Ex. 5. Complete the conversation putting the verbs into the Present Continuous or Present Simple.
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Ex.4. Imagine that you are a tour guide. Make an excursion about Orenburg for your groupmates.
Ex. 1. Complete these sentences withat, on, in:
1. Do you live ….. Manchester?
2. He was ….. the bus stop for half an hour.
3. Are the plates ….. the cupboard?
4. Look at the example ….. the blackboard.
5. I met my girlfriend ….. a party.
6. Kathy’s not here – she’s ….. work at the moment.
7. Are my books ….. that shelf?
8. My toothbrush isn’t ….. the bathroom. Where is it?
9. I usually go swimming ….. Tuesdays.
10. There are too many cars ….. the road.
11. We usually take our holiday ….. September.
12. They don’t go out very often ….. the evenings.
13. The children get too many presents ….. Christmas.
14. I got up ….. 7 o’clock this morning.
15. She was born ….. London ….. 1992.
Ex. 2. Complete the sentences using to, at, from, onto, on, off, into, in, or out off:
1. I got out ………. the bath when the phone rang.
2. I forgot to send a birthday card ………. Helen yesterday.
3. He was very tired when he got back ………. Australia.
4. We’re going to stay ………. a holiday apartment in Spain.
5. We stopped ………. the traffic lights and the car broke down.
6. He took all the toys ………. the box and left them ………. the floor.
7. Our friends met us ………. the airport when we arrived ………. Berlin.
8. He felt very hot and so he jumped ………. the beautiful clear water.
9. We took our lunch ………. the garden and ate it ………. the grass.
10. When I arrived, I carried my heavy bag all the way ………. the station ………. the hotel.
Ex. 3. Rewrite these sentences in the correct order:
Model: to the mountains / never / we / go – We never go to the mountains.
1. often / she / write to me / doesn’t
2. play football / the boys / always / on Sunday afternoons
3. late / usually / arrives / the bus
4. go / I / often / bed / to / before 11
5. never / coffee / in / drinks / she / the evening
6. it / in the summer / rain / often / doesn’t
7. slowly / I / always / books / read
8. by / my / usually / father / to / bus / goes / work
9. always / at / go / we / to / the beach / the weekend
Ex. 4. Complete the conversation, putting the verbs into the present continuous and completing the short answers witham, is, are (not):
- So what ………. (happen)? ………. (they/have) a party?
- Yes, they ……….
- And what ………. (they/do)?
- Well, a few of them ………. (dance).
- ………. (Mum and Dad/dance)?
- Yes, Mum ………. . But Dad ………. . He ………. (talk) to uncle Jack and they ………. (laugh) a lot.
- Is Aunty Linda there?
- Yes, she ………. . She ………. (dance) with Brian from next door.
- Oh, and Dad ………. (give) everyone a drink now.
- What ………. (they/drink)?
- Coffee, I think. And some of them ………. (drink) juice. Mum ………. (not/drink) anything.
- What ………. (they/eat)?
- Only crisps and nuts and some cheese.
- And we ………. (not/eat) anything. It’s not fair!
- But they think we ………. (sleep) upstairs.
- Oh, no, they don’t. They ………. (look) this way.
- I think Dad ………. (come) over here.
- Where ………. (you/come) from?
- Brazil. What about you? Where (you/come) from?
- Italy. I’m in London for one month.
- Yes, me too.
- ………. (you/like) it here in London?
- It’s very exciting but sometimes the people ………. (not/be) very friendly.
- ………. (you/stay) with English people?
- Yes. I ………. (stay) with an English family, but I ………. (not/see) them very often. They ………. (be) always busy.
- I ………. in a student hostel. That ………. (be) much better. There are many different nationalities and we all ………. (speak) English together.
- Oh, that’s good. And ………. (you/study) together in the hostel in the evenings?
- Yes, sometimes.
- ………. (that/be) your course book?
- Yes, I ………. (do) my homework.
- ………. (your teacher/give) you homework every day?
- Almost every day. What ………. (you/do)?
- I ………. (write) to my parents. I ………. (write) to them every week.