Exercise 3. Fill in with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous, and then explain the meaning of each verb.

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Exercise 2. Read the following extracts and put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Then, say what use of these tenses each extract shows.

Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1. Expand the following into sentences in order to make true statements with doesn't or don't where necessary.

1. water/ boil/at 100°C

Water boils at 100°C.

Rice/ grow/ on trees

Rice doesn't grow on trees.

2. chicks/ hatch/ from eggs

3. kangaroos/ live/ in Spain

4. plants/ need/ water to grow

5. rain/ fall/ from clouds

6. astronauts/ travel/ in submarines

7. cows/ lay/ eggs

8. pandas/ live/ in Italy

9. elephants/ eat/ meat

10. fish/ walk/ on land

11. the sun/ set/ in the east

12. bees/ give milk

13. caterpillars/ turn/ into butterflies

14. wool/ come/ from sheep

A. These days, it seems everything 1) is changing (change). Cities 2) ___________________ (become) bigger and busier every year, technology 3) __________________ (develop) faster than ever before, and scientists 4) __________________ (learn) more about the way things work.

B. Water 1)_______________ ( boil) at 100°C and 2) ________________ (freeze) when the temperature 3) _________________ (drop) below 0°C. Salt water 4) ______________ (be) different, however.

C. This film 1) ________ (be) great! It 2) _____________ (have) an all-star cast and the script 3) __________ (be) very funny. The action 4) _____________ (begin) when two young men 5) ________________ (try) to rob a bank.

D. Rogers 1) _______________ (kick) the ball and 2) ________________ (pass) it to Jones. Jones 3) ______________ (run) down the pitch. He 4) _______________ (pass) the ball to Smith who 5) ________________ (shoot) and 6) _____________ (score)!

1. This food _______________ (taste) delicious.

2. Mother _______________ (taste) the sauce to see if it needs more salt.

3. I ________________ (think) I'll buy the black dress, not the red one.

4. She ________________ (think) of going to study abroad.

5. The Smiths _______________ (have) a cottage in the mountains.

6. Susan ______________ (have) dinner with her cousin Helen tonight.

7. After a short walk through the park, he always ___________ (feel) relaxed and cheerful.

8. I _________________ (feel) in my pocket for my keys.

9. Tom ______________ (see) the company director in a few minutes.

10. When I open my bedroom window every morning, I _____________ (see) the tall cypress tree in the garden.