Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense - the simple present and the present

continuous. 1 Mrs Jones: My daughter never (write) to me so never (know) what she (do). !our son (write) to you" Mrs #mith$ Mrs #mith: !es" (hear) %rom him every week. &e (seem) to like writing letters. ' (hese apples (cost) )*p a bag. !ou (think) that is e+pensive$ , t (depend) on the si-e o% the bag. . (see) my solicitor tomorrow (/ have arranged this)', (change) my will. , !ou always (change) your will. 0hy you (not leave) it alone$ ) !ou (look) very thought%ul. 0hat you (think) about$ , (think) about my retirement. , 1ut you2re only '3. !ou only 4ust (start) your career. , (know)5 but (read) an article which (say) that a sensible man (start) thinking about retirement at '3. 3 My ne+t door neighbour always (knock) on my door and (ask) me lend her l6p pieces. , 0hat she (do) with them$ , #he (put) them in her gas meter. really (not mind) lending her a %ew l*p pieces but what (annoy) me is that she (know) how many she (need) each week but never (take) the trouble to bring the right number home. , 7 0hat she (do) i% she (run out) o% them when you are away$ , 6h" she (borrow) %rom her other neighbour" Mr 0hite5 but this (take) longer because he always (want) her to stay and chat and she (%ind) 8uite hard to get away %rom him. , 9 &ow much she (owe) you now$ , (not know)5 (not keep) an account. :nyway she (leave) ne+t week5 she (get) married. (try) to think o% a suitable wedding present" , ; 0hy you (not o%%er) to cancel her debt$ , (hat (sound) rather a mean sort o% present. :nyway she probably (not reali-e) that she (owe) me money. , < My brother (say) that people who (owe) him money always (seem) %orget about it" but people he (owe) money to always (remember) e+actly. 1* (not think) your brother (en4oy) the party. &e (keep) looking at his watch. , 6h" 2m sure he (en4oy) it. &e always (en4oy) your parties. 1ut (know) he (want) to be home early tonight because he (e+pect) an important telephone call. 11 Jack: &ow much longer you (stay) in =ngland$ Paul: 6nly one more day. (leave) tomorrow night. (go) to &olland %or two weeks. 1' Jack: :nd you (come) back to =ngland a%ter that or you (go) home$ Paul: t (depend) on my %ather. 1ut i% he (agree) to let me go on studying here" 2ll certainly come back. :nd (e+pect) he will agree. 1. Paul: 1y the way" Jack" :nn (see) me o%% at >ictoria tomorrow. 0hy you (not come) too$ !ou could have co%%ee with her a%terwards. (Paul is advising/inviting Jack to come and see him off.) 1) !ou (see) that man at the corner o% the street$ &e is a private detective. &e (watch) ?o. '). , &ow you (know) he (watch) ?o. ')$ , 1ecause whenever anyone (come) out o%" or (go) into" the house he (make) a note in his little book. 13 0hat all those people (do) in the middle o% the street$ :nd why they (wear) such e+traordinary clothes$ , (hey (make) a %ilm. Most o% the crowd are local people who (work) as e+tras. , 17 t (sound) great %un. !ou (think) could get a 4ob as a %ilm e+tra$ , (not know) but (see) :nn over there5 when they (%inish) this scene 2ll ask her i% they still (take) on e+tras. , 19 :nn (act) in the %ilm$ , #he has a small part. #he (not act) very well. (imagine) she got the part because she (know) the director. 1; My brother (live) ne+t door and his two children (come) and (see) me every day. (he boy (not bother) to knock at the door5 he 4ust (climb) in through the window5 but the girl always (knock).

1< (om: 0e (move) into our new house tomorrow. 1ill: 1ut why you (leave) your present house$ t (suit) you all. (om: !es" (know) it (do)5 but the @ouncil (pull down) all the houses on this side. (hey (widen) the road. (hey (say) it2s a bottleneck. '* % you (ask) a %riend i% she (like) your new dress she usually (say) 2!es25 so you (not know) whether she really (think) it (suit) you or whether she merely (be) polite. '1 % you (want) a candid opinion you2d better ask my sister. #he never (tell) white lies5 she always (say) e+actly what she (think). '' !our sister2s %rankness (annoy) people$ , !es" it (do). (he average person (not want) a truth%ul answer5 he (want) you to say something agreeable. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: simple past or past continuous. 1 &e (sit) on the bank %ishing when he (see) a man2s hat %loating down the river. t (seem) strangely %amiliar. ' t (snow) heavily when he (wake) up. &e (remember) that Jack (come) %or lunch and (decide) to go down to the station to meet him in case he (lose) his way in the snowy lanes. . 0hen (reach) the street (reali-e) that (not know) the number o% (om2s house. (wonder) what to do about it when (om himsel% (tap) me on the shoulder. ) :s the goalkeeper (run) %orward to sei-e the ball a bottle (strike) him on the shoulder. 3 (look) through the classroom window. : geometry lesson (go) on. (he teacher (draw) diagrams on the blackboard. 7 Most o% the boys (listen) to the teacher but a %ew (whisper) to each other" and (om (read) a history book. (om (hate) mathematics5 he always (read) history during his mathematics lesson. 9 =veryone (read) 8uietly when suddenly the door (burst) open and a complete stranger (rush) in. ; (go) to Jack2s house but (not %ind) him in. &is mother (say) that she (not know) what he (do) but (think) he probably (play) %ootball. < (his used to be a station and all the Aondon trains (stop) here. 1ut two years ago they (close) the station and (give) us a bus service instead. 1* #he (promise) not to report me to the police but ten minutes later (see) her talking with a policeman and %rom the e+pression on his %ace am sure she (tell) him all about it. 11 (pick) up the receiver and (dial) a number. (o my surprise (%ind) mysel% listening to an e+traordinary conversation. (wo men (plan) to kidnap the Prime Minister. 1' (meet) Paul at the university. 0e (be) both in the same year. &e (study) law" but he (not be) very interested in it and (spend) most o% his time practising the %lute. 1. (he train 4ust (start) when the door (open) and two panting passengers (leap) in. 1) 20hat you (do) between <.** and 1*.** yesterday$2 (say) the detective. (clean) my house"2 said Mrs Jones. always clean my house on #aturday mornings.2 13 My neighbour (look) in last night and (say) that he (leave) the district and (go) to !orkshire" to a new 4ob. (say) that (be) very sorry that he (go)" and (tell) him to write to me %rom !orkshire and tell me how he (get) on. 17 (hey (build) that bridge when (be) here last year. (hey haven2t %inished it yet. 19 (he dentist2s waiting room was %ull o% people. #ome (read) maga-ines" others 4ust (turn) over the pages. : woman (knit)5 a child (play) with a toy car. #uddenly the door (open) and the nurse (say)" 2?e+t" please.2 1; (he house ne+t to yours (be) %ull o% policemen and police dogs yesterday. , 0hat they (do)$ , (hear) that they (look) %or drugs. , (hey (%ind) any$ , !es" believe one o% the dogs (discover) some cannabis. 1< Peter (tell) me yesterday that he (make) his own B3 notes. , Con2t believe him. &e 4ust (pull) your leg. '* 0hen :nn (say) that she (come) to see me the ne+t day" (wonder) what %lowers she would bring. #he always brings %lowers.