open the brackets. put the verbs into the
present indefinite, the present continuous,
the past indefinite, or the future indefinite. .
.1. a) the secre~ary usually (to type) these·
documents in the morning. ·
b) the · secretary (to type) these documents now.
c) rhe secretary (to type) those documents yesterday evening.
d) the secretary (to type) these documents in an hour.
2. a) we always (to eat) meat soup for dinner.
· b) we (to eat) ·meat soup now.
c) we (to eat) meat soup three hours ago.
d) we (to eat) meat soup in a minute. ·
3. a) carol (to visit) museums every weekend.
b) carol (to visit) the museum now.
c) carol (to visit) the museum the day
before yesterday.
d) carol (to visit) the museum next sunday.
4. a) i (to look) through newspapers every
morning~
b) i (to look) through ·newspapers now.
c) i (to look) through newspapers several minutes ago.
d) i. (to look) through newspapers tomorrow morning.
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5. a) his little sister usually (not to make)
her bed.
b) his little .sister (not to make) her bed
.now.
c) his little sister (not to make) her bed
yesterday morning.
d) his little sister (not to make) her bed
in an hour.
6. a) they ever (not to watch) tv in the
evening.
b) they (not to watch) tv now.
c) .they_(not·to watch) tv last.tuesday.
d) they (not to watch) tv tomorrow
evening.
7. a) it often (to rain) in st. petersburg
in autumn.
b) it (to rain) outside now. ·
c) it (to rain) yesterday afternoon.
d) it (to r8.in) in several minutes.
8. a) she sometimes (to help) her mother .
about the house.
b) she (to help) her mother about the
house now.
c) she (to help) her mother about the
house last week.
d) she (to help) her mother about the
house in a day.
the fu1ure indefinite tense 16s