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Part ' 1(-)*-+)), Present simple questions - do or does: 1
Fill it with either do or does. Complete the story. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Tense or Past Simple Tense. The Story of a Sad Man One Saturday evening, two men (1) ______ meet! in a London pub. One of the men was very unhappy. Life is terrible, everything in the world is really boring,! he said. "on#t say that,! said the other man. Life is wonderful$ %he world is so e&'iting$ %hin( about )taly. )t#s a wonderful 'ountry. (*)_______ you ever _______ be! there+! Oh, yes. ) (,)_______ "o! there last month and ) (-)_______ not like! it.! .ell, (/)_______ you _______ be! to Sweden+ (0)_______ you ever _____ see! the midnight sun+1 Oh, yes. ) (2)_______ "o! there for my honeymoon and we (3)_______ see! the midnight sun. ) (4)_______ not en#oy! it.! .ell, ) (15)_______ 6ust _______ return! from a safari in 7fri'a. (11)_______ you _______ visit! 7fri'a yet+! 8es, ) (1*)_______ "o! on a safari in 9ast 7fri'a last year and ) (1,)_______ climb! :ount ;liman6aro. )t was really boring.! .ell,! said the other man, ) thin( that you are very ill. Only the best psy'hiatrist in London 'an help you. <o to see "r <reenbaum in =arley Street.! >ut ) am "r <reenbaum,! answered the man sadly.

1. ..... it rain a lot in Vienna? 2. How much ..... you earn? 3. Where ..... you live? 4. What time ..... the film start? 5. ..... your friends live near here? 6. How often ..... you go to the cinema? 7. ..... Mary have a bicycle? 8. ..... they work here? 9. How much ..... it cost to fly to Rome? 10. What ..... you usually eat for breakfast? 11. ..... he have a car? 12. ..... we have to go to the party? 13. ..... they live in London? 14. Where ..... usanne live? 15. What ..... we have to do for homework? 16. ..... it snow a lot in !celand? 17. How long ..... it take you to get to work? 18. ..... you like going to the cinema? 19. ..... all parrots talk? 20. ..... she have a car? 21. ..... you speak "nglish? 22. ..... she speak lovakian? 23. ..... "nglish people really wear bowler hats? 24. What ..... this word mean? 25. What time ..... this class finish? 26. Who ..... we have to report to? 27. How many cigarettes ..... you smoke a day? 28. ..... your grandmother live with you? 29. ..... hearing bad news make you depressed? 30. ..... penguins live in the #rctic or the #ntarctic?

Read the situations and complete the sentences. $. %he rain started two hours ago. !t&s still raining now.

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!t ...has been raining hours.

for two

' We started waiting for the bus '( minutes ago. We&re still waiting now. We........................................................ ..........................................................for '( minutes. ) ! started panish classes in *ecember. !&m still learning panish now. !............................................................. .....................................................since *ecember. + #nn began looking for a ,ob simonths ago. he&s still looking now. ..................................................... .............................................................f or si- months. . Mary started working in London on $/ 0anuary. he&s still working there now. ..................................................... ............................................................. since $/ 0anuary. 1 2ears ago you started writing to a penfriend. 2ou still write to each other regularly now. We........................................................ ..........................................................for years. Put the verb into the present continuous (I am -ing etc.) or present perfect continuous (I have been -ing etc.). $ Maria . ..has been learning... 3learn4 "nglish for two years. ' Hello5 %om. !................................................... (loo ! for you all morning. Where have you been? ).Why.................................................... ......("ou#loo ! at me like that? top it6 + We always go to !reland for our holidays. We........................................ (go! there for years. ..!......................(thin ! about what you said and !&ve decided to take your advice.

1 &!s #nn on holiday this week?& &7o5 she.................................................. ($or !.& 8 arah is very tired. he............ ($or ! very hard recently. %im&le 're(ent or %im&le 're(ent Continuou( Ten(e 1. 9sually :reg;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3eat4 anything he ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3want4 and ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3not worry4 about what it ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3do4 to his body.However5now5he;;;;; 3compete4 in swimming and has to change his eating habits. 2.9sually5 he ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3get up4 and ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3have4 orange ,uice or ,ust ;;;;;;;;;;;; 3skip4 breakfast because he ;;;;;;; 3be4 late for class. %hen at lunch5 he fre<uently ;;;;;;3meet4 his friends at Mac *onald&s and ;;;;have4 a =ig Mac5 fries and a cola. 3.#t dinner time5 he always ;;;;;;;3sit4 down with his family5 and ;;;;;;;3en,oy4 a big meal. His mom usually ;;;;;;; 3serve4 meat5 vegetables and potatoes. #fter that5 he ;;;;;;;; 3eat4 a green salad or some fruit. Most of the time5 by eleven o&clock5 he ;;;;;;;; 3be4 hungry again5 so he ;;;;;;;;; 3have4 ice> cream and cookies. 4.7ow5 he ;;;;;;;; 3swim4 competitively and his diet ;;;;;;;; 3be4 completely different. !n the morning5 he ;;;;;;;;; 3eat4 a lot more protein5 eggs and bacon5 and ?carbos?5 a couple pieces of toast5 so that he has more energy for his morning work>out. He ;;;;;;;;; 3spend4 noontime with his swimming

