Complete the sentences with the correct articles (a, an, the or – no article).
1 I bought pair of new shoes
yesterday.
2 They are staying at McCartneys’
while in London.
3 Look at woman over there! She’s
a famous actress.
4 My brother doesn’t eat chicken.
5 Sarah plays tennis three times
week.
6 John travelled to United States.
7 At night, the centre of our town is
very quiet.
8 Can you tell me way to the
museum, please?
9 Hamlet is interesting character.
10 Johannes Gutenberg invented
printing press in the 15th century.

We tidy up the room every week.
She tidied up the room yesterday.

She always does the cooking.
He did the cooking  yesterday.

I don't do ironing at all.
She didn't do ironing last week.

She does the washing up on Mondays.
We did the washing up seldom.

They water the plants often.
She watered the plants On Tuesday.

He fixes things around the house.
He fixed all things.

My brother walks with the pet in mornings.
My brother often walked last month.

She sweeps the floor only in the kitchen.
They swept the floor two days ago.

They air the room every hour.
He aired the room two hours ago.

I go shopping with pleasure.
She went shopping often.

We feed the pet three times a day.
I fed the pet once yesterday.

to ask — asking;  to tiv - ?; to shine - shining;  to live - living; to do - doing;  to forbid - forbiding;  to knock - knocking; to leave -leaving; to have — having;  to limit- limiting; to slip - slipping; to tie- tieing; to make - making;  to defeat - defeating; to speak - speaking; to expel - expelling; to stop - stopping;  to cancel — canceling;  to die - dieing; to give - giving; to sleep — sleeping;  to compel - compelling;  to spy - spying;  to commit -committing;  to stay — staying;  to see - seeing; to travel - travelling;  to cry - crying;  to plough -  ploughing;  to be - being; to hit - hitting; to lie-lieing

Ex. 10         Put each verb into the Present Progressive tense form.
1. George has gone to work in Spain. When he arrived, his Spanish wasn't very good but now it is improving. 2. Do you remember Mr.Cracker? He is coming to tea today. 3. The world is changing. Things never stay the same. 4. The cost of living is  increasing. Every year things are dearer. 5. The population of the world is rising very fast 6. Norman comes from Hull, but he is studding electronics in London. 7. The number of people without jobs is falling at the moment 8. Ted Turner's cable-TV company is thinking to buy ESPN, America's largest cable channel. 9. These days the country's economy is recovering after a long recession. 10. The economic situation is already very bad and it is getting worse.