1.1.5. Use each verb twice, once in the Present Indefinite and once in the Present Continuous.

1. have He ... four cars, all of them Rolls-Royces.

I ... lunch with my mother tomorrow.

2. think What ... you ... of Stephen Spielberg's latest film?

You're day-dreaming. What ... you ... about?

3. expect I ... an important phone call from America.

I ... you're hungry after so much hard work.

4. smell Something ... good in the kitchen. What's cooking?

Why ... you ... the meat? Do you think it's gone off?

5. see I ... what you mean but I don't agree.

She ... a solicitor about her aunt's will.

6. look It ... as if it's going to rain.

... you ... for something?

7. think What ... you ... of doing when you leave here?

How much ... you ... it would cost to fly to London?

1.1.6. Open the brackets. Use either the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous. Reproduce the conversations from part A.

(A)

want, need, prefer, like, love, hate, forget, seem, have (possess), think (believe), belong, see, hear, know, realize, believe, suppose, mean, understand, remember

1) Mary (to see) Peter standing at the bus stop.

Mary: Peter:	Hello, Peter. What bus you (to wait) for? Hello, Mary. I (to wait) for a 9 or a 14.
Mary: Peter:	You usually (to go) to work by car, don't you? Yes, but the car (to belong) to my mother and she sometimes (to want) it. She (to use) it today to take Tom to the dentist.
Mary:	I usually (to go) by car too. Jack (to take) me because he (to pass) my office on his way to the factory. But this week he (to work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so I (to queue) like you.
Peter: Mary:	Here's a 9 now. You (to come) on it or you (to wait) for a 14? I (to think) I'll take the 9. If I (to wait) for a 14 I may be late, and if you (to be) late at my office everyone (to look) at you.

2) Mary and Ann (to wait) outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy (to dial) a number.

Mary: Ann:	You (to know) that boy? Yes, he's a friend of my brother's. He (to phone) his girl friend every day from this box.
Mary: Ann:	Where he (to come) from? He (to come) from Japan. He's a very clever boy, he (to speak) four languages.
3) It's 8.30. Tom and Ann (to have) breakfast. They both (to open) their letters.
Tom:	No one ever (to write) to me. All I (to get) is bills! You (to have) anything interesting?
Ann:	I've got a letter from Hugh. He (to say) he (to come) to London next week and (to want) us to meet him for lunch.
4) Tom: Jack: Tom: Jack: Tom:		You (to see) that man at the corner? He (to keep) stopping people and asking them questions. You (to think) he (to ask) for directions? No, I (to expect) he (to make) a survey. And how you (to make) a survey? I (to stop) people and (to ask) them questions and (to write) the answers on a report sheet.
5) Mrs Jones: Mrs Smith:			My daughter never (to write) to me so I never (to know) what she (to do). Your son (to write) to you often? Yes. I (to hear) from him every week. He (to seem) to like writing letters.
6) Tom: Bill: Tom:		We (to move) into our new house tomorrow. But why you (to leave) your present house? It (to suit) you all. Yes, I (to know) it (to do): but the Council (to pull down) all the houses on this side. They (to widen) the road. They (to say) it's a bottleneck.
7) Tom: Jack:		I (to smell) something burning! So (to do) I. I (to think) it (to come) from the kitchen. Ann probably (to iron). She usually (to iron) and (to watch) TV at the same time and if she (to get) very interested in the programme she (to forget) that she (to press) a hot iron on somebody's shirt.
8) Mrs Jones: Mr Jones:			What you (to look) for, Tom? I (to look) for the garage key. I always (to look) for the garage key, because nobody ever (to put) it back on its hook.

(B)

1. Why that man (to stand) in the middle of the road? – He (to try) to get across. He (to wait) for a gap in the traffic. – Why he (not to use) the subway? – Lots of people (not to bother) to use the subway. They (to prefer) to risk their lives crossing here.

2. You (to wear) a new coat, aren't you? – Yes. You (to like) it? – The colour (to suit) you but it (not to fit) you very well. It's much too big.

3. Englishmen very seldom (to talk) on the Underground. They (to prefer) to read their newspapers. Those two men in the corner (to talk). But they (not to talk) English.

4. Ann (to act) in the film? – She has a small part. She (not to act) very well. I (to imagine) she got the part because she (to know) the director.

5. If you (to want) a candid opinion you'd better ask my sister. She never (to tell) white lies: she always (to say) exactly what she (to think).

6. I (to hear) that you have bought a new house. – Yes, but I (not to live) in it. They still (to work) on it, and the work (to take) longer than I expected.

7. How much she (to owe) you now? – I (not to know). I (not to keep) an account. Anyway she (to leave) next week: she (to get) married. I (to try) to think of a suitable wedding present.