Exercise 3. Fill in with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous, and then explain the meaning of each verb.
This food _______________ (taste) delicious.
Mother _______________ (taste) the sauce to see if it needs more salt.
I ________________ (think) I’ll buy the black dress, not the red one.
She ________________ (think) of going to study abroad.
The Smiths _______________ (have) a cottage in the mountains.
Susan ______________ (have) dinner with her cousin Helen tonight.
After a short walk through the park, he always ___________ (feel) relaxed and cheerful.
I _________________ (feel) in my pocket for my keys.
Tom ______________ (see) the company director in a few minutes.
When I open my bedroom window every morning, I _____________ (see) the tall cypress tree in the garden.
Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
1. Dave _____________ (live) in Glasgow and ________________ (work) for an advertising company. He _______________ (have) a good job and ______________ (earn) a lot of money. He ________________ (meet) many people every day and _______________ (lead) a busy life. The company ________________ (expand) rapidly and today he ___________ (see) a new client.
2. John and Anna ________________ (fly) to Paris on Monday for a holiday. Their flight _______________ (take off) at 7.10 in the morning and ___________ (arrive) in Paris at 8.10. Anna’s cousin _____________ (own) a house there, so they ___________ (stay) with him.
3. My neighbour _______________ (bang) on the walls of his flat when he ___________ (do) repairs. This week he ________________ (install) a new bath, and the noise _____________ (drive) me crazy. He ___________________ (not/seem) to care about the way he ________________ (bother) other people.
4. Tom is an athlete. Every morning he ____________ (swim) ten laps in the pool and _____________ (lift) weights for an hour. This year he _____________ (train) harder because he ______________ (want) to compete in the next Olympic Games.
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