UNIT 3

EXERCISE 1

Used either SIMPLE PRESENT or the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE of the verbs in parentheses.

1.   I can’t afford that ring. It costs too much.

2.   Look. It is beginning to rain. Unfortunately, I don’t have my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He is wearing a raincoat.

3.    I don’t own an umbrella. I wear a waterproof hat on rainy days.

4.   Right now I am looking around the classroom. Yoko is writing in her book. Carlos is biting his pencil. Wan – Ning is scratching his head. Ahmed to be day dreaming, but perhaps he is thinking hard about verb tenses. What do you think Ahmed is doing?

5.   There’s a book on my desk, but it does not belong to me.

6.   Dennis is fixing the roof of his house today, and he needs some help. Can you help him?

7.   Barbara often tutors other students in her math assignment because she does not understand the material they are working on in their class this week.

8.   Right now I am looking at Janet. She looks angry. I wonder what’s the matter. She is having a frown on her face. She certainly does not have any fun right now.

 9.  A: Who is that woman how is standing next to the window?

      B: Which woman? Do you talk about the woman who is wearing the blue and gold dress?

      A: No, I am not talking about her. I mean the woman who is wearing the blue suit.

      B: Oh, I don’t know. I don’t recognize her.

10. A: Close your eyes. Now listen carefully. What do you hear? What am I doing?

      B: I believe you is rubbing the top if your desk whit your hand.

      A: Close, but not exactly right. Try again. Are you listening carefully?

      B: Aha! You are rubbing your hands together.

      A: Right!

EXERCISE 2:

Use the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE.

1.   I had almost a car accident last night. I was driving down Washington Avenue when suddenly I saw a car in my lane. It was coming right at my car, I stepped on the brakes and swerved to the right. The other car was just missing my car by about an inch.

2.   Ten years ago, the government decided to begin a food program. At the time, many people in the rural areas of the country were starving due to several years of drought.

3.   IT was my first day of class, I finally found this right room. The room was already full of students. On one side of the room, students were busily talking to each other on Spanish. Other students were speaking Japanese, and some were conversing in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of students, however, just sat quietly by themselves chose an empty seat in the last row and sat down. In a few minutes, the teacher was walking into the room and all the multilingual conversation stopped.

4.   A: Did you hear what she just said?

      B: No, I was not listening. I was thinking about something else.

5.   A: Why weren’t you at the meeting?

      B: I was waiting for an overseas call from my family.

6.   A: I’m sure you meet carol Jones at the party last night.

      B: I don’t remember her. What was she look alike?

7.   A: How did you break your warm?

      B: I slipped on the ice while. I was crossing the street in front of drom.

EXERCISE 3

In the following, change the position of the expression of place.

1.   Sally is listening to music in her room.

      Sally is in room listening to music.

2.   Roy is taking a nap on the couch.

      Roy is on the couch taking a nap.

3.   Anita was attending a conference in England last month.

      Anita was in England last month attending a conference.

4.   The teacher is correcting papers at her desk.               

      The teacher is in desk correcting papers.

5.   Some of the students were late to class because they were playing soccer at the park.

      Some of students were late to class is in the park because they were playing soccer.

EXERCISE 4:

Use the SIMPLE PAST or the PRESENT PERFECT. In some sentences, either tense is possible but the meaning is different.

1.   I have not already attended any parties since I came here.

2.   Al went to a party at Sally’s apartment last Saturday night.

 3.  Bill arrived here there days ago.

4.   Bill has already been here since the 22^nd.

5.   Try not to be absent from class again for the rest of the term. You have already missed many classes. You missed two classes just last week.

6.   Last January, I saw snow for the first time in my life.

7.   In her whole lifetime, Anna has never seen snow.

8.   I have known Greg Adams for ten years.

9.   So far this week, I have already two tests and a quiz.

10. Up to now, Professor Williams has already given our class five tests.

EXERCISE 5

1.   How many books have you bought since the beginning of the (semester)?

      I have bought many books since the beginning of the semester.

2.   How many letters have you gotten so far this month/week?

      I haven’t gotten letters so far this month.

3.   How many letters have you written since the beginning of the month/ week?

      I have written four letters since the beginning of the month.

4.   How many questions have I asked so far?

      You have asked ten questions so far.

5. How many times have you flown in an airplane?

      I haven’t flown in an airplane since I was born.

6.   How many people have you met since you came here?

      I have met 50 people since you came here.

EXERCISE 6:

Use the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PERFECT. Are there some blanks where either tense is possible?

1.   He had already been a newspaper reporter before he becomes a businessman.

2.   I felt a little better after I had taken the medicine.

3.   I was late the teacher had already given a quiz when I got into class.

4.   The anthropologist left the village when she had collected enough data.

5.   It was raining hard, but by the time class was over, the rain had stopped.

       

EXERCISE 7:

Use the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PERFECT.

1.   Class had already begun by the time I got there, so I make, made quietly a seat in the back.

2.   Millions Of year ago had roamed the earth, but they extricated by the time humankind first had appeared.

3.   I had never seen any of Picasso’s paintings before I visited the art museum.

4.   I almost missed my plane. All of the other passengers had already boarded by the time I got there.

5.   Yesterday at a restaurant, I saw Pam Donnelly, an old friend of mine. I haven’t seen her in years. At first, I didn’t recognize her because she had already lost at least fifty pounds.