Choose the correct answer: 1. Perhaps they are going to buy / will buy / are buying a new house this year. 2. The plane is going to get off / will get off / gets off at 8 p.m. 3. We have / are having / will have an important meeting with a lawyer at 8 tonight. 4. The train leave / will leave / leaves at midnight. 5. I don't think the train arrives / will arrive / is arriving on time. 6. They fly / are flying / will fly to London on Friday evening. 7. There are clouds in the sky. It will rain / rains / is going to rain. 8. The phone is ringing. I answer / will answer / am answering.

Перевод задания: Выберите правильный ответ.

1. Perhaps they are going to buy a new house this year. (Возможно, они собираются купить новый дом в этом году.)
2. The plane gets off at 8 p.m. (Самолёт отправляется в 8 часов вечера.)
3. We are having an important meeting with a lawyer at 8 tonight. (Сегодня в 8 часов вечера у нас будет важная встреча с юристом.)
4. The train leaves at midnight. (Поезд отправляется в полночь.)
5. I don't think the train will arrive on time. (Я не думаю, что поезд прибудет вовремя.)
6. They are flying to London on Friday evening. (Они летят в Лондон в пятницу вечером.)
7. There are clouds in the sky. It is going to rain. (На небе облака. Сейчас будет дождь.)
8. The phone is ringing. I will answer. (Телефон звонит. Я отвечу.)

Правило: Present Simple употребляется для расписаний; Present Continuous — для договорённостей; be going to — для намерений и очевидных прогнозов; Future Simple — для решений, принятых в момент речи, и предположений.