Cover of the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5C - A city for all seasons for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Look at the photos and the messages. Why are Tim and Jane sad?
  2. Read the messages again, and focus on the highlighted verbs. When do we use the present simple? When do we use the present continuous?

Answer

a)

  • Tim is sad because he loves snow, but he lives in Valencia and it never snows there.
  • Jane is sad because she is on holiday in Cancún, Mexico, but it’s raining.

b)

  • We use the present simple to talk about things that are normally true.
  • We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now / at the moment.