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to admire, to forget, to think, to wish, to want, to contain, to appear, to deserve,
to require.
Verbs that change their meaning when being used in Present
State verbs Continuous: write down these verbs and their translation in each
tense
Meaning in Present Simple Meaning in Present Continuous
Exercise 166. Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
1. What this accountant (to look) for now? It (to look) Daniel has forgotten to
read these CVs, and he (to have) a meeting with the potential employees in an
hour today!
2. On the other hand, my determined colleague (to be) entitled to a severance pay
if Christina (to discuss) it with Simon.
3. Notably, my sloppy neighbours (to see) that IT-specialist today at 18.30, as
they (to want) (to run) this by him.
4. (To tell) the truth, Richard’s unemployed fiancée (to appear) to be such a lazy
girl who (not to worry) about (to be) laid off.
5. Honestly, that persuasive manager (to look) at these cover letters in a day, as
today he (to have) a lot of meetings.
6. The problem (to be), Rachel (not to understand) what (to be) wrong with the
computer now, and she (to smell) the wires at the moment.
7. (To have) said that let me (to mention) that more and more inexperienced
rookies only (to have) coffee throughout the day instead of (to narrow) down
the amount of bugs in our software.
8. (Not to sweat) it! Karen (to be) on it! She (to see) Charles today at 7p.m., and
(to discuss) the matter of our wages with him at dinner tonight.
9. (To keep) me posted! The thing (to be) Justin cannot (to take) it anymore, so
he (not to take) no for answer even if he (to hate) talking with Stewart.
10. Besides, Michael (to appear) to be off the grid; so, our candid manager cannot
(to hire) anyone without (to have) an interview with him.
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