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7979UNIT 12 PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE %u2013 PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE %u2013 PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE%u00d8 We use the Present simple to talk about daily routines, general truths, habits and permanent situations.%u00fc She has lunch at 12 p.m. %u00fc Water boils at 100 Celsius.%u00fc I enjoy going skating. %u00fc Mr. Hopkins is a driver and he lives in Edinburgh.%u00d8 We use the Present Continuous to talk about actions that are happening at the time and around the time of speaking.%u00fc Shelia is speaking on the phone now. %u00fc They are living in Edinburgh this year.%u00d8Some verbs are not used in the Present Continuous such as:want %u2013 like %u2013 enjoy %u2013 hate %u2013 need %u2013 think %u2013 see %u2013 know %u2013 believe %u2013 belong etc. %u00fc I want a glass of tea, please. (I am wanting a glass of tea, please.) %u00fc She likes listening to music. (She is liking listening to music.) %u00fc I think she is at work now. (I %u2018m thinking she is at work now.) 1 Circle the correct answer, as in the example.1. Steve is having / has breakfast at 7 a.m. every morning. 2. I go / am going to work by train today. 3. She is doing / does the laundry now.4. Lisa hates / is hating doing the ironing. 5. Mechanics fix / are fixing cars. 6. Look! The children climb / are climbing up the tree.7. Do your children make / Are your children making their beds every day?8. We usually attend / are attending nature activities at the weekends.9. I think / am thinking she is at te office now.10. Where does he go every weekend / at the moment? UNIT 12Remember! Revise the time expressions with the Present Simple on page 55 and the Present Continuous on page 71.