Exercise 1. put the verbs in brackets into the present, past or future progressive tense: 1. where is ann? she ( to play ) tennis at the stadium. 2. please, don’t make so much noise. father ( to work ) in the study. 3. don’t disturb me. i ( to watch ) the interesting program. 4. i ( not to laugh ) at you. 5. what journal you ( to read ) when i came to the library? 6. the whole family ( to have ) dinner when the telephone rang. 7. we ( to ski ) the whole day yesterday. 8. when i came to the party all guests ( to dance ). 9. she ( to learn ) english the whole day tomorrow. 10. the children ( to play ) when we returned home. 11. look! it is getting dark. it ( to rain ) in a minute. 12. where he ( to go ) when the rain started? 13. she ( to listen ) to a very interesting lecture at 5 o’clock tomorrow. 14. while my mother was cooking dinner i ( to lay ) the table. 15. they won’t go on excursion with us. they ( to have ) a lecture at 2 o’clock. 16. he is not learning new words, he ( to recite ) a poem now. 17. mother ( to make ) a cake in the kitchen at the moment. 18. my brother ( to take ) a bath now. wait for him. 19. the students of our group ( to write ) a dictation now. 20. sophie is busy. she ( to knit ) a sweater for her grandson.