31. Correct the mistakes.

1 They have been to the shops. They’ll be home soon.

2 Joe plays in the garden at the moment.

3 I am going to work by car every day.

4 The builders finish the block of flats already.

5 He has been breaking his arm.

6 Sam have just finished reading a very interesting book.

7 Water is boiling at 100^C.

8 John is living here since 1987.

9 I study this subject for five years.

10 Who has use my scissors ?

32. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present forms.

1 George Smith ..... (train) for this match for months. He ..... (practise) at least four hours a day for the last two weeks and he ..... (say) that now he .... (feel) confident. However, he ..... (face) a difficult opponent tonight. Palmer ..... (win) several games recently, and he ..... (look) determined to win this one too. The match ..... (be) about to start, so let’s watch and see what ..... (happen).

2 Louisa usually ..... (go) to work by tube, but today she ..... (go) there in a chauffeur-driven limousine. The reason for this ..... (be) that she ..... (just / win) the young business person award, and as part of the prize people ..... (treat) her like royalty.

3 Mary ..... (dye) her hair for years. She ..... (go) to the hairdresser once a week and ..... (try) every colour you can imagine. She ..... (say) she ..... (want) to match her hair with her clothes. I ..... (ask) her for ages why she ..... (not / keep) her natural colour but she ..... (say) she ..... (forget) what it is!

4 A: Excuse me, I ..... (try) to pay for this shirt for ten minutes. Nobody ..... (seem) to want to serve me. I ..... (try) complaining but nobody ...... (listen). It’s the worst service I ..... (ever / experience). Something ought to be done!

B: I agree sir, but I ..... (not / work) here.

33. Make all the necessary changes and additions to make a complete letter.

Dear Sirs,

I write / apply / position of French teacher / advertised / The European. academic qualifications include / degree in French / Oxford University. I spend several years / Paris / have excellent practical knowledge of French. I work / assistant French teacher / two years / school outside London. I be unemployed / at the moment. I enclose references / former employer and CV. I trust you give / application / serious consideration. I look forward / hear you / earliest convenience.

Yours faithfully,

Present forms

PRACTICE TEST №1

Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present forms.

Friday afternoon at MacGruder’s department store

It’s a normal Friday afternoon at MacGruder’s Department Store. At this moment in the shoe department, a young man and his wife 1) ..... (try) to buy new shoes for their three small children. The kids 2) ..... (wiggle) and 3) ..... (scream) and 4) ..... (chase) each other around. The salesman, George, 5) ..... (go) crazy. He 6) ..... (wait on) the family for the past hour with no success. Either the shoes 7) ..... (not fit), or the children’s father 8) ..... (think) they’re too expensive.

Over at the jewelry counter, Julie 9) ..... (have) a hard time, too. She 10) ..... (run) back and forth all afternoon. One lady 11) ..... (try on) earrings for twenty-five minutes and 12) ..... (not put) them back on the rack, so now there is a mountain of earrings on the counter.

Meanwhile, Beth Ellen, the store detective, 13) ..... (walk) slowly around the store since she arrived at 10:00. Her feet 14) ..... (kill) her the whole time. Every day, she 15) ..... (walk) around and 16) ..... (try) to look like a normal shopper while she 17) ..... (do) her job catching shoplifters. Unfortunately, Beth Ellen 18) ..... (not catch) a single shoplifter in the past year because she can’t see well, and she 19) ..... (refuse) to wear her glasses.

Up in his office right now, Mr. MacGruder 20) ..... (stand) by a small window which 21) ..... (look) out over the first floor of his store. He 22) ..... (see) a customer at the jewelry counter secretly putting expensive earrings into her purse. Beth Ellen 23) ..... (walk) right past her at this very moment, but of course she 24) ..... (not see) the woman steal the earrings because she 25) ..... (not wear) her glasses. Mr. MacGruder’s face 26) ..... (begin) to turn purple, and now he 27) ..... (tear) out his hair. He 28) ..... (regret) hiring Beth Ellen as the store detective ever since his sister persuaded him to, but he can’t do anything about it because the girl 29) ..... (be) his niece.

PAST FORMS

PAST SIMPLE	PAST CONTINUOUS
We use the past simple: a) for an action which happened at a definite time in the past. The time is stated, already known or implied. They went camping by the lake last month.	We use the past continuous: a) for an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We do not mention when the action started or finished. At seven o’clock yesterday evening they were having dinner.
b)for actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past. First she paid the driver , then she got out of the taxi.	b)for an action which was in progress when another action interrupted it. We use the past continuous for the action in progress (longer action) and the past simple for the action which interrupted it (shorter action). He was walking down the street when he met an old friend.
c) for past habits or states which are now finished. In such cases we can also use the expression used to. Kitchens were / used to be very different a hundred years ago.	c) for two or more simultaneous past actions. She was talking on her mobile phone while she was driving to work.
	d) to describe the atmosphere, setting, etc. in the introduction to a story before we describe the main events. One beautiful autumn afternoon, Ben was strolling down a quiet country lane. The birds were singing and the leaves were rustling in the breeze.