Present Continuous tense: exercises Exercise 1. Use Present Continuous:
⦁ The boys (to run) about in the garden.
⦁ I (to do) my homework.
⦁ John and his friends (to go) to the library.
⦁ The dog (to lie) on the floor.
⦁ Who (to lie) on the sofa?

Exercise 2. Use Present Continuous:
1. Bess … (not help) about the house now.
2. My friend … (not play) the piano now.
3. We … (not listen) to music.
4. The farther …. (not work) in the garden.
5. Richard and Henry … (not swim) in the river in summer.

Exercise 3. Make positive, negative or question form, use Present Continuous:
⦁ They/walk in the park. (+)
⦁ Sophie/eat berries. (-)
⦁ Mother/vacuum-clean. (?)
⦁ Jenny/write a postcard. (+)
⦁ We/swim in the swimming-pool. (-)

Exercise 4. Make the sentences correct:
1. They learning English.
2. She is play tennis.
3. You is drinking milk.
4. What is they doing?
5. Where your friends staying?
6. He am going to the shops.
7. I isn’t talking on the phone.

Past Continuous tense: exercises

Exercise 1. Use Past Continuous:
⦁ When I phoned my friends, they (play) monopoly.
⦁ Yesterday at six I (prepare) dinner.
⦁ The kids (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
⦁ I (practise) the guitar when he came home.
⦁ We (not / cycle) all day.

Exercise 2. Use Present Continuous or Past Continuous:
⦁ I (to write) an English exercise now. I (to write) an English exercise at that time yesterday.
⦁ My little sister (to sleep) now. My little sister (to sleep) at that time yesterday.
⦁ My friends (not to do) their homework now. They (to play) volleyball.
⦁ My friends (not to do) their homework at seven o’clock yesterday. They (to play) volleyball.
⦁ What you (to do) now? — I (to drink) tea. you (to drink) tea at that time yesterday? — No, I (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday, I (to eat) a banana.

This means that Great Britain is governed by the Parliament and the Queen is Head of State.  (Указательное местоимение, Demonstrative pronoun)

They are elected from the constituencies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Личное местоимение (именительный падеж), Personal pronoun (the nominative case))

The executive power is exercised by Prime Minister and his Cabinet. (Притяжательное местоимение (основная (зависимая) форма, т.к. употребляется ВМЕСТЕ с существительным), Possessive determiner (не путать с абсолютной формой притяжательного местоимения Possessive pronoun, которая употребляется ВМЕСТО существительного))

The government is usually formed by the political party which is supported by the majority in the House of Commons. (Относительное местоимение, Relative pronoun)

The second largest party becomes the official opposition with its own leader and the Shadow Cabinet. (Притяжательное местоимение (основная (зависимая) форма), Possessive determiner)

The judiciary branch of the government determines common law and is independent of both the legislative and the executive branches.  (Определяющее местоимение, Defining pronoun)

There is no written constitution in Great Britain, only precedents and traditions. (Отрицательное местоимение, Negative Pronoun)

1) the term “constitutional monarchy" means that Great Britain is governed by the Parliament and the Queen is Head of State.

2) The legislative power in the country is exercised by the Houses of Parliament. The British Parliament consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

3) The House of Lords is composed of hereditary and life peers and peeresses. The members of the House of Commons are elected by the people.

4) The executive power is exercised by Prime Minister and his Cabinet.

5) The executive branch of the government is usually formed by the political party which is supported by the majority in the House of Commons. Prime Minister is the majority party leader and is appointed by the Queen. Prime Minister chooses a team of ministers; twenty of the ministers are in the Cabinet.

6) The second largest party becomes the official opposition with its own leader and the Shadow Cabinet.

7) The judiciary branch of the government determines common law and is independent of both the legislative and the executive branches.

8) There is no written constitution in Great Britain, only precedents and traditions.

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