3. Read and translate the following sentences:

1. Student Petrov is answering our teacher’s questions. 2. The teacher is correcting mistakes. 3. My friend was not opening the window when I came in. 4. We are not doing our morning exercises. 5. “Are you learning the new words of lesson 11?” – “No, I am not.” 6. What are you doing? 7. To whom were they speaking English when you saw them? 8. Whose test is your teacher of English correcting? 9. “Who was reading a book at 12 o’clock?” – “I was.” 10. I’ll be doing it in twenty minutes. 11. What will you be doing at 4 tomorrow? 13. They promise it will be raining all day round tomorrow.

4. Change sentences according to the model.

Model: I always read newspapers after dinner.

I always read newspapers after dinner and I’m

reading a newspaper now.

1. She always cooks in the morning. 2. He usually studies in the evening. 3. She often skates on Sundays. 4. He always has drill training at this time. 5. He likes to sleep after work. 6. They usually travel in summer. 7. He always goes to the mess to have a meal. 8. My son likes to play a ball.

5. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct Continuous Tense form. Don’t forget that some verbs have no Continuous Tense form.

1. Our work (to begin) at 8 o’clock in the morning. 2. What … the teacher (to do) now? – She (to explain) a new rule. 3. My father not (to work) today. Today is his day off. 4. Many students (to want) to learn English. 5. I (to go) to the cinema once a week. 6. What you (to do) here? – I (to wait) for the trolley-bus. 7. You (to understand) it now? 8. What you (to write)? – I (to write) a letter to my aunt. 9. Listen! Somebody (to knock) at the door. 10. Petrov (to be) here now? – Yes, but he (to be) very busy. He (to have) his English lesson. 11. I (to be) in a hurry (спешить). My friends (to wait) for me. 12. Where (to be) he now? – I (to think) he (to be) in the dining-room. He (to have) dinner. 13. I (to think) of my mistake. 15. Petrova (to stand) in front of the time-table. She (to look) at it very hard. She not (to know) the number of the classroom. 16. She always (to go) to bed about 10 o’clock.

6. Answer the questions:

1. What were you doing at 5 o’clock yesterday? 2. What time will you be working at your English tomorrow? 3. What are you doing now? 4. What is student N. doing now? 5. What will you be doing at 4 a.m. tomorrow? 6. Was he playing a piano when you entered the room? 7. What were you doing from 2 till 4p.m. yesterday? 8. Do you understand what he is talking about? 9. Are you listening to the teacher now? Do you hear what he is saying?

Impersonal Sentences

7. Answer according to the pattern & translate into Russian:

A. . When is it often cold? (winter)

- It’s often cold in winter.

1. When is it often warm? (spring)

2. When is it often hot? (August)

3. When is it often windy? (autumn)

4. When is it often muddy? (November)

B. When does it often rain? (autumn)

- It often rains in autumn. /

1. When does it often snow? (winter)

2. When does it often freeze? (January)

3. When does it often thaw [θɔː] (таять)? (April)

4. When does it sometimes hail (град)? (summer)

5. When does it often drizzle (моросить)? (October)