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fa m w \ № \£ \ r F Choose the correct answers.
1 Quiet William! W h y so noisy this morning?
present Simple & Present Continuous a are you be b are you being
2 Who's that? I her name.
A Read the sentences below. Match each
a 'm not remembering b don't remember
sentence with one use of the Present Simple.
3 Irene with her cousin for a few weeks,
1 Water boils at 100°C.
a lives b is living
2 His parents work at a bank.
3 We have a dance class next week. 4 Granddad isn't feeling well. H e the doctor
4 The English drink a lot of tea. later today.
a habits and repeated actions a 's seeing b sees
b permanent situations 5 Tony his grandfather.
с scientific facts a is looking like b looks like
d future actions based on
6 Mum and Dad always us with them on
timetables and schedules
holidays.
I Be careful 7 Bob and Sue______ to their aunt Maisie's house
take
a
b are taking
We often use adverbs of frequency with the
Ф Present Simple. They go after the verb be but every weekend.
I before all other main verbs. a are going b go
8 Why children are jealous of each other?
В Read the sentences below. Match each a do you think b are you thinking
sentence with one use of the Present
Continuous. G Complete the text with the correct Present
1 You are always interrupting me! Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs
2 What are you doing at the weekend? in brackets.
3 I am saving up for a car.
4 The baby is crying! It must be hungry.
Identical twins
5 Families are becoming smaller and smaller
________________ (think) that identical twins are
these days. K1)____________
fascinating. They (2) (have) the same
a actions happening now
DNA, but they've got different fingerprints and they often
b temporary situations
have different personalities too. My sisters Katy and Sandy
с future plans
(3 )____________________ (be) identical twins, and my
d annoying habits
parents and I (4)_____________________ (not / know) which
e changing and developing
twin is which most of the time. In fact, they
situations in the present
(5) (always / play) tricks on us, which
ptative Verbs is not funny! They (6)_____________________ (wear) different
clothes every morning, so we know who is who but then
С Read the sentences below and underline they (7)_____________________(sometimes / change) clothes
\ the verbs. later just to confuse us. There is only one thing that helps us
tell who is who: Katy (8) (spend) a lot
I 1 Peter hates his new school,
of her free time reading books, but Sandy
j 2 He understands the problem now.
(9) (hate) reading. She often
3 These flowers smell wonderful.
complains about it, saying 'Katy (10)_____________________
4 Who owns the blue car outside?
(read) again!'.
P Complete the rule with the Present Simple
I or Present Continuous.
I We don't use some verbs in continuous tenses.
I They are called stative because they describe
I states and not actions. To talk about the present,
I we use these verbs in the___________________
j tense.
p Some verbs can be both stative and action
verbs, but with a different meaning. How
does the meaning of think change in the
sentences below?
1 They think that having a lot of children

is fantastic.
2 They are thinking of moving house this year.
0 Grammar Focus pp.161 & 162 (1.1 to 1.4)