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
- Look at the photos and the messages. Why are Tim and Jane sad?
- 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.
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