Grammar C Underline the correct item. 16 The concert is starting/starts at 9:00. Do you want to go to dinner before that? 17 Have you met/Have you been meeting our new neighbours yet? They seem really nice. 18 We are going/will go to the cinema tomorrow night. Why don’t you join us? 19 I promise I am helping/will help you with your homework as soon as I can. 20 Nicole and her husband stay/are staying in a nice hotel in the centre of the town. 21 Watch where you’re going! You are falling/are going to fall into that hole! 22 Do you know where Sam is? I have waited/have been waiting for him for over an hour and I’m starting to lose my patience. 23 There’s someone at the door. I go/will go and see who it is. 24 Jane works/has worked at her dad’s restaurant every Friday night. 25 My friend is always interrupting/has always interrupted me whenever I tell a story. It’s so annoying!

Перевод задания: Грамматика. Подчеркните правильный вариант.

1. starts — The concert starts at 9:00. (Концерт начинается в 9:00.)
2. Have you met — Have you met our new neighbours yet? They seem really nice. (Ты уже познакомился с нашими новыми соседями? Они кажутся очень приятными.)
3. are going — We are going to the cinema tomorrow night. Why don’t you join us? (Мы идём в кино завтра вечером. Почему бы тебе не пойти с нами?)
4. will help — I promise I will help you with your homework as soon as I can. (Обещаю, я помогу тебе с домашним заданием, как только смогу.)
5. are staying — Nicole and her husband are staying in a nice hotel in the centre of the town. (Николь и её муж остановились в хорошем отеле в центре города.)
6. are going to fall — Watch where you’re going! You are going to fall into that hole! (Смотри, куда идёшь! Ты сейчас упадёшь в эту яму!)
7. have been waiting — I have been waiting for him for over an hour. (Я жду его уже больше часа.)
8. will go — I will go and see who it is. (Я пойду и посмотрю, кто там.)
9. works — Jane works at her dad’s restaurant every Friday night. (Джейн работает в ресторане своего отца каждый вечер пятницы.)
10. is always interrupting — My friend is always interrupting me whenever I tell a story. It’s so annoying! (Мой друг постоянно перебивает меня, когда я рассказываю историю. Это так раздражает!)

Правило: Present Simple используется для расписаний и регулярных действий; Present Continuous — для договорённостей, временных действий и раздражающихся повторяющихся действий; will — для обещаний и спонтанных решений; be going to — для очевидного предсказания; Present Perfect и Present Perfect Continuous — для действий, связанных с настоящим.

Ответ: 16 starts; 17 Have you met; 18 are going; 19 will help; 20 are staying; 21 are going to fall; 22 have been waiting; 23 will go; 24 works; 25 is always interrupting.