Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1c - Grammar in use for the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or continuous. Explain the meaning of both sentences in each pair.

Answer

  1. a) looks (seems to be); b) is looking (is searching for)
  2. a) is feeling (that is her experience); b) feels (feels to the touch)
  3. a) has (owns); b) is having (is in the act of taking)
  4. a) am thinking (considering); b) think (my opinion is)
  5. a) tastes (has the flavour of); b) is tasting (trying the food)