b) Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous. 1 A: We ..... (go) shopping. ..... (you/want) to come? B: I can't. I ..... (help) Mum. 2 A: Why ..... (you/take) the umbrella? B: It ..... (rain) outside. 3 A: What ..... (you/wear) at school? B: I usually ..... (wear) a school uniform, but today I ..... (wear) my jeans and a T-shirt. 4 A: What ..... (they/talk) about? B: I ..... (not/know). I ..... (think) they ..... (try) to decide what to do tonight.

Ответ: 1. are going, do you want, am helping; 2. are you taking, is raining; 3. do you wear, wear, am wearing; 4. are they talking, don't know, think, are trying.

1. A: We are going (go) shopping. Do you want (you/want) to come?
   • "We are going" – Present Continuous, так как речь о действии, происходящем сейчас или в ближайшем будущем.
   • "Do you want" – Present Simple, вопрос о желании.
   B: I can't. I am helping (help) Mum.
   • "Am helping" – Present Continuous, действие происходит в данный момент.
2. A: Why are you taking (you/take) the umbrella?
   • "Are you taking" – Present Continuous, вопрос о действии, происходящем сейчас.
   B: It is raining (rain) outside.
   • "Is raining" – Present Continuous, описание действия, происходящего в данный момент.
3. A: What do you wear (you/wear) at school?
   • "Do you wear" – Present Simple, вопрос об обычной одежде в школе.
   B: I usually wear (wear) a school uniform, but today I am wearing (wear) my jeans and a T-shirt.
   • "Wear" – Present Simple, описание обычной ситуации.
   • "Am wearing" – Present Continuous, действие происходит сегодня, в данный момент.
4. A: What are they talking (they/talk) about?
   • "Are they talking" – Present Continuous, вопрос о том, что происходит в данный момент.
   B: I don't know (not/know). I think they are trying (try) to decide what to do tonight.
   • "Don't know" – Present Simple, выражение незнания.
   • "Are trying" – Present Continuous, действие происходит в данный момент.

Ответ: 1. are going, do you want, am helping; 2. are you taking, is raining; 3. do you wear, wear, am wearing; 4. are they talking, don't know, think, are trying.