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20. Present Continuous and Present Simple. Choose the correct form
of the verb.
1. Who
cooks / is cooking
the dinner? It smells great!
2.
Do you know / are you knowing
what that sign means?
3. My parents
are coming / come
to stay with us every Christmas.
4. I
don’t like / I’m not liking
tea.
5. Eva
comes / is coming
home to spend Easter with us this year.
6. We
have / ‘re having
a birthday party on Saturday. Would you like to
come?
7.
Do you want / are you wanting
any more bread?
8. Normally
I take / I’m taking
the train to work but this week
I walk
/ I’m walking
.
21. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form using Present Con-
tinuous, Past Continuous and Past Simple.
1. Kate … (to read) an interesting book.
2. When I … (to see) Alex he … (to have a snack).
3. Listen! The phone … (to ring). – I’ll answer it.
4. I … (to wash up) when you… (to phone).
5. She … (to leave for) academy when it … (to start) to rain.
6. What … you (to do) at 6 p.m. yesterday?
7. I can’t answer the phone now. I … (to have) a shower.
8. He … (to study) from 9 till 11 a.m. yesterday.
9. I … (to listen) to music when you … (to phone).
10. It’s 12 o’clock now. I … (to have) a lunch break.
11. Look! It … (to snow)!
Speaking 1
22. Work in pairs. Talk to someone who you do not usually talk to in
class. Interview your partner. You are going to tell the rest of the class
about your partner, so find out as much as you can! You will have one
minute to tell the rest of the class about your partner.
23. Speak on your working day and your leisure time. Remember to
speak about:
• what you do in the morning;
• your studies;
• what you do in the evening;
• what you do in your spare time.