Everyday English 3 Student Worksheet

Module 1 • Situation 1 Grammar Activity

Name:

Present Simple and Present Continuous

A Read the text.
Meet Dave and Sara Johnson. What do they do? They are both journalists.
Dave works for the Times newspaper. Does he have a full-time job? Yes, he does. All the
journalists and editors at the Times start work at 9 a.m. and finish work at 5 p.m. What kind of
articles does Dave write? He and his friend Peter both write news articles. Are they working on
an exciting assignment at the moment? Yes, they are. Dave is busy talking to his editor about the
article. Peter isn’t talking to them. He is looking for information online.
Does Sara work for the same newspaper as Dave? No, she doesn’t. Sara doesn’t work in an
office. She works part-time from home. Sara doesn’t write news articles. She writes articles
about home design for a magazine. Right now Sara isn’t writing. Why isn’t she writing? She is
speaking on the phone with her managing editor.

B Complete the interview with the correct form of the verbs. Use the Present Simple.
Mike: Ben, you 1 (have) an exciting job. Where 2 you (work)?
Ben: I 3 (work) for a busy newspaper. I 4 (be) the managing editor.

Mike: What 5 the managing editor (do)?


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you (work) with all the journalists?
Ben: Y
 es, I 7
(do). I work with all the jounalists and editors. We 8 (meet) in
the conference room every morning.

Mike: Who 9 (work) on the most exciting news assignments?

Ben: Barry usually 10 (do) because he 11 (have) the most experience.

Mike: 12 the same editor always (edit) Barry’s articles?

Ben: N
 o, the same editor 13 (not do). Sometimes Mary edits his writing and other times,
Paula
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(work) on Barry’s articles.

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Everyday English 3 Student Worksheet
Module 1 • Situation 1 Grammar Activity
Name:

Present Simple and Present Continuous

C Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs. Use the Present Continuous.
It’s a busy morning at the offices of The Star newspaper. What 1 everyone (do)
right now at the offices of The Star newspaper?
Carl, a young journalist, 2 (apply) for a part-time job. Petra, the managing
editor, 3 (interview) Carl. 4 the interview (go)
well?
Yes, it is.
Where 5 the journalists (work)? Some 6 (work)
in the newsroom. Lance 7 (look) for information on the Internet and two other
journalists 8
(write) their articles. Janet and Jim 9
(not write).
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they (take) a break? No, they aren’t. Janet 11
(talk) to her editor about her article. Which kind of article 12 she (work) on?
She 13 (write) an exciting news article.
Two other editors 14 (have) a meeting in the conference room. They
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(discuss) the newspaper.
Now Petra and Carl 16 (come) out of Petra’s office.
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Carl (leave)? No, he isn’t. Petra
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(show) him around the newsroom.

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