Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs given. (walk)
It's a cold Friday in November. I (1) past some shops and I see big signs saying 'Sale' and
(they/waiting)
lots of people outside. (2) to get in? And why (3)
(they/shout) so
loudly? Then I remember. It's Black Friday! Those people (4) jewels and gadgets at a discount. (5)
(stand) in line to buy clothes,
(you/know) Black Friday? In the US it's very popular. It's the day just after Thanksgiving and it's also when the
holiday shopping (6)
Friday is big in the UK, too, and (7)
(begin). Now Black
(become) very popular in some other European countries at the moment. High street and online shops (offer) discounts of up to 70 per cent on many items. But is everybody happy with it? "I hate it,' says one shop assistant, 'On Black Friday we
often (8)
(9)
(open) at five or six in the morning!"
'I don't like Black Friday and I (10)
(not buy)
anything today,' says Kate. 'They make you buy things you (11)
and I (12)
(not need). So today some friends (celebrate) 'Buy Nothing
2. I wish my refrigerator would stop making (составное сказуемое - прекратить делать) that terrible noise. You can’t hear anyone speaking.
3. The results received (определение - какие результаты) were of great importance for further work.
4. People living (определение - какие люди) in Japan have some customs different from ours.
We had already had lunch when he came.
2. He will (be training) from 6 till 8 o'clock next Friday.
3. I didn't speak to him because he (was making) expirement.
4. Now they are ( deciding) where to go for the Holyday this summer.
5. By 5 o'clock the device (had been operating) for 3 hours and didn't stop.
6. I'd like to know what (has) happened to him. (оба варианта применимы) 7. By this time tomorrow the train will (have left)