PRESENT SIMPLE VS. PRESENT CONTINUOUS 1.- Read and complete. Use the present simple or present continuous: Good evening. This is Mary Rose reporting for SBA Channel. I’m at the Music Festival in Paris and (1) ..........(have) a wonderful time! The French (2) .......... (call) this Festival ‘La Fête de la Musique’. It (3) .......... (take) place in June every year and (4) ......... (last) for a week. These events (5) .......... (start) early in the morning and (6) ......... (not finish) until lñate at night.People (7) .......... (sing) and (8) .......... (dance) in the streets round the clock all day long. Some very famous artists (9) .......... (take) part in the festival this year. At the moment, we (10) .......... (stand) near the Eiffel Tower. We (11) .......... (listen) to ‘Les Notes Heureuses’, a popular French pop group. As you can see, people of all ages (12) ......... (enjoy) themselves here! (Adopted from Grammar Time 6)
2.- Read this article from a school magazine describing adventure sports. Complete with the present simple or the present continuous of the verbs in brackets:
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(Adapted from Universe 2)
3.- Complete the text with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets: