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Present Simple and Continuous: Solutions 2nd Edition Elementary

The document provides a reading comprehension exercise involving choosing the correct verb forms between present simple and present continuous tenses. It includes an email with context clues and questions about the email's content. There are also conversation questions to practice using the two verb tenses.

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Present Simple and Continuous: Solutions 2nd Edition Elementary

The document provides a reading comprehension exercise involving choosing the correct verb forms between present simple and present continuous tenses. It includes an email with context clues and questions about the email's content. There are also conversation questions to practice using the two verb tenses.

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4D Present simple and continuous

A Read the email. Choose the correct verb forms.

Hi Joshua,
How are you? 1 I email / I’m emailing you now because I’ve got a secret and 2 I don’t want / I’m not wanting to wait
until tomorrow to tell you!
3
Do you know / Are you knowing Jessica? She’s in my brother’s class. She’s got long, wavy hair and 4 she often wears
/ she’s often wearing glasses. Oh, and she’s really good-looking. Anyway, 5 she really likes / she’s really liking you!
You have to ask her out 6
I write / I’m writing this email in the library. My 7 mum borrows / mum’s borrowing my
laptop this afternoon, so 8 I use / I’m using the computer here. Adam has a laptop too, but 9 he never lends / he’s
never lending it to our parents.
What 10 do you do / are you doing at the moment? 11 You usually go / You’re usually going cycling on Sunday
afternoons, but 12 it rains / it’s raining, so 13 you probably surf / you’re probably surfing the Net in your bedroom!
OK. I have to go now – the library 14 closes / is closing at five on Sundays. The librarian 15 tells / is telling people to go
home now and he 16 doesn’t seem / isn’t seeming very happy!
See you at school tomorrow. Meet me in front of classroom 5 and I can show you who Jessica is!
Brent

B Don’t look at the email in A! Answer the questions in pairs. Can you remember all the answers?
1 Why is Brent sending an email to Joshua?
2 Does Jessica always wear glasses?
3 Why is Brent writing the email in the library?
4 How often does Brent’s brother lend his laptop to his parents?
5 What is Joshua probably doing?
6 What time does the library close on Sundays?

C Complete the questions with the present simple or present continuous of the verbs in brackets.
Then ask and answer them in pairs.
1 What you (do) every morning before school?
2 you (feel) hungry at the moment?
3 How often you (borrow) clothes from your brother or sister?
4 you (always have) a party to celebrate your birthday?
5 your mum (work) today?
6 all your classmates (speak) English right now?
7 Who the teacher (stand) next to at the moment?
8 your dad (understand) English well?

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