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PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS)?

EXERCISE 1: Insert verb in correct tense: present simple or present continuous (progressive). Pay attention on third person in singular!

I.e.: Adrian usually ------(shoot) with fisheye. : Adrian usually shoots with fisheye.

1.  Every Saturday, Susan ...... (drive) her daughter Sally to photography course and there Sally often ...... (create) something creative.

2.  Usually, I ...... (work) as alanguage teacher of Practical English, but this winter I...... (study) at an International Language School in Singapore. I...... (participate) in projects and interesting courses all the time .

3.  Anytime I...... (drive) my colleague to an exhibition, I ...... (ask) him about his new artworks.

4.  I ...... (remember) that last time he exhibited extraordinary pictures of people in extraordinary newspaper costumes ...... (cry) and ...... (laugh) at the same time. He always ...... (surprise) audience with outstanding images.

5.  Vrrr! What I...... (hate) about ...... (insert) pictures into text documents is the fact they can ...... (ruin) the layout of the whole document!

6.  Despite the beautiful countryside and many medieval monuments, it is often irritating and Iam upset with living in Salisbury because it ...... (always, rain) ! Are you going to the studio? Take your umbrella because it ...... (rain).

7.  Today the cityscape is magnificent because of bright rainbows. Icannot decide whether Ishould ...... (take) photographs with my new SLR or ...... (borrow) my father's DSLR.

8.  Every weekend, Laurenziana ...... (spend) alot of time in the countryside. She ...... (like, shoot) in autumn because natural colour vary from bright green to sunny yellow and from dark brown to warm red shades.

9.  What is interesting in her compositions, is the way she ...... ( select) main objects and ...... (leave) the background blurred. Usually she ...... (shoot) with telephoto lens to ...... (capture) unique animals living in far away places.

10. Anytime we ...... (open) new exhibition Paul ...... (surprise) me with his funny, unfashionable and odd outfit. Iwill never ...... (forget) his bright green striped trousers and violet checked pullover!

11. Pssssst, be quiet and 't move! I ...... (take) a picture of the butterfly sitting on a daffodil right now.

12. As a successful photographer, Gabriela often ...... (create) covers for fashion and lifestyle magazines in her studio. But most of all she ...... (adore) shooting models while ...... ( walk) on the catwalk.

EXERCISE 2:

1.  ...... (not, disturb) Sandra, please. She ...... (cut) important video right now.

2.  I ...... (learn) Spanish and Italian every Monday and on Thursdays I ...... (attend) the course of street photography in neighbouring city.

3.  My grandfather is interested in documentary photography. Every Tuesday when he ...... (see) a doctor, he ...... (take) his camera and ...... (capture) other patients ...... (wait) in the waiting room.

4.  What I ...... (like) about his photographs is the sincerity in faces and the way they can ...... (touch) my heart. Maybe one day Iwill become journalist or photographer but firstly I ...... (have to, finish) my last year of high school.

5.  I ...... (prefer, draw) to ...... (paint) because my hands are very precise and I am able to ...... (express) the whole idea in lines.

6.  Erik's painting ...... (look) really extraordinary.. His interest in painting is unbelievable, he ...... (paint) every day from 8 am till 4 pm!

7.  One thing Ido not like about Christmas is too much Christmas advertisements. I think Christmas are all about family and other relationships and what I ...... (enjoy) is ...... (capture) my beloved ones on camera.

8.  I know Ishoot just snapshots every Christmas but I decided ...... (buy) new single lens reflect camera. Unfortunately I...... ( not , do, have) enough money to buy either acamera or accessories. I am interested in fisheye because it ...... (create) an extraordinary effect and lines on edges of final photographs are oblique.

9.  Susan ...... (study) History of art. She is interested in old inventions so much that she ...... (draw) with camera obscura every weekend.

10. Nowadays, many young people ...... (enjoy, shoot) snapshots and they often ...... (put) them on internet and various social portals, but they are not aware of dangers.

11. Keanu is always fashionable but he ...... (always, come) late on castings! I can't stand that!

12. Elisabeth ...... (admire) renaissance painters therefore usually she ...... (draw) an initial sketch of human anatomy and she always ...... (use) oil colours.

EXERCISE 3: MODAL VERBS

1.  This s the dark chamber. You ...... turn on the light!

2.  In order to avoid overexpoure or underexposure, you ...... read manual about camera settings properly or ask experienced professional.

3.  I ...... draw beautiful butterflies when I was a child but now I ...... because instead of drawing I am developing my photographic skills.

4.  Aiden passed exams from Practical English with excellent result. I am sure he ...... have studied hard.

5.  ...... I as a question? ...... I borrow your new DSLR?

6.  There are plenty of films on the shelves. You ...... buy any.

7.  I am not going to shoot the countryside. The clouds are so dark and heavy that I am afraid it ...... rain.

8.  Despite my boss told me I have time till end of the week, I really ...... prepare the posters layout till tomorrow because I want to invite Bell to the cinema and spend as much time with her as possible.

9.  Bell is so beautiful I would like to capture her portraits in every situation. She is so charming she ...... to wear make-up.

10...... you help me to adjust camera settings? I think they are very confusing.

11. Juliet is very interesting photographer. She ...... shot almost everything in unpredictable way. Look at her recent artwork - photographs are so precise and spectacular, I am sure she ...... be a true perfectionist!

12. Tomorrow I can sleep longer because I am not going to shoot with Amy. It means I ...... join the party tonight!

13. Tomorrow I am going to shoot with Amy. I ...... join the party when I want but shooting with her is very important, I ...... arrive on time tomorrow morning!

14. Be careful when you are shooting babies with their toys. They...... swallow little parts.

15. If you do not follow manufacturer's instructions, you ...... complain about the quality of chemicals and photo paper, all bad results are your own fault! If you work as a photojournalist you ...... follow professional etiquette otherwise you will get fired! It is strictly forbidden to do photographic manipulations, you ...... alter compositions!

16. If you shoot some historical sight and stand in the park, don't forget you...... walk on the grass! Take your pictures from pavement otherwise you might get penalty.

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