Question

11 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form
of the present simple or present continuous.
Dear Penny
Greetings from Sao
Paulo, Brazil, where my
family and I 1) ..........
(spend) our summer
holidays this year.
Today is another
beautiful day. A soft breeze
2) ......... (blow), so it's not terribly hot. Right now, I
3)
(sit) by the hotel's swimming pool and I
4)
(send) emails to my friends. My parents
5) .....
(usually take) a nap at this time of day, so
they 6)....... ......... (sleep) in their room. We really
7) ........... (love) everything about this place! Every
day, my brother and I 8)........ (wake up) late and
after a quick breakfast, we 9).
(head) for the
beach, where we 10) ....... (stay) for hours. Mum
and Dad 11).......... .. (prefer) to spend the day
sightseeing, so we all 12)........... (meet up) at
lunchtime. The only thing we 13)......... (not/like)
very much is the local food, as we 14)....... (think)
it's a bit spicy for our taste! No problem, though! The restaurant in
our hotel 15) .......... ........... (serve) all kinds of delicious
international dishes, so there's a great variety to choose from!
Anyway, what 16)......
(you/do) this summer?
Email me and let me know.
Take care,
Tracy
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Answer 1

Ответ:

Dear Penny

Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where my family and I 1) are spending (временно - Present Continuous) our summer holidays this year.

Today is another beautiful day. A soft breeze 2) is blowing (именно сегодня - Present Continuous), so it's not terribly hot. Right now, I 3) am sitting (прямо сейчас - Present Continuous ) by the hotel's swimming pool and I 4) am sending (прямо сейчас - Present Continuous) emails to my friends. My parents 5) usually take (обычно -Present Simple) a nap at this time of day, so they 6) are sleeping (сейчас - Present Continuous) in their room. We really 7) love (love нельзя c ing) everything about this place! Every day, my brother and I 8) wake up (каждый день - Present Simple) late and after a quick breakfast, we 9) head (каждый день - Present Simple)  for the beach, where we 10) stay (каждый день - Present Simple) for hours. Mum and Dad 11) prefer (prefer нельзя с ing) to spend the day sightseeing, so we all 12) meet up (каждый день, в обеденное время - Present Simple) at lunchtime. The only thing we 13) don't like (like нельзя с ing) very much is the local food, as we 14)think (мнение - Present Simple) it's a bit spicy for our taste! No problem, though! The restaurant in our hotel 15) serves (всегда- Present Simple) all kinds of delicious international dishes, so there's a great variety to choose from!

Anyway, what 16) are you doing (временное действие - Present Continuous) this summer?

Email me and let me know.

Take care,

Tracy