Exercise 21. Open the brackets and use the verbs in the correct form of the present continuous tense. Nora: What (to do) you next week? Kate: Well, I (to go) to Paris; but Stan (not to come). Nora: What (to do) he? Kate: He (to paint) the kitchen and (to teach) at school. Nora: (To visi) you any friends? Kate: Yes. I (to stay) with some old school friends. They work in Paris. They work for an American company. But next year, they (to start) their own business.
Nora: (To change) Stan schools next term? Kate: No. He (to stop) teaching. Nora: What (to do) he next year? Kate: He (to study) again. Business Studies. Nora: Why? Kate: He (to go) into business with my friends in Paris. Nora: So, you (to move) to Paris. Kate: Yes. You usually go to France. (To go) you this year? Nora: No. Bill (to work) in Berlin all through the summer. He (to
design) a new building for a small publishing company.
Kate: (To build) he it as well? Nora: Oh no. A big German building company (to do) that. Kate: Interesting work, though. Nora: Yes. Well, enjoy Paris
Now , I have a perfect family. My parents give me all their love! I love my mother and respect my father. I try to help them. We often go on a walk and visit our grandparents.
So,what is perfect family? It is a mother,father and children,that help each other and have something in common!
GOSSIPY GIRL MOUSE 1: I heard that Mr. and Mrs. Mouse´s daughter is very beautiful.
GOSSIPY GIRL MOUSE 2: She´s the most beautiful girl in the world!.
GOSSIPY GIRL MOUSE 1: Is it true that every mouse on earth wants to marry her?.
GOSSIPY GIRL MOUSE 2: Yes, it is!.
GOSSIPY GIRL MOUSE 1: It’s sad that her parents don´t like any of them.
(They leave. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse enter)
MRS. MOUSE: Who will we marry our daughter?. We don´t like anybody. Nobody is that good for her!.
MR. MOUSE: That´s right. One mouse has a large tail; another one doesn´t have teeth; then, there’s one that is too fat. We can´t let her marry any of them. They are so ugly!.
MRS. MOUSE: She must marry the most powerful in the world.
MR. MOUSE: The most powerful is the Sun!.
(The Sun enters)
MRS. MOUSE: (in a sweet voice) Mr. Sun!. We have a beautiful daughter. She is the prettiest girl in the world, and you are the most powerful. You deserve her!.
MR. MOUSE AND MRS. MOUSE: We want you to marry her!.
SUN: I´m not the most powerful. The most powerful is the Cloud.
MR. MOUSE AND MRS. MOUSE: The Cloud?.
SUN: Yes. The Cloud covers me.
(The Cloud enters and covers the sun. The Sun disappears)
MR. MOUSE: Hey, Cloud!. We have seen you cry a lot of times. Do you cry because you feel alone?.
CLOUD: No. I cry so that plants can grow.
MRS. MOUSE: You are the most powerful, and you deserve to marry our daughter.
MR. MOUSE: She is the most beautiful mouse on earth!
CLOUD: No, I´m not the most powerful. The most powerful is the wind.
MR. MOUSE AND MRS. MOUSE: The Wind?.
CLOUD: Yes. The wind blows me . (wind blows and whistles) Listen!. here it comes!. Oh, it´s pushing me!.
(The Wind enters. The Cloud disappears. The Wind walks around the stage and the mice walk behind it)
MR. AND MRS. MOUSE: Mr. Wind!. Mr. Wind!. Stop!.
(The Wind stops blowing)
WIND: What do you want. I´m in a hurry!.
MR. MOUSE: Would you like to marry our daughter?. She is the most beautiful mouse in the world!.
MRS. MOUSE: You are the most powerful. You deserve her!.
WIND: I am not the most powerful. The most powerful is the wall.
MR. MOUSE AND MRS. MOUSE: The wall?.
WIND: Yes.The wall stops me. The wall doesn´t let me go through.
(The Wind leaves whistling trying to destroy the wall. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse fall down because of the wind force)
MR. MOUSE: (getting up) We have to talk to the wall.
MR. MOUSE: Yes, we have to!. (they approach the Wall) Mr. Wall! Mr. Wall!.
MRS. MOUSE: He doesn´t hear you. He is old and deaf.
MR. AND MRS. MOUSE: Mr. Wall!. Mr. wall!.
WALL: What do you want?.
MR. MOUSE: (yelling) Would you like to marry the most beautiful girl in the world?.
WALL: That I´m wrong?. I´m too old.
MRS. MOUSE: No, no!. Would like to marry our daughter!.
WALL: Who, me?. Why?.
MR. MOUSE: Because you are the most powerful.
WALL: Me, the most powerful?. Ha, ha, ha, ha! I´m full of holes. The most powerful is the mouse who made them.
MR. AND MRS. MOUSE: The Mouse?.
(Mr. and Mr. Mouse look at each other and seem ashamed. The Young Boy Mouse enters from behind the wall)
YOUNG BOY MOUSE: You are the parents of the most beautiful girl in the world. I want to marry her. We have been in love for a very long time.
MR. MOUSE: Oh, but where are you going to live?.
YOUNG BOY MOUSE: In this old wall. I have bee building a house with many rooms. It has a living room, a dinning room, and a kitchen. It is very comfortable!.
MR. MOUSE: Yes!. Yes!. You will marry our daughter because you are the most powerful in the world.
MRS. MOUSE: Most powerful than the sun, the cloud, the wind, and the wall.
(The Girl Mouse enters and hugs and kisses the young boy mouse. The Gossipy Girl 1 and 2 enter)
GOSSIPY GIRL 1 AND 2: We wish you the best!.