12. A. Study the Reference Grammar material to find out how to use continuous tenses. B. Look at the examples and say which of the rules they illustrate.

Lucy is coming to see us on Sunday morning.

Tom was only 20 when the Second World War began. He was living with his mother at that time.

He is always borrowing money!

(In a restaurant) — What would you like to drink, sir? — Nothing, thank you. I’m driving.

At this time tomorrow I will be lying on the beach.

As I was walking down the road I saw Irene.

I can’t take the phone: I am washing up.

While I was reading John was playing the guitar.

It was raining all night.

Зарание большое !

exercise 4. fill the articles a, an, the, where necessary. translate the sentences into russian. означает, что артикль тут не нужен.

1. this is a pencil. the pencil is red. - это карандаш. карандаш красный.

2. she is a teacher. she is our teacher of english. - она наша учительница. она учитель .

3. there are many flowers in your garden. the flowers are beautiful. - d твоем саду много цветов. цветы красивые.

4. did you write a plan? give me your plan, please. - вы написали план? laqnt мне свой план, .

5. the black sea is in the south of russia. - черное море находится на юге россии.

6. this is nick. he works as an engineer. he is a good engineer. - это ник. он работает инженером. он хороший инженер.

7. there are some schools in our street. the schools are new. - на нашей улице есть школы. школы новые.

8. in summer the sky is blue and the sun shines brightly. - летом небо синее и солнце светит ярко.

9. the petrovs are very friendly. - петровы дружелюбны.

10. this is ann's book. - это книга анны.

11. the winter begins in december. - зима начинается в декабре.

12. what a fine day it is today! - какой прекрасный день сегодня!

13. history and computer science were my favorite subjects at school. - и информатика были моими любимыми предметами в школе.

14. i don't know the way to the station. - я не знаю дорогу к станции.

15. usually i get up at 7 o'clock in the morning. - обычно я встаю в 7 утра.

16. will you have a cup of tea? - хотите чашку чая?

17. warsaw is the capital of poland. - варшава - столица польши.

18. this is a book, the book is very interesting. - это книга, книга интересная.

19. do you see the sun in the sky today? - ты видел сегодня солнце на небе?

20. i went to the smirnovs, but they were not at home. - я пошел к смирновым, но их не было дома.

exercise 5.

1. i think we must call the doctor. - я думаю, нам надо вызвать врача.

2. do you know the browns? they live next to us. - вы знаете браунов? они живут с нами по соседству/рядом с нами.

3. peter is the tallest in the class. - питер - самый высокий в классе.

4. there are some beautiful towns in the north of italy. - на севере италии есть красивые городки.

5. greece is in the south. - греция находится на юге.

6. the president is the head of state in the us. - в сша президент является главой государства.

7. what did you have for dinner? - что ты ел на обед?

8. trafalgar square is in london. - трафальгарская площадь находится в лондоне.

9. the white house is the home of the president of the us. - белый дом - резиденция президента сша.

10. the british museum has some very interesting exhibitions. - в британском музее есть интересные экспозиции.

11. take a pen and make the exercise in written form. - возьми ручку и выполни письменно.