Grammar: Around the world

Present simple and present continuous

1Correct the sentences. Use the present simple and the words in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1They speak Mandarin in Japan. (Japanese)

• 2The River Nile goes through South America. (North Africa)

• 3In Australia, winter starts in December. (June)

• 4Tanzania is the smallest country in Africa. (largest)

• 5There are ten countries in South America. (twelve)

• 6Bengal tigers live in Africa. (Asia)

Present simple and present continuous

2Complete the sentences. Use the present continuous form of the verbs in the box. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

MOVE
• not go
• do
• fly
• help
• not cook
• write
• learn
• go
• work
• travel
• get
• not take

• 1At the moment, Layla  as a volunteer in India. She  to build a medical centre.

• 2Sam and Al  their homework right now. They  new Spanish words.

• 3Paul  ready for school now. He  the bus today, because he's got a new bike.

• 4Kim  around the world and she  a blog about her experiences.

• 5Andy  dinner tonight. He  to a restaurant with friends to celebrate his birthday.

• 6Ben and Cathy  to work today. It's the first day of their holiday – they  to Brazil this afternoon!

Present simple and present continuous

3Choose the correct situation for each person. 

• 1MaryI'm living in India.

   

  India is her home country.She's from England, but she's in India at the moment.

  RaniaI live in India.

   

  India is her home country.She's from England, but she's in India at the moment.

• 2JoshI'm not working on Friday.

   

  He's on holiday this Friday.He's never in the office on Friday.

  PeterI don't work on Friday.

   

  He's on holiday this Friday.He's never in the office on Friday.

• 3EllaWhat are you doing?

   

  Tell me about your job.I want to know if you're busy now.

  JaneWhat do you do?

   

  Tell me about your job.I want to know if you're busy now.

Present simple and present continuous

4Complete the interview with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

Tom Hi, Maria. Can you tell me more about life in Chile? What ¹ (you / think) of the country?

Maria I'm here for a month, and I ² (teach) English at a local school. It's great!

Tom What ³ (you / like) about Chile?

Maria Everything – the people, the weather … . It 

⁴

 

(not rain) very often in this part of the country, but it often 

⁵

 

(snow) in the mountains. Oh, and I 

⁶

 

(love) the food! I 

⁷

 

(cook) 'cazuela' tonight – it 

⁸

 

(be) a traditional dish with meat and vegetables.

Tom⁹ (you / understand) the language?

Maria No, I ¹⁰ (not speak) Spanish. But I really ¹¹ (want) to learn it.

Tom Where ¹² (you / stay)?

Maria In a hotel in Santiago. It ¹³ (be) a big city – about six million people ¹⁴ (live) here.

Tom What ¹⁵ (you / do) this weekend?

Maria We ¹⁶ (go) skiing in the Andes!

Present simple and present continuous

5Choose the correct words. 

From:Sandy Green

To:Eva Nichols

Subject:Greetings from Australia

Hi Eva,

Thanks for your email. It was great to hear from you. I'm not in England at the moment – my sister and I 

¹stayare staying

 

in Australia for three weeks. We 

²work're working

 

at a koala centre near Brisbane. You know how much I 

³love'm loving

 

koalas! They 

⁴don't livearen't living

 

anywhere else in the world, only here in Australia. Of course, the London Zoo 

⁵hasis having

 

several koalas – but it's different when you see them in the wild.

Every day, I 

⁶collectam collecting

 

leaves from a tree called eucalyptus (the koalas' favourite food!) and then we 

⁷feed're feeding

 

the koalas. We also 

⁸helpare helping

 

to clean out where the koalas live, which isn't as much fun! My sister 

⁹hatesis hating

 

it.

We 

¹⁰fly're flying

 

back to England next month, on 21 February. 

¹¹Do you wantAre you wanting

 

to go to the London Zoo together? I'll show you my photos and I'll tell you more about the koalas.

Yours,

Sandy

6  Write sentences about you, your friends and your family. Use the words below and your own ideas. every day learn tonight go out interested in next week usually at home know sometimes

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