Present Tenses in Dialogues - Fill the Gaps - Part 5

Choose the correct forms of present simple or present continuous for the gaps

Kate: Do you ..... my friend, Maria?

remember

remembering

Polly: Yes. She ..... in Spain, doesn't she?

is living

lives

Kate: Normally, but at the moment she ..... in China.

lives

is living

Polly: Why is she in China?
Kate: Her parents ..... a year there.

spend

are spending

They ..... at a university.

teach

are teaching

Polly: ..... it?

Does she like

Is she liking

Kate: At first it was difficult but now she ..... it.

is enjoying

enjoys

Polly: ..... Chinese?

Does she learn

Is she learning

Kate: Yes. She ..... to Chinese classes every day after school.

is going

goes

Polly: What about the food? ..... it?

Is she liking

Does she like

Kate: Yes, she ..... it. Spanish people like seafood

is loving

loves

and I ..... Chinese people eat a lot of seafood too.

think

am thinking

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Rule: Present Simple and Present Continuous ShowHide

Present Simple

Habits and routines: He eats fish every day.
Facts and permanent situations: She lives in Spain. Lucy doesn't eat meat.
Timetables: The train leaves at six.

always · usually · often · normally · never · every day · on Saturdays

Present Continuous

Now, as you speak: The train is arriving right now.
Temporary situations: At the moment she is living in China.
Arrangements for the near future: What are you doing this afternoon?

now · right now · at the moment · today · this week · tonight · Look!

State verbs

They describe a state, not an action, and are rarely used in the Continuous: She likes cold weather, not ~~is liking~~.

likes and dislikes: like, love, hate, dislike, prefer, enjoy
the mind: know, remember, understand, forget, think, realise, suppose
the senses: see, hear, smell, feel, taste
others: want, need, cost, own, weigh, appear, include, have got

Some of these verbs can also mean an action, and then the Continuous is fine: I think it's great (opinion) – I'm thinking about the trip; I have got a car – we're having lunch; the soup tastes good – the cook is tasting the soup.

Five conversations, a whole dialogue on each page: a phone call to a house where nobody is in, a chat about homework, and three more. Every line has a gap of its own, and the next dialogue opens only when the current one is finished.