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.
2 father is working
3 i am watching
4 i am not laughing
5 what journal were you reading. ..
6 the whole family was having
7 we were skiing..
8 when i came to the party all guests were dancing
9 she will be learning.
10 the children were playing. ..
11 it's raining in a minute
12 where was he going. ...
13 she will be listening. ..
14 i was lying
15 will be having. ..
16 ...he is reciting
17 mother is making. ..
18 my brother is taking...
19 the students of our group are writing. ..
20 she is knitting. ...