present tenses aw ae 18a Circle the correct answer. © \Gually drive) 'm usually driving to work but this week I take / (fr Taking) the bus because my car is at the garage. 4 Make sure you lock / ‘re locking the doors and windows before you leave the house. 2. She plays / ’s playing tennis once or twice a week but she doesn’t play / isn’t playing this week because she's hurt her wrist. 3 A: Where does Evan come / is Evan coming from? B: I'mnot sure, but his parents live / are living in New Zealand. 4 The film begins / is beginning with a death and ends / is ending with a dramatic car chase through the streets of New York. 5 And the Ferrari takes / is taking the last corner at high speed, races / is racing towards the finish line and crosses / is crossing it! What a race! 6 A: What do you do / are you doing? B: | wait / ‘m waiting for the bus. It runs / ’s running late. 7 You always leave | ‘re always leaving the lights on! It doesn't matter how many times | remind | 'm reminding you. 8 There is so much fast food available that people forget / are forgetting how to cook. 9 Ifyou don’t watch / aren't watching the television, would you turn it off? 410 According to recent research, too little sleep causes / is causing young people to gain weight. 18b Complete the information from a website. Use the present simple or continuous. of the verbs in the box. gain goon lear offer organise perform remain study take18c Complete the fact sheet. Use the present simple or continuous of the verbs in brackets. GEOGRAPHY . —— —- rises The landscape (0) (rise) from the lowlands in the east to the Himalayas in the west. High plateaux and mountains (1) .... (occupy) one third of the area. The coastline on the Yellow Sea is flat at the mouths of China’s two major rivers, the Yangtze and the Huanghe. Unfortunately, rapid industrialisation Qe .... (destroy) much of the plant ‘and animal life in the country. Economy Most people (3) .. ++ (live) in rural regions. Rice production 4 (provide) enough food for the local population and surpluses are exported. However, the economy (5) (develop) rapidly and as a result, China (6) (open up) to world markets. China (7) ... (export) many inexpensive processed goods, including machinery and textiles, and income from foreign trade and tourism (8 (increase). DrPRACTICE 19a Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or continuous of the verbs in the box. appear (x2) be belengte come have (x2) taste weigh Who that beautiful house on the hill... 2&/0M9. That soup ... delicious! What have you put in it? My sister doesn’t resemble me. For a start, she ' I can’t believe you We. Now all new cars .. that she’s changed her mind about taking the ne job. .. $0 unreasonable! What's wrong? ... lunch. Can | phone you back in half an hour? with one year’s free insurance. Alex is working. He. How much .. on stage in a play by Agatha Christie. OY aunerwneto .. an adult African elephant ... ? 19b Complete the article. Use the present simple or continuous of the verbs in brackets. Singer and songwriter James Sharp (0) thavel a new | hobby ~ golf. He (1]..... (have) ne everyday and spends | so much time on the course that his girlfriend, actress and model Sophie Clarke, (2) ... [think] of taking up the sport as well so she can spend more time with him! What (3) ..... he ... (think] of the rumours that he | | | and Sophie are planning to get married? “Every day (4) .vcccccsceensenene [see] things written about me that aren't true. One day they say we're { getting married and the next that | (5)... [see] another | woman. | just try to ignore all of it.” } James's new album came out last month and so far the critics have been | positive. The album (6) ... linclude] a mixture of familiar } and new musical styles and (7) - [contain] remixes of | | some old favourites. James is pleased with the reviews but it's his fans that (8} .. ..... matter] most to him. However, if they (9] {hope] for something that (10).... [sound] like his last album, they may be disappointed. So is James worried? Not at all. ‘I need to grow as an artist and that (11)... Somehow, we (12) ... ... (mean] taking risks. | hope that never changes.” {not think] his fans will be disappointed. ———— a