13 Present tenses Read the conversation between two people who are watching Adam punting. Fill in the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. “Can you tell me what (1) (happen)? I can’t see it clearly.” “Oh, yes, these kids in the boat, they (2) (move) around. Now one of the boys (3) (stand) up. Oh, no, he (4) (take) the pole now, and he (5) (try) to keep his balance. It looks like the pole he (6) (hold) is stuck in the mud. He should let go of it. I can’t believe it! He (7) (still hold) on to the pole. How stupid! He (8) (hang) on to it while the boat (9) (go) down the river. Now he’s fallen into the river. He (10) (shout) like mad, and the other kids (11) (have) a great time! Unbelievable! He must be a tourist who’s never gone punting before.” Read what Marley’s doing on a Sunday morning. Circle the correct option. It’s Sunday morning and my dad (1) is making / makes breakfast. He’s already downstairs in the kitchen, calling “Breakfast’s ready! Hurry up, everyone!” But I (2) know / am knowing that’s not true. He’s only just started. This is what (3) is happening / happens almost every Sunday. So, as always, I (4) take / am taking my time getting ready. The first thing I (5) do / am doing is check my phone for text messages. Gosh, it (6) isn’t working / doesn’t work. I forgot to charge it yesterday evening. So I (7) am plugging / plug it in and check again. There are about 50 messages. No time to read them. Well, it doesn’t matter, my friends (8) are probably still sleeping / probably still sleep. Then I (9) am hearing / hear Dad again, shouting “Breakfast’s ready! Are you coming?” My dad’s pretty strict. No wonder, he (10) works / is working as a teacher. So I reply, “I’ll be there in a minute.” Then I (11) hear / am hearing Dad again, “Hurry up, everyone! Georgie, what (12) are you doing / do you do?” Georgie is my mum. She’s a software engineer. All I know is that she (13) works / is working with computers, but I have no idea what she (14) actually does / is actually doing. Anyway, so I (15) peek / am peeking down the stairs. She (16) is reading / reads the Sunday paper. My dad (17) is shouting / shouts again: “Are you coming? We (18) have / are having scrambled eggs; they (19) don’t get / aren’t getting any better.” Well, he’s got a point there. So, I (20) hurry / am hurrying downstairs and we (21) are all sitting down / all sit down for breakfast. It (22) tastes / is tasting delicious, as always. Then I (23) go / am going upstairs again and start working my way through the text messages. I (24) am feeling / feel good. LANGUAGE 3 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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