1.04 complete the conversation with the
present simple or present continuous form of the
verbs. then listen and check.
amy: come on, lottie! we're leaving. (leave)
soon. are you ready?
lottie: yeah, i' (get) my things ready now.
can you give me five minutes?
amy: yes, but i (not like) being late.
the class (start) at seven o'clock.
lottie: 1 (know), and we always 5
(catch) the bus at six thirty. there's plenty
of time
amy: but they (do) work on the roads at the
moment, so the buses are all late.
lottie: ok. i'm nearly ready. i (need) to
do my hair.
amy: your hair? lottie, we (go) to the
swimming pool! ​

ответ: 1)come

2)are you doing

3)am listening

4)are playing

5)do you want

6)think

7)finishes

8)am not going out

what do you want? - i want some tea.

who is playing the drums ? - it is my little brother. he plays the drums very well.

when do you leave the house  ? - at 8.30 in the morning.

what are you doing ? - i am doing my homework .

what are the boys singing at the moment  ? -they are singing an old english song.

the mariinsky palace was built by emperor nikolay i for his daughter maria as a gift to her wedding with the duke maksimilian lejhtenbergsky. maksimilian was eugenie dе bogarne's son who was napoleon's stepson. wedding was on 5th december in 1838. the place for this palace was chosen opposite the isaakievsky cathedral, on the bank of the ekaterina channel. before there was tchernyshev's house there. the emperor wanted to build a palace which would differ from others. this palace should become the standard of comfort of that time. the builders used modern technical decisions and applied the modern building materials.