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This
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often

usually

recently

rarely

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the exercise
2

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spin the wheel
Use Present
Simple or Present
Continuous of the
given verbs to
complete the 3
sentences
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check the answers

solutions
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wheel, and now to start

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Sandra and Carl (be) _________

are
in a
clothes shop at the moment. They (look)
are looking at some jeans. Carl
______________
has
only (have) __________
one very old pair of
wants to buy a new
jeans. So he (want) ________
pair of jeans now. Right now, he (try)
is trying on a pair of blue jeans.
__________
you think
What (you/think) do
___________?
he asks Sandra.
Great! How much (they/cost)
do they cost ?
____________
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Henry (live)_________
lives
in a little village.
wants
He (want) __________
to become a car
is doing a
mechanic. This week, he (do) ________
practical course in a garage in the nearby
is staying
town. Therefore, now he (stay) ________
with his uncle, who lives in town. Henry
wears jeans and T-shirts,
usually (wear) ________
is working for the
but while he (work) ___________
garage now, he (wear)
is wearing an overall.
_________
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At six o'clock in the morning, Michael (hear)

hears a noise. He (get up) __________
gets up
_______
goes
and (go) __________
into the sitting room.
going on ?
What (go on) is
___________
Look! Michael's cat Bonto (sit)
is sitting on the table
___________
wants
and he (want) __________
to open Michael's present.
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Jack (adore) __________

adores
his
garden. He (love) __________
loves
doing all kinds of jobs in it. He
has
(have) ________
fruit trees and
flower beds. In every season
he (enjoy) __________
working
enjoys
outside. Now it is autumn and Jack is (rake)
is raking
____________
the leaves. He (wear)
is wearing his favourite gardening cap .
___________
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lives in Quebec, Canada. In

Diane (live) ________
spring Diane and her friends (collect)
collect maple syrup in their sugar bush. It
_________
is
(be) ________
March now. The sweet liquid
dripping from the tree and Diane
(drip) is
_________
(collect) ___________
is collecting it in a bucket. Pancakes
taste
(taste) _________
delicious with maple syrup!

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It (be) _______
is
Emmas birthday today. She
(be) ________
fourteen years old. She (be)
is
is
________
very happy. Right now she
is having a party and all her friends
(have)_________
are
(be) _________
there. At this very moment
she (blow) _____________
is blowing
at the candles on
her cake.
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Every Christmas Jane and her

family (decorate) decorate
____________
a huge
likes Jane
Christmas tree.
(like) _________ red
ornaments the best. She is putting
(put) ____________ the presents for
her family under the tree now.
She
makes
usually (make) ___________thinks
these
herself. Jane (think) ___________
that
make
is her
self-made gifts (make) ____________
parents happier, and she (be) ______
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right!

Bill lives (live) _________

lives
in Alaska. Here
winters (be) ________
long and it (snow)
are
________
snows a lot. He (shovel) ________
shovels the
snow every day. At the moment he is (start)
is
starting todays work. It (not/snow)
_________
______________
is not snowing now and Bill (wonder)
___________
is wondering at the amount of the snow.
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It (be) ________
is
Mothers
Day. Ann (give)
is
giving her mother a
_________
beautiful bouquet.
smell
The
flowers (smell)
_________
excellent. Ann
collects_________ the flowers
always (collect)
for Mothers Day in her garden. She
grows________ violets, tulips and many
(grow)
others. Thereare
(be) _______ no flowers
she (not/like)
____________.
doesnt
like
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_____________
Do you like (you/like) Winter? I (love)
__________
it. When it (snow) ________
love
snows I
build
often (build) _______
a snowman. In this
picture Jack, the snowman, (wear)
is wearing my grandfathers old hat and
___________
he also (have) _________
has
a scarf around his neck.
look
We both (look) ________
very happy.
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This (be) ________

is
our rafting team as we
(go)are
________
going down some rapids. Every
Summer we (chose) ________
chose a river and
go
(go) _______
rafting for about a week. This
going to the North.
Summer we (go) are
________
These days I (arrange) am
___________
arranging the
transportation of our gear.
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_________
Look (look) at Donald. He (snorkel)
___________
is
snorkelling in the sea. He (swim)
observing the
is__________
swimming and (observe) __________
fish and other sea life. Donald (not/like)
doesnt like to sit and do nothing. He
___________
(enjoy) _________
enjoys doing sports.

study
In Biology lessons we (study) ____________
about all sorts of plants and animals. Today
studying
we (study)are
______________
about squirrels.
They (collect)collect
___________ food for Winter
raise
and (raise) ___________
their offspring with
care. Squirrels (eat) ____________
nuts but
eat
they also (consume)
consume birds eggs.
_____________
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People (grow) ________

grow corn,
also called maize, all over the
world. They (use) __________
use
it in many dishes and for
feeding animals. Corn
(originate) ______________
originates
from America. Whenever we
go
(go) __________
to the
have
cinema we (have)
_____________ popcorn while
are(watch)
watching
we
_____________
the film.
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At Halloween we (carve)
__________
Jack-ocarve
lanterns. This custom
comes
(come) ___________
from
an Irish legend. It (be)
_________
the end of October and I
is
am carving a pumpkin. It
(carve) ____________
has
(have) _____________
a very scary face.
enjoy
As you can see I (enjoy) ____________
doing it.
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This (be) _________

is
Bob. He (play)
plays
___________
ice hockey in his free
time. Bob (play)
_________ very well,
plays
scores
he (score)
_________ goals quite often.
having
Right now he (have) is
_________
a match. He is (drive)
is driving
______________
the puck
toward the opponents goal
net.
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