4 Tenses

This pastry ... too sweet.

• tastes

• is tasting

We use Present Continuous for

• fixed arrengements

• general truth/facts

• describing situations which are developing right now

• expression of our irritation at a repeated action

Emma ... about buying a new car.

• thinks

• is thinking

Choose time markers for Present Simple

• right now/at the moment/nowadays

• yet/just/ever/never

• last Tuesday/previous week/an hour ago

• every year/seldom/once a week

Look! This cute puppy is waving ... tail.

• it's

• its

What a delicious smell! Mom, what

• do you cook?

• are you cooking?

She ... this award when she was a child.

• won

• has won

We ... to New Zeland once.

• have been

• went

She ... always ... me!

• blank space/ignores

• is/ignoring

They ... to new cinema in the city. The movie ... at 5 PM.

• is going/starts

• have been/is starting

• are going/starts