Grammar: Appearance and survival

Present simple and present continuous

1Which tense will come next in these sentences? Choose PS (present simple) or PC (present continuous). 

• 1A gorilla never …PSPC

• 2At the moment, the weather …PSPC

• 3Nearly half of UK teens said they hardly ever …PSPC

• 4In your country this month, …PSPC

• 5With the economic problems of today, the average person…PSPC

• 6On Saturday nights, in the US, drivers …PSPC

• 7Old people often …PSPC

• 8You can use the computer room now – no one …PSPC

 Present simple and present continuous

2Match sentence endings with their beginnings. 

• 1A gorilla never …

• 2At the moment, the weather …

• 3Nearly half of UK teens said they hardly ever …

• 4In your country this month, …

• 5With the economic problems of today, the average person…

• 6On Saturday nights, in the US, drivers …

• 7Old people often …

• 8You can use the computer room now – no one …

• adon't remember recent events, but have a fantastic memory of things long ago.

  bare most students studying for their final exams?

  cspends more than one night in the same place.

  dis using it at the moment.

  eisn't finding it easy to save money.

  funder twenty-four cause nearly 50% of road accidents.

  garound the world is becoming more and more extreme.

  htalk to their fathers about important things.

Present simple and present continuous

3Complete the phone dialogue between a vet and an animal owner. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 

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

Hello, Jill. How's the new foal? Is she better? 

¹

 

(walk) OK now?

Yes, I 

²

 

(watch) her now through the window. I think she 

³

 

(be) all right. She 

⁴

 

(run) around the field!

Oh good. And what about the other foals? 

⁵

 

(make) friends with her?

Well, they 

⁶

 

(try) to, but she 

⁷

 

(bite) them a lot, so they 

⁸

 

(not like) her much at the moment.

Present simple and present continuous

4Complete the text. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in the box. 

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

MOVE
• want
• drink
• not sleep
• not look
• know
• open
• watch
• feed
• live
• not live
• close
• come
• think
• seem
• work
• keep

My name's Rob and I 

¹

 

at the zoo in Sydney. The zoo 

²

 

from 9.30–5.00 every day, but today we 

³

 

at 4.00 because it's New Year's Eve!

It's 8.00, and I 

⁴

 

the rhinos because they always 

⁵

 

their breakfast first! Rhinos are short-sighted but these rhinos 

⁶ 

at me in a very friendly way today, so I 

⁷

 

a safe distance from them! The giraffes 

⁸

 

me from the next field – they hope that their breakfast is next, and it is. 'It's OK, I 

⁹ 

 

now!' Giraffes 

¹⁰

 

to like being in zoos – a giraffe in the wild 

¹¹ 

 

for longer than fifteen years, but ours usually 

¹²

 

for around twenty-five years. The giraffes are always ready for breakfast because they 

¹³

 

much, only thirty minutes a day. Not like the koalas! 

¹⁴

 

you  how much they sleep? Twenty hours a day! And how much 

¹⁵

 

you  they drink? Well, koala means 'no water'. They never 

¹⁶

 

because they get all their water from the leaves they eat.

Present simple and present continuous

5Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use your own ideas to complete the statements. 

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

• 1We always  (learn) a lot in our 

   classes.

• 2How  (you / travel) to school this week?

   

• 3I usually  (believe) what my 

   tells me.

• 4I often  (watch) 

   on TV.

• 5Right now, I  (do) my homework in the 

  .

• 6I regularly  (save up) money for 

  .

• 7I  (eat) a lot of 

   these days.

6 CHALLENGE! Write sentences about yourself using each of the verbs below. Use the present simple and the present continuous. write study wear feel

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