Exercise 1. Louise:It is a very hot summer and we are all in Geneva.

Examples

Louise: It is a very hot summer and we are all in Geneva.

It was a very hot summer and we were all in Geneva.

The Thompsons are our neighbours.

The Thompsons were our neighbours.

Louise: I am a secretary at the United Nations.

Mr. Thompson is a friend of my father.

Dick: Are the Phillips there?

Louise: No, they are not there.

Dick: Is George Thompson there?

Louise: Yes, he is. He is fifteen.

He is still at school.

Dick: Is he your boy-friend?

Louise: No, he is not. He is too young.

Dick: Are Ann and Mrs. Thompson your friends, too?

Louise: Yes. They are both very friendly.

Ann is my best friend.

She is twenty.

She is still a student.

Dick: How old are you? Are you twenty?

Louise: No, I am not twenty. I am twenty-one.

Exercise 2

Examples

Jane is not tired. buy a new dress

Sheila has got a lot ofclothes. go to bed early

Jane has not got to go to bed early.

Sheila has not got to buy a new dress.

1 Jane is not tired. buy any food this week

2 Sheila has got alot ofclothes. look for a flat

3 Harry has got alot of money. phone the restaurant

4 Mrs. Hunt has got a lot of food in the house. cash a cheque today

5 We have bought a house in the country. go to bed early

6 You have already booked atable. buy a new dress

7 I have got six airletters. go to a snack-bar

8 We have hired a car. phone them tonight

9 I have written to the Blakes. go to the post office yet

10 They have already had dinner inthe hotel. buy a car

Exercise 3

Examples

I have got a lot of clothes. last year/tomorrow/next week

I had a lot of clothes last year.

They are not having a picnic on the beach. next Tuesday/yesterday/tomorrow

They did not have a picnic on the beach yesterday.

1 He hes got a shop in Oxford Street. four years ago/next year/today

2 We are not having a cup of coffee tomorrow morning/yesterday

in the snack-bar. morning/ next Thursday

3 You have not got any money. two years ago/today/tomorrow

4 You have got a reservation. this evening/today/yesterday evening

5 They have got a new house. last winter/next spring/now

6 I have not got any orange lipsticks. next week/last year/next autumn

7 He has not got my address. next summer/today/last month

8 We have got six blankets on the bed. last night/this evening/tomorrow morning

Exercise 4

Examples

May I go for a swim?

May we go for a swim?

May Simon go for a swim?

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Exercise 5