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PROGRESS CHECK 1

Exercise 1. Use the verbs in brackets in the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous:

1. What you (look) at? - I (look) at that picture over there. I (look) at it for about half an hour and I still can’t understand what it is. 2. What Mary (do)? - She (practise) the piano. She (play) since 12 o’clock. I think she must have a rest. 3. Here you are at last! I (look) for you everywhere. 4. Why you (smile), Robert? - I (watch) your kitten. What a playful little thing it is! 5. I see you (write) letters all the morning. Is it the last letter you (write)? 6. You (sit) here for a long time. You (wait) for somebody? 7. The bathroom is a mess. The children (wash) their dog. 8. I (try) to make up my mind for days. 9. You (quarrel) again, children? 1O. How long you (study) English? - For three years already. 11. I (work) at my report since Monday. Now I (write) the conclusion. 12. Mary’s mother (rest) in the garden all day because she is ill. 13. She (sleep) for ten hours! You must wake her! 14. David (repair) the TV set. He (work) at it for an hour or so. 15. Fred (wash) his hands. He (repair) his bicycle. 16. Why are you so red? You (run)? 17. Why you all (laugh)? Jim (tell) you his jokes? 18. It’s six o’clock. I (wait) for Ann for half an hour. I must be off now. 19. You (try) to tell me something? 20. Come right in, but look where you (go). We (paint) the floor in the living room.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous or present perfect continuous:

1. He (be) quite sociable. He (make) friends easily. 2. Your hair is wet. I think you (swim). 3. I (wait) for the bus for over two hours. 4. You (have) a good time? - No, my boyfriend (dance) with somebody else. 5. The hotel (not to accept) traveller’s cheques. 6. I usually (use) my own telephone, but now I (use) my boss’s telephone. 7. My husband (get) up, like me, at seven every day, but he (go) jogging in the park before breakfast. 8. Joanna (use) a word processor for the last three months. 9. He always (buy) a lot of meat, but now he (buy) only one kilogramm. 1O. What people (eat) on a picnic? 11. You (live) in England, Professor? - No, I (not). I (live) in Athens. I (teach) literature at the university. But I (spend) a month in England because I (write) a book on Byron, so I (do) some research. 12. I (work) for this company since 1985. 13. I always (book) tickets well in advance. 14. I (not to want) to go for a walk now. It (rain). 15. She usually (pay) in dollars, but today she (pay) in Deutschmarks. 16. They (paint) a new crossing on the road all morning. 17. What Alan (do)? - He (be) an accountant. He (work) in an office in town. 18. What (happen) outside, there’s a lot of noise? - The people opposite (have) a party. 19. Nick (look) tired. He (drive) all through the night. 20. Doctor Michos (wear) very good clothes. - Yes, she always (look) smart. She (wear) a lovely dress this evening. - Yes, she (have) very good taste in clothes.