6.

Right now Yoko (read)_______an article in the newspaper, but she

(understand, not)_____it. Some of the vocabulary (be)______too difficult 
for her.
7. Right now I (look)______at the board. I (see)______some words on the
board.
8. I (need)_____to call my parents and tell them about my new apartment.
They can’t call me because they (know, not)______my new telephone
number.
9. This tea is good. I (like)_______it. What kind is it? I (prefer)_____tea to
coffee. how about you?
10. Right now the children (be)______at the beach. They (have)____a good
time. They (have)______a beach ball and they (play)____catch with it. They
(like)____to play catch. Their parents (sunbathe)______. They (try)_____to
get a tan. They (listen)_____to some music on a transistor radio. They also
(hear)_____the sound of seagulls and the sound of the waves.
11. Right now I (think)______about sea gulls and waves
12. A : who is that man? I (think)______that I (know)_____him, but I
(forget)_____his name right now.
B : That’s mr martin.
A : That’s right! I (remember)______him now
13. Sam is at the library. He (sit)_____at a table. He (write)_____a
composition. He (use)______a dictionary to look up the spelling of some
words. The dictionary (belong, not)______to him. it (belong)_____to his
roommate. Sam (look)_____up words in the dictionary because he
(want)_____to make sure that he doesn’t have any mispelled words in his
paper.
14. A : (believe, you)______in flying saurcers?
B : what (talk, you)_______about?
A : you know, spaceships from outer space with alien creatures aboard.
B : in my opinion, flying saucers (exist)____only in people’s
imaginations.
15. A : which color (prefer, you)______, red or blue?
B : I (like)_____blue better than red. why?
 A : according to this magazine article I (read)_____right now, people
who (prefer)______blue to red (be)______calm and (value)_____honesty
and loyalty in their friends. A preference for the color red (mean)_____that a
person (be)_____aggressive and (love)______excitement.
B : oh? that (sound)____like a bunch of nonsense to me.

Answers
1. is reading, doesn’t understand, is
2. I am looking, see
3. need, don’t know
4. like, prefer
5. are, are having, have, are playing, like, are sunbathing, are trying, are
listening, hear.
6. am thinking
7. think
8. think, know, forget, remember
9. is sitting, is writting, uses, doesn’t belong, belongs, looks, wants
10. A : do you, B : do you talk, B : exist
11. A : do you prefer B : like A : am reading, prefer, are, value,
means, is, love B : sounds