Exercise 2. Practise the use of the Present Simple and the Present Continuous Tense.

1. What you (to do) here? – I (to wait) for my friend. 2. He (to speak) French? – Yes, he (to speak) French quite fluently. 3. Listen! Someone (to knock) at the door. 4. She (to write) letters to her mother every week. 5. Ships (to travel) from Odessa to Batumi in three and a half days. 6. The man who (to smoke) a cigarette is our English teacher. 7. Let’s go for a walk, it (not to rain). 8. You (to hear) anything? – I (to listen) hard, but I (not to hear) anything. 9. My brother (to smoke) very much. 10. Listen! The telephone (to ring).

1. Где Вадим? – Он играет в теннис. 2. Он хорошо играет в теннис? – Нет, он играет в теннис плохо.3. Я не знаю человека, который разговаривает с директором. 4. Андрей поет очень хорошо. 5. Слушайте, он поет в соседней комнате. 6. Он не видит, что я на него смотрю, так как читает что-то с большим интересом. 7. Позвоните ему сейчас. Я думаю, он еще не спит. 8.

Посмотрите на человека, который сидит у окна. Это наш генеральный директор.

I work in a large office with about thirty other people, most of whom I (to know) quite well. We (to spend) most of the day together, so we all become friends. In fact, most of my colleagues are so interesting, that I (to think) of writing a book about them!

Take Helen Watson, for example. Helen (to run) the accounts department. At the moment she (to go out) with Keith Ballantine, one of the sales representatives, and they (to seem) very happy together. But everyone except Helen (to know) that Keith (to make) always eyes at Susan Porter. But I (to happen) to know that Susan (to dislike) Keith. ‘I can’t stand people who (to apologise) all the time!’ she said to me. ‘And besides, I know he (to deceive) poor Helen. He (to see) Betty Wills from the overseas department’. And plenty of other things (to go on). For instance, every week money (to disappear) from the penny cashbox. When you (to realise) that someone in the office is a thief, it (to upset) you at first. But I also (to try) to catch whoever it is before the police are called in. I am not going to tell you who I (to suspect). Well, not yet anyway!

to run the accounts department – руководить бухгалтерским отделом (бухгалтерией)

the sales representatives – представители по продажам

except – кроме, за исключением

to make eyes at – строить глазки

can’t stand – не терпеть

to dislike – не любить

to apologise – извиняться

to deceive – обманывать

the overseas department – отдел по зарубежным связям

to go on – происходить, продолжать

for instance – например

to disappear – исчезать

a thief – вор

to upset – расстраивать, огорчать

to catch – ловить, поймать

to suspect – подозревать

Adjectives few, little