Question

Exercise 125. open the brackets and put the verb into the correct tense, either the present indefinite, the present continuous or the present perfect. 1. as a rule, i (have) porridge for breakfast, but this morning i (order) an omelette. 2. this is the house where i (live). i (live) here since childhood. 3. stop smoking! the room (be) full of smoke which (come) from your pipe. usually nobody (smoke) here as mother (not let) it. 4.1 (write) letters home once a week, but i (not write) one this week, so my next letter must be rather long. 5. no wonder she (look) tired after the strain under which she (be) for a month. 6. why you (not shave) this morning? — i (shave) every other day. 7. research (show) that lots of people (absorb) new information more efficiently at some times of day than at others. a biological rhythm (affect) different people in different ways. 8.1 just (look) at the barometer and (see) that it (fall) very quickly. 9. don't shout so loudly. father (not finish) work and he hates if anybody (make a noise) while he (work). 10.1 regularly (see) him at the tram stop, but i (not see) him these two or three days. ,

Answer 1

1) has, ordering
2) Lived, Living
3) was, came, smoked, not let
4) wrote, not let
5) looked, was
6) not shaving. shave
7) showing, absorbing. Affected
8) looced, seed, falled
9) not finished, make a noised, worked
10) seening, not seed