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

The key answer of exercise 3

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

Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. Give reasons for your answers.

Answer

  1. a) enjoy (like / permanent state); b) am enjoying (having a good time / action happening now)
  2. a) is appearing (acting / a fixed future arrangement); b) appears (seems / a permanent state)
  3. a) see (understand / permanent state); b) is seeing (meeting / fixed future arrangement)
  4. a) is thinking (considering / action happening now); b) don't think (don't believe / permanent state)
  5. a) tastes (has the flavour of/ permanent state); b) is tasting (testing / action happening now)