
2. She never keeps her money … her bag.
3. Don't sit …the ground.
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4. Can you see something strange …the water?
5. I think her flat is the third floor of that building.
6. Who is the boy that photo?
7. The car was parked the corner of the street.
8. The children are playing the garden.
9. My friend spent his holiday a small village the mountains.
10. The night is very dark. There are no stars the sky.
11. Let's meet the entrance to the Supermarket.
12. Our dog likes swimming the river.
13. St. Petersburg is the Neva river.
14. She waited for him the bus stop the end of Green Street.
15. There is nobody the building.
16.1 think I left my bag the chair the corner of the classroom.
17. When we were Spain we stayed a hotel. We always left keys
reception.
18. We live Number 54 (Market street).
19. There's a big circle. Inside the circle the top there is a small
square. The right the side there are two small circles.
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20. The left the side there's a triangle, and there's a rectangle the
bottom.
21. The middle there are three small dots.
Prepositions of time
Fill in A) at B) in C) on
1.
3.
5.
7.
9.
11.
13.
15.
17.
19.
21.
23.
25.
27.
time
9 o'clock
October
times
his age
Wednesday
Sunday mornings
Friday evening
Veteran's Day
the end of the concert
Tuesday afternoon
the weekend (Brit.).
the past
just
2.
4.
6.
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
.
the present
the morning
noon
half
past three
lunch
Christmas
the end of January
midnight
my birthday
the spring
26 November
night
the moment
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9. monkeys, donkeys
10. wishes, kisses
Plural nouns
1. tomatoes
4. loaves
7. postmen
10. women-
doctors
2. leaves
5. deer
8. oxen
3. shelves
6. thieves
9. handkerchiefs
Degrees of comparisons
1. С
7. А
2. А
8. В
3. С
9. А
4. D
10. С
5. D
11. А
6. D
12. В
Degrees of comparisons
.
1.А 2. В
6.А 7. С
11.В 12. А
3. С
8. А, В
13. С
4. В 5. В
9. А, В 10. В
14. С 15. С
Degrees of comparisons
1.С 2. В 3. С 4. В 5. В 6. А,С
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7.С 8. А 9. В 10. С 11. В 12. В,С
Present Simple
1. A 2. В
6. A 7. A
11. A 12. В
16. В 17. A
21. С 22. С
3. В 4. А
8. В 9. А
13. С 14. С
18. В 19. А
23. С
5. В
10. B
15. C
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A
Present Simple
1. В
6. В
11. В
16. А,В
2. F
7. В
12. A
17. A
3. В
8. В
13. A
18. С
4. С
9. D
14. С
19. А, С
5. В
10. В
15. А
20. В
Present Simple
1.
D
2.
C
3.
D
4.
A
5.
B
6.
B
7.
D
8.
D
9.
A
10.
A
11.
A