2. Open the brackets in Present Tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Continuous. Mark the tense Pr.S., Pr.C., Pr.P., Pr.P.C.

Example:

I study at college, I am a student. Pr.S.

1. He always (to loose) his phone.
2. He looks upset. He just (to loose) his phone again.
3. The bus (to leave) in few minutes.
4. Next Sunday I (to fly) to Greece.
5. He (to work) in IT company.
6. He (to be) responsible for the technical support.
7. He (to be) so tired, he (to work) on his project since early morning.
8. How long you (to study) English?
9. I (to learn) English since childhood.
10. What you (to do) at weekends?

I’m not going on holiday this year. My mortgage has just gone up and I can’t afford a holiday abroad. I’m going to go to Wales though for a friend’s wedding.’

Mary: ‘I’ve heard a lot about ‘staycations’ but I’m going on holiday like I do every year. I always go to Spain for a week as normal. You just can’t trust the British weather! ’

Nicole:’ I’m not going on holiday this summer, but not because of the economic crisis. I want to help the environment. It’s crazy that everyone is flying around the world when there are beautiful places to visit here in our own country.

Steve: ‘Staycations?! What a lot of rubbish in this trend! People are still going on holidays. It’s cheaper to get a flight and leave Britain than to stay here for your holidays. I’m going to get a cheap flight somewhere and have a real break.’

Michael: ‘I’m staying at home this year. I want to spend my holiday getting organised, painting, decorating etc. I think we should learn to enjoy what we have close to home. If everyone travelled less the world would be a lot simpler.’

Task 1
1. Drama
2. Legend
3. Comedy
4. Biography
5. Short story
6. Mystery
7. Fairytale
8. History
9. Adventure
10. Encyclopedia

Task 2
1. My mother went to France last weekend.
2. I was at school in the morning, and then I went home.
3. Moira gave me a nice birthday present.
4. Anna doesn’t understand the professor explanation.
5. Mum cooked pasta as she knew we were hungry.
6. We liked the film, because we were both into comedies.
7. It didn’t rain a lot last week.
8. Did you saw Clair at the airport?
9. We was too exhausted to continue exercising.
10. Susan slept seven hours yesterday.

Task 3
Cinderella is my favorite fairy tale that I read as a child. There, one girl lived with her dad, but then her father died. And then Cinderella lived with her mother and the mother hated her and forced her to clean the house.