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You can hear your mother talking to your grandfather on the telephone. Write the questions your
grandfather is asking, using the present continuous (is/are + -ing). Look at all the answers first.
GRANDFATHER: «1)..A¥®. the children ...watehing. TV?
MOTHER: No, they're in bed.
GRANDFATHER: (2) reading?
MOTHER: No, they aren't. They're asleep.
GRANDFATHER: (9) Simon 2
MOTHER: He's writing a postcard and watching TV at the same time.
GRANDFATHER: (@ ?
MOTHER: A travel programme about India.
GRANDFATHER: ‘Anna 2
MOTHER: No, she isn’t watching it. She's in the kitchen, cooking the dinner.
GRANDFATHER: ?
MOTHER: Lying on the floor and talking to you!
| do/work/like etc. (present simple)
Which of the underlined verbs is right? The information is about the USA.
Most shops usually open/epens at 8.30 a.m. and close/eloses at 6.00 p.m.
The banks doesn’s/don’t usually close at lunchtime.
Many childzen has/have a computer at home.
The New York subway usually works/work very well.
It doesn't/don* often snow in California.
Most people don’t/doesn’t work on Sundays.
The capital city, Washington, have/has a population of about one million,
Many people in Los Angeles speak/speaks Spanish.
Schoolchildren don’t/doesn’t usually wear uniform
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Complete the sentences using the verbs below each picture. Put the verbs into the
present simple. For the last sentence for each picture put the verb into the negative.
1 Alion 2 Mare, aged 6 months
run/eat/have/sleep read/cry/live/drink
Ie has... a tail. He with his Mum and Dad.
Te 10%... very fast. He orange juice,
Tr sleeps... alot. He alot.
Ie doege't eat. fish, He books.
3 The Sahara Desert 4 Birds
shine/rain/fall/live a - eat/have/like/fly
‘The sun every day. They
Not many people there, They ... insects.
The temperature at night. They long distances,
It very much. They ~ eats,