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teammates5 not his ?,unk food? friends. He ;;;; 3follow4 a low>fat5 high> protein diet. 5.#t dinner5 he ;;;;;;;;;;;; 3take4 an e-tra helping of meat and potatoes. !n fact5 my mom ;;;;;;;;; 3have4 trouble keeping enough food in the refrigerator. he ;;;;;;;; 3think4 that he ;;;;;; 3be4 an ?eating>machine?. 7e-t5 week :reg ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3go4 to Washington tate for the 7ational wimming @hampionships. He ;;;;;; 3be4 e-cited about them5 but he ;;;;;; 3know4 that it may take a while until he ;;; 3win4 a big competition. 6.#ndreas ;;;;;;;;; 3get4 nervous whenever he takes a test. His head feels light and his hands ;;;;;;; 3become4 sweaty. He worries that the teacher ;;;;;;;; 3look4 at him. Ather people can see that #ndreas ;;;;;;;;;;3appear4 upset because he ;;;;;;;;;;;; 3act4 7.#lberto =enigni is a very funny !talian actor. Bresently5 he ;;;;;;;;;;; 3appear4 in a movie called ?!l Monstro?5 the monster. He ;;;;;;;; 3seem4 to have a natural gift for comedy. !n this movie5the police think he5 Loro5 is a dangerous serial killer5 but this is a case of mistaken identity. %he police try to catch him by having a beautiful woman5 a cop5 invite him to her apartment. He is delighted to be in her company. However5 Loro is a person who ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3act4 strange. He bumbles5 and fumbles5 which causes the police to think he is going to attack her at any moment. !nstead5 the woman ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3appear4 to fall in love with him. Meanwhile another man5 the real serial killer5 is caught. He ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3resemble4 Loro in appearance5 but not in character.

Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct descriptions 1. %he plane to ) . actions which ydney leaves started in the past at eleven and continue up to o&clock. the present 2. ! have written b action which two letters this has recently morning. finished and 3. %hey&re going whose result is on holiday on visible in the aturday. present 4. :raham has * to put known "rrol emphasis on the for five years. duration of an 5. 2ou re always action which leaving the started in the past door open. and continues up 6. we are to the present rehearsing a + to e-press new play at criticism or the moment. annoyance 7. :eorge has e timetables and bought a new programmes car. , actions that we 8. Lisa has been have arranged to cleaning the do in the near house all future morning. g action which 9. Look6 #lison has happened has dyed her within a specific hair6 time period which 10. Wore and is not over at the more people moment of are recycling speaking their rubbish. h action which happened at an unstated time in the past i changing or developing situations - temporary actions Choo(e the *orre*t ten(e ((im&le &a(t or &a(t &er,e*t!.

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When ! ;;;;;3$ go) to Baris last spring for a ,ob interview5 ! ;;;;;;; 3' not be) there for five years. ! ;;;; 3) arrive) the evening before the interview5 and ;;;;; 3+ spend) a happy hour walking round thinking about the good times ! 3. have) there as a student. #s ! was strolling by the eine5 ! suddenly ;;;;31 see) a familiar face > it was 7ed,ma5 the woman !;;;;;;;; 38 share) a flat with when ! was a student5 and whose address ! ;;;;;;;; 3/ lose) after leaving Baris. ! could tell she ;;;;;;; 3C not see) me5 so !;;;;;;; 3$( call) her name and she ;;;;; 3$$ look) up. #s she ;;;;;;;; 3$' turn) towards me. ! ;;;;;; 3$) realise) that she;;;;;;;;; 3$+ have) an ugly scar on the side of her face. he ;;;;;; 3$. see) the shock in my eyes5 and her hand ;;;;; 3$1 go) up to touch the scarD she ;;;; 3$7 explain) that she ;;;;;;;;;; 3$/ get) it when she was a ,ournalist reporting on a war in #frica. he ;;;;;;;; 3$C not be) uncomfortable telling me thisD we ;;;;;;;;;;;; 3'( feel) as if the years ;;;;;;;;;; 3'$ not pass), as if we;;;;;;;;;;;; 3'' say) goodbye the week before. he ;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 3') arrive) in Baris that morning5 and she ;;;;;;;;;;3'+ have) a hospital appointment the ne-t day. %he doctors ;;;;;;;;;;;3'. think) that they could remove the scar5 but she would have to stay in Baris for several months. =oth of us ;;;;;;;;;;;;; 3'1 have) the idea at the same timeE if ! ;;;;;;;;;; 3'8 get) the ,ob5 we could share a flat again. #nd we could start by having a coffee while we ;;;;;;;;; 3'/ begin) to tell one another everything that ;;;;;;;;;; 3'C happen) to us in the past five years.

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