Home assignment no. 1Ex. 1 Arrange the words to make sentences in simple present.1. I / to collect stamps - _______________2. we / to play card games - ______________3. he / to read comics - _________________4. Chris / to sing in a band -____________ 5. we / to have a hamster - ___________________ 6. Andy and John / to like cola - ___________________ 7. she / to be nice - _____________________8. they / to help their parents - ____________________ 9. the children / to speak English - ___________________ 10. I / to buy a newspaper every Saturday - ____________________ Ex. 2 Put the verbs into the correct form.1. On Mondays he (go) to the gym. 2. You never (arrive) on time. 3. I seldom (go) to the zoo. 4. Francis occasionally (drink) coffee. 5. Ron seldom (do) his homework. 6. They (not / often / sing) songs. 7. Pierre (not / play) tennis every week. 8. I (not / usually / watch) TV in the mornings. 9. (they / spend) their holidays in Canada every year? 10. (he /always / wear) a hat? Ex. 3 Put the verbs into the correct form.1. Paris (be) the capital of France. 2. Hamlet (be) a play by Shakespeare. 3. Mount Everest (reach) a height of 8848 metres. 4. Water (boil) at 100C. 5. Ice (melt) at 0C. 6. The river Thames (flow) past the Houses of Parliament. 7. The Olympic Games (take place) every four years. 8. A waiter (work) in a restaurant. 9. The earth (travel) around the sun in approximately 365 days. 10. My father (speak) English.

Ex. 4 Put the verbs into the correct form (present progressive). Use the long form as this is more typical for formal articles.1. Newspapers (to lose) readers. 2. Even the Daily Mail (to lose) readers now for the first time in ten years. 3. Young people (just not / to buy) newspapers the way their parents did. 4. This generation (to grow up) with no particular brand loyalty to any newspaper. 5. Young Britons (to get) their news either online, or from television or radio. 6. Sensing the trend, advertisers (to shift) to other media to get their messages across. 7. Some businesses, such as fashion, (to advertise / still) , but others are not. 8. Now the Sun (to try) to recapture younger readers. 9. The Mirror (to hunt / now) readers in the overcrowded middle ground. 10. Some papers (to think) of launching new titles to survive in this contracting market. Ex. 5 The following actions are not permanent, but limited in time. Write sentences in the present progressive.1. John / to live / in London - 2. Stacey / to help / in the pub this week - 3. Joey / to take / a computer course this month - 4. Tony / to stay / with a friend at the moment - 5. I / to work / this weekend - 6. Aaron / to go by bus / this week - 7. Ben / to make / his own sandwiches this week - 8. I / to keep / to a strict diet this month - 9. Kelly / not / to work / this week - 10. ? / to tour / Robbie Williams / Britain / this summer -