Reading A blog 1 Look at the map and the pictures. How do people travel to work and to school in this city? Is it easy? Read David's blog and check your answers.
It is snowing heavily. It has been snowing since Monday. The heavy snowfalls have made the roads impassable. She speaks a very good English. No wonder, she has been studying English since her childhood. Where is Mike? He is packing his kit-bag. Oh dear, isn't he ready yet. He has been packing it since the very morning and hasn't finished packing it yet. I have been listening to this record for half an hour but I can't understand all the words yet. You have been here for two weeks. Have you changed your opinion of the South? Your friend is fond of you. He is talking of you very much these days. Look! My son is driving a car for the first time in his life. We have gone to the pictures twice a month lately. I haven't heard from him since autumn. My mother doesn't work. She has been retired for two years.
Past Simple
1. We gathered mushrooms and berries in the forest last summer.
2. My friend took part in the running competition yesterday.
3. Kate cut her finger two days ago.
Past Continuous
1. I was playing a computer game the morning yesterday.
2. My mum was knitting while my father was fitting his car.
3. He wasn't doing his homework from 5 till 6 yesterday.
Present Simple
1. Anna likes to bake cakes very much.
2. I take many photos when I go to the seaside.
3. Usually we don't buy black bread in the supermarket.
Present Continuous
1. Look! That man is skating very well!
2. My granny is watering her favourite plants now.
3. I am doing an English exercise now.