1) Поставьте глаголы в одно из времен группы Present: 1. He always ... (to lose) his keys. 2. The children ... (to play) hide-and-seek with their parents now. 3. Bess ... (to speak) on the phone since 3 o’clock. 4. This girl ... (to get) more and more beautiful. 5. They ... (to spend) their holidays in the country this summer. 6. The boy ... (to brake) his mother’s vase. 7. The train ... (to leave) at 8 o’clock. 8. I ... (to learn) the poem for a week. 9. Sam ... (to live) far from his school. 10. The telephone ... (to ring) since morning. 11. I ... (to cook) fish for 2 hours. 12. The boy ... (to speak) to his mother yet.

Перевод задания: Поставьте глаголы в одно из времён группы Present.

Выбор времени определяется словами-маркерами и смыслом предложений: always — Present Simple, now — Present Continuous, since/for — Present Perfect Continuous, yet — Present Perfect.

1. He always loses his keys.
2. The children are playing hide-and-seek with their parents now.
3. Bess has been speaking on the phone since 3 o’clock.
4. This girl is getting more and more beautiful.
5. They are spending their holidays in the country this summer.
6. The boy has broken his mother’s vase.
7. The train leaves at 8 o’clock.
8. I have been learning the poem for a week.
9. Sam lives far from his school.
10. The telephone has been ringing since morning.
11. I have been cooking fish for 2 hours.
12. The boy has not spoken to his mother yet.

Перевод:

1. Он всегда теряет свои ключи.
2. Дети сейчас играют со своими родителями в прятки.
3. Бесс разговаривает по телефону с трёх часов.
4. Эта девочка становится всё красивее и красивее.
5. Они проводят каникулы в деревне этим летом.
6. Мальчик разбил вазу своей матери.
7. Поезд отправляется в 8 часов.
8. Я учу стихотворение уже неделю.
9. Сэм живёт далеко от своей школы.
10. Телефон звонит с самого утра.
11. Я готовлю рыбу уже два часа.
12. Мальчик ещё не разговаривал со своей матерью.

Ответ: 1 — always loses; 2 — are playing; 3 — has been speaking; 4 — is getting; 5 — are spending; 6 — has broken; 7 — leaves; 8 — have been learning; 9 — lives; 10 — has been ringing; 11 — have been cooking; 12 — has not spoken.