II. Make wishes using the following verbs 

1. I need nine hours of sleep. I wish I ____ didn't  need ___ so much sleep. I could get so much more done in a day.

2. Alice doesn't like her job as a nurse. She wishes she---------- a nurse. She

wishes she ---------- a doctor.

3. We had a good time in the mountains over vacation. I wish you __________ with us.

4. I know that something's bothering you. I wish you __________ me what it is. 

Maybe I can help.

5. A: I wish I __________ work today. 

B: So do I. I wish it __________ a holiday. 

6. A: My feet are killing me! I wish I __________ shoes.

B: Yeah, me too. I didn't know we were going to be walking on rocks.

Complete the sentences with DO, DOES, IS, or ARE. If no completion is needed, put a slash ( / ) in the blank.

l . A mosquito ........ flying around Sam's head.

2. Mosquitoes ........ pests.

3. They......... bother people and animals.

4. ......... a male mosquito bite?

5. No, male mosquitoes ......... not bite.

6. Only female mosquitoes.......... bite animals and people

7. A female mosquito ............. lays 1,000 to 3,000 eggs in her lifetime.

8. A: What kind of tea do you like?

B: Well, I'm drinking black tea, but I ................. green tea.

9. I'm gaining weight around my waist. These pants are too tight. I ................a larger pair of pants.

10. A: Dinner's ready. Please call the children.

B: Where are they?

A: They .................... a game outside in the street.

11. It's night. There's no moon. Emily is outside. She ...................... at the sky. She ..................... more stars than she can count.

12. Michael has a good voice. Sometimes he......... with a musical group in town. It's a good way to earn a little extra money.

13. A: Ouch!

B: What's the matter?

A: Every time I eat too fast, I.......... my tongue.

l4 . Alicia always........... in her diary after dinner.

15. Thank you for your help in algebra. Now I .......... that lesson.

16  This magazine isn't mine. It........... to Colette.

17. I can see a rainbow because the sun ........... and it .......... at the same time.

Use either the SIMPLE PRESENT or the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE of the verbs in parentheses.

l. Ann is a painter. She (go) ............... to the opening of every new art show in the city. She (like)................. to see the latest work of other artists. Right now she (prepare) .................... for her own show of her new paintings next month.

2 A :  What book (read, you)....................

B: It's about Spain. I (think) .................. you would enjoy it.

A: I (see) ..................sailing ships on the cover.

B: Yes. It (be) ................ about Spanish explorations in the 17th century.

3     A : I (leave) ............. now. (want, you) .................. to go with me into town?

B: No, thanks. I can't. I (wait) ...................... for my sister to call from the airport so that I can pick her up.

4. I work for an agricultural equipment company called Ballco. Right now, Ballco (try)..............to establish business contacts throughout South America. At the

present time, our sales manager (travel) ............... in Brazil and (talk)............

to potential customers. He (know) ............... both

Spanish and Portuguese.

5. A: Does the earth turn around and around?

B: Yes, Jimmy. The earth (spin) ................around and around on its axis as it circles the sun. The earth (spin) ................ rapidly at this very moment.

A: I (feel, not) ..................... anything. (try, you) ........................to fool me?

B: Of course not! (think, you, really)................ that the earth isn't moving?

A: I guess so. Yes. I can't see it move. Yes. It isn't moving.

B: (believe, you) ............................ only those things that you can see? Look at the trees out the window. All of them (grow) ................... at this very moment, but you can't see the growth. They (get) ...................... bigger and

bigger with every second that passes. You can't see the trees grow, and you can 't feel the

earth spin, but both events (take) ..................place at this moment while

you and I (speak) ...................

A: Really? How do you know?

6. A: Look at Della! Where (go, she) ....................and why (walk, she) ............. so fast?

B: She (rush) ................... to a meeting with the company vice-president.

Every morning at this time, she (submit)................... a report on the previous day's activities and (present)................. the daily

recommendations

A: But 1 (hear, usually) ........................... the daily recommendations from the president himself at the ten o'clock staff meetings.

B: Every day, the vice-president (rewrite) .................. Della's comments and (take)

....................them to the president. At every ten o'clock meeting, the president

simply (read) ........................ the same recommendations that Della stayed up working on the night before, and he (act) ................... like he's been up for hours contemplating those ideas.

A: Well, I'll be darned! That (seem, not) ......................... fair!

B: It (be, not) ..................... But that's the way it works

Complete the sentences with DO, DOES, IS, or ARE. If no completion is needed, put a slash ( / ) in the blank.

l . A mosquito flying around Sam's head.

2.  Mosquitoes  pests.

3.  They bother people and animals.

4.   a male mosquito bite?

5.  No, male mosquitoes  not bite.

6.  Only female mosquitoesbite animals and people.

7.  A female mosquito  lays 1,000

to 3,000 eggs in her lifetime.

5.     A: What kind of tea do you like?

B: Well, I'm drinking black tea, but I  green tea.

6.     I'm gaining weight around my waist. These pants are too tight. I a larger pair of pants.

7.     A: Dinner's ready. Please call the children.

B: Where are they?

A: They  a game outside in the street.

8.     It's night. There's no moon. Emily is outside. She  at the sky. She  more stars than she can count.

9.     Michael has a good voice. Sometimes he with a musical group in town. It's a good way to earn a little extra money.

10.  A: Ouch!

B: What's the matter?

A: Every time I eat too fast, I  my tongue.

l l . Alicia always  in her diary after dinner.

12. Thank you for your help in algebra. Now I  that lesson.

13. This magazine isn't mine. It  to Colette.

14. I can see a rainbow because the sun  and it at the same time.

1 Complete the sentences with DO, DOES, IS, or ARE. If no completion is needed, put a slash ( / ) in the blank.

l . Jack _does_ not work at his father's store.

2   Do          you have a job?

3        you working today?

4.Emily and Sara  working at the ice cream store this summer.

5 Eric planning to get a job this summer?

6.      you plan to get a job, too?

7.      She  a carpenter.

8 . Today she working at the Hills' house.

9.  She and her partner Scott building a new porch for Mr. and Mrs. Hill.

10.  A turtle  lays eggs.

11.   snakes lay eggs?

12.   a lizard lay eggs?

13.  a lizard a reptile?

14.  turtles and snakes reptiles?

15.  Tlrtles, snakes, and lizardsall reptiles.

16.  Reptilescold-blooded.

17.  Their body temperaturethe same as the temperature of their surroundings.