Question

3. Выполните следующие грамматические упражнения Present Indefinite or Present Continuous: Today is Monday. Everybody in the Lambert family (is/ are) busy. Mr. Lambert is in his garage. He (fixes/ fixing) a car. Mrs. Lambert (is/being) a housewife. She (cooks/ cooking) dinner now. Peter is in the classroom. He (studies/studying) physics. Kate is in the music room (play/playing) a guitar. Bill is in the art room. He (paints/ painting) a picture. What (is/are) you doing now? What (is/are) everybody in your family doing now? My name (be) Peter. I (be) in the classroom. I (sit) in my seat right now. I (recite) for my teacher. He (stand) at his desk. But now he (not talk). I (talk) to him at the moment. Some students usually (recite) loudly. Others (have) soft voices. I (have ) a loud voice when I (recite).

Answer 1

Today is Monday. Everybody in the Lambert family are busy. Mr. Lambert is in his garage. He is fixing a car. Mrs. Lambert is a housewife. She is cooking dinner now. Peter is in the classroom. He studies physics. Kate is in the music room playing a guitar. Bill is in the art room. He is painting a picture. What are you doing now? What is everybody in your family doing now? My name is Peter. I am in the classroom. I’m sitting in my seat right now. I am reciting for my teacher. He stands at his desk. But now he is not talking. I’m talking to him at the moment. Some students usually recite loudly. Others have soft voices. I have a loud voice when I recite.

Answer 2

Present Indefinite or Present Continuous

In the given exercise, we need to determine whether to use the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous tense based on the context of the sentences. Let's go through each sentence and identify the correct tense to use.

1. Mr. Lambert is in his garage. He is fixing a car. - In this sentence, we use the Present Continuous tense because Mr. Lambert is currently in the process of fixing a car.

2. Mrs. Lambert is being a housewife. She is cooking dinner now. - Here, we also use the Present Continuous tense because Mrs. Lambert is currently engaged in the activity of cooking dinner.

3. Peter is in the classroom. He is studying physics. - Once again, we use the Present Continuous tense because Peter is currently studying physics.

4. Kate is in the music room playing a guitar. - In this sentence, we use the Present Continuous tense because Kate is currently engaged in the activity of playing the guitar.

5. Bill is in the art room. He is painting a picture. - Here, we use the Present Continuous tense because Bill is currently in the process of painting a picture.

Now, let's answer the questions:

- What are you doing now? - The correct answer would depend on the current activity of the person being addressed. Since we don't have that information, we cannot provide a specific answer.

- What are everybody in your family doing now? - Similarly, we cannot provide a specific answer without information about the activities of each family member.

- My name is Peter. I am in the classroom. I sit in my seat right now. I recite for my teacher. He stands at his desk. But now he is not talking. I am talking to him at the moment. - In this paragraph, we use the Present Indefinite tense for general statements and the Present Continuous tense for ongoing actions. For example, "My name is Peter" is a general statement, so we use the Present Indefinite tense. However, "I am talking to him at the moment" refers to an ongoing action, so we use the Present Continuous tense.

- Some students usually recite loudly. Others have soft voices. I have a loud voice when I recite. - In this sentence, we use the Present Indefinite tense for general statements. "Some students usually recite loudly" and "Others have soft voices" are general statements about the students' behavior. "I have a loud voice when I recite" is also a general statement about the speaker's voice during recitation.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.