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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1b - Grammar for the textbook Spark 4 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. How do the sentences differ in meaning?

Answer

  1. a) John looks happy. ; b) John is looking for his costume.
  2. a) She thinks the party sounds great. ; b) She is thinking of going out.
  3. a) This soup tastes delicious. ; b) He is tasting the soup to see if it has enough salt.
  4. a) He has three boxes of fireworks. ; b) He is having a party tomorrow.
  5. a) The sun feels hot. ; b) He is feeling the jumper to see if it is soft.

In sentences 1, 2, 3, 5, the actions in sentences b are currently happening at the moment of speaking, while in sentences 4, the action in sentence b is for a future fixed arrangement. The actions in sentences a describes the people or what they think or feel.

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