Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Continuous. Lara and Pam, two friends, are talking at a party.
Lara: Jill, how nice to see you. I (not think) we've seen each other since that party at Jim's last year. How (you/get on)?
Pam: Oh, fine. Everything is going very well.
Lara: (you still/go out) with Dave?
Pam: No, I'm not, but I (go out) with someone called Jamie: I met him at my pottery class.
Lara: Is he here now?
Pam: Yes look, he's over there. He (talk) to Charlotte.
Lara: Oh yes, I (see) him. (he/wear) a yellow jumper?
Pam: Yes, that's him.
Lara: Oh, he looks really nice.
Pam: He is. I'll introduce you to him when he (come) over here. So what about you? How is life treating you?
Lara: Not too badly. I am still working at that awful cafe. I (keep) looking for other jobs but the problem is that I (feel) so tired when I (get in) that I (not have) much energy to look through all the job ads and everything. Oh well, I (suppose) something else will
come up soon.
Pam: I (hope) so. Oh look, Jamie (come over) here. Do you want to meet him?
Lara: Oh yes.
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Ответ:
L: Jill, how nice to see you. I (1) do not think we've seen each other since that party at Jim's last year. How (2) are you getting on?
P: Oh, fine. Everything is going very well.
L: (3) Are you still going out with Dave?
P: No, I'm not, but, I (4) am going out with someone called Jamie: I met him at my pottery class.
L: Is he here now?
P: Yes look, he's over there. He (5) is talking to Charlotte.
L: Oh yes, (6) I see him. (7) Is he wearing a yellow jumper?
P: Yes, that's him.
L: Oh, he (8) looks really nice.
P: He is. I introduce you to him when he (9) comes over here. So what about you? How is life treating you?
L: Not too badly. I am still working at that awful cafe. I (10) keep looking for other jobs but the problem is that I (11)feel so tired when I (12) get in that I (13) do not have much energy to look through all the job ads and everything. Oh well, I (14) suppose something else will come up soon.
P: I (15) hope so; Oh look, Jamie (16) is coming over here. Do you want to meet him?
L: Oh yes.
Объяснение:
Present Simple употребляется:
▪︎ Регулярные повторяющиеся действия, рутина.
▪︎ Законы природы, общеизвестная информация, научные факты.
▪︎ Расписание, график.
Present Continuous употребляется:
▪︎ Действие, которое происходит прямо сейчас.
▪︎ Постепенно меняющиеся действия.
Договоренности и планы на будущее.
Глаголы состояния обычно не используются во времени Present Continuous. Наиболее распространенные:
• глаголы восприятия: to sound (звучать), to see (видеть), to seem (казаться), to hear (слышать), to notice (замечать), to smell (пахнуть);
• глаголы умственной деятельности: to know (знать), to believe (верить), to understand (понимать), to trust (доверять), to forget (забывать);
• глаголы чувств: to like (нравится), to love (любить), to hate (ненавидеть), to respect (уважать), to prefer (предпочитать).
Если в предложении нужно использовать один из вышеперечисленных глаголов, ставьте его во времени Present Simple.
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