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VI. Complete the conversations. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses—Present Simple or Present Progressive.
♦A. Iantha: Hi, I'm Iantha.
Al: Nice to meet you, Iantha. I'm Alan, but my friends____1. (call)____ me Al.
Iantha is an unusual name. Where _____ it 2. (come)______ from?
Iantha: It's Greek. It ____ 3.(mean)____"violet-colored flower."
Al: That's pretty. What____ you__4. (do)________ Iantha?
Iantha: Well, I usually ___ 5. (sell) ______computer equipment, but right now
I ______ 6.(work) _______ at a flower shop. My uncle ______ 7.(own)_______it.
Al: You____ 8.(joke)____! I____ 9.(guess)_____it's true that names ____ 10. (influence)___our lives!
♦ B. Mario: I____ 11.(try) ____to find Greg Costanza. ____ you __12.(know)__ him?
Bella: Greg? Oh, you ___ 13.(mean)___ Lucky. That's his nickname. Everyone __ 14.(call)___ him Lucky because he ____15. (always win)_______things.
♦ C. Lola: і__ 16. (hear)__that you _____ 17. (expect)____ a baby. Have you decided on a name yet?________________
Vanya: We _____ 18. (think of)_____ naming the baby Mangena. What _______ you ____ 19. (think about)____ that name?
Lola: It ____ 20. (sound)____pretty. How______ you _____ 21. (spell)______it?
♦ D. ROSA: Would you like a cup of coffee, Dr. Ho?
Dr. Ho: Oh. No, thanks. It ____ 22.(smell)____ delicious, but I _____ 23. (not drink)____coffee.
Rosa: Well, how about a cup of tea, then? The water ___ 24. (boil)____. Why _______________ water ______ 25. (boil)_____so quickly here, Dr. Ho?
Dr. Ho: In the mountains, water ____ 26. (boil)____at a lower temperature.
VII. Read this post to a class electronic bulletin board. There are eleven mistakes in the use of the Present Progressive and the Simple Present. The first mistake is already corrected. Find and correct ten more.
Posted February 16, 2006, at 15:30:03
Hi, everybody. I write (I'm writing) this note to introduce myself to you, my classmates in English 047.
Our teacher is wanting a profile from each of us. At first I was confused by this assignment because my English dictionary is defining profile as "a side view of someone's head." I thought, "Why does she wants that? She sees my head every day!" Then I saw the next definition: "a short description of a person's life and character." OK, then. Here is my profile:
My name is Peter Holzer. Some of my friends are calling me Pay-Ha because that is how my initials sounding in German. I am study English here in Miami because I want to attend graduate school in Colorado or Montreal. Maybe are you asking yourself, "Why he wants to leave Miami to go to these places?" The answer is: snow! I am coming from Austria, so I love to ski. In fact, my nickname in my family is Blitz (lightning) because always I am trying to improve my speed.
VIII. Choose the correct variant:
1. I haven't decided yet about whether to buy a new car or a second-hand one. But I think / am thinking about it.
2. It's time we turned on the central heating. It gets/is getting colder every day.
3. All right, you try to fix the television! But I hope/am hoping you know what you are doing.
4. Your mornings are very busy! But what do you do/are you doing in the afternoons?
5. British people drink/are drinking more and more wine apparently.
6. Pay no attention to Graham. He is just/is just being sarcastic.
7. Please be quiet, David. You always interrupt/are always interrupting me.
8. James will be home late. He has/is having dinner with his wife at the restaurant.
9. And I come into the kitchen and what I see: my little daughter tastes/is tasting Samanta's cake.
10. Right now they weigh/are weighing the baby.
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