Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. debbie (work) as an administrator at the university. she (organise) all the timetables and teaching schedules. she (work) very long hours at the moment because it’s the start of the academic year but she (go) on a short holiday at the end of the month. simon and sylvia (stay) in a cottage in the yorkshire dales this month. the cottage (belong) to a cousin of sylvia’s but the cousin is away: she (cycle) around norfolk for a few weeks. simon and sylvia often (use) the cottage when sylvia’s cousin is away. they really (enjoy) being in the middle of the countryside. the international school for languages (do) very well at the moment. about two hundred students (take) evening classes this term. many of them (need) to learn a new language to improve their job prospects but some of them (learn) a new language purely for pleasure. the european languages (be) very popular but japanese and russian (get) more popular too. the school (provide) good learning facilities and (organise) a range of study tours. the world population (still increase) rapidly. many people in the world (already starve) and many more (suffer) from malnutrition. the population (grow) fastest in the poorest countries where people (need) to have children to look after them in their old age and where many of their children (die) at a very young age.

Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. debbie (working) as an administrator at the university. she (organisating) all the timetables and teaching schedules. she (working) very long hours at the moment because it’s the start of the academic year but she (going) on a short holiday at the end of the month. simon and sylvia (staying) in a cottage in the yorkshire dales this month. the cottage (belonging) to a cousin of sylvia’s but the cousin is away: she (cycling ) around norfolk for a few weeks. simon and sylvia often (using ) the cottage when sylvia’s cousin is away. they really (enjoying) being in the middle of the countryside. the international school for languages (doing) very well at the moment. about two hundred students (taking) evening classes this term. many of them (needing) to learn a new language to improve their job prospects but some of them (learning) a new language purely for pleasure. the european languages (being) very popular but japanese and russian (getting) more popular too. the school (providing) good learning facilities and (organisating) a range of study tours. the world population (still increasing) rapidly. many people in the world (already starving) and many more (suffering) from malnutrition. the population (growing) fastest in the poorest countries where people (needing) to have children to look after them in their old age and where many of their children (dying) at a very young age.

a). 2. a

3. b

4. b

5. b

b). PS: in 2009, yesterday, last Friday, during the 1990s, in the last few days

PP: ever, yet, just, for the past few weeks, already, never, since 2005, when I was at university