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1 bake@ microwave food in a frying pan

2. fry/ boil/roast food in a wok

3. roast/steam/bake food in th e oven

4. hea t up/ fry/ microwave food in a microwave

5. boil/ba ke/steam food in a saucepan

6. grill/roa st/s team food u nder the grill

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Present Continuous and Present Simple ED

1. Fill in the gaps with these words/phrases . Use t he Present Cont inuous.

beeeme	make	not eat	heat up
not help	grow	work

1 Good cooks ...9.rg_k. 9.mi!J.g.... celehrities in the UK.

2 l ....................................... some soup in t he microwave.

Present Simple for:

4. habits, daily routin es, things we do every day/ week/year, etc. ?..... , .. ... ..

5. things we t hi nk a rc permanent or t rue for a long

ti1nc ............... , ......... .

0 verbs t ha t descri be sta tes ............... ,

a) Read t he fi rst part of Alison's email and choose the correct verb form.

3 Read y meals

healt hily.

.................................. people to eat

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From: alisonw@mymail.net

4 That smells good . What ...........

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To: kathrynb@mymail.net Subject: We're m g progress

akin

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s ...................................... long hours at t he moment so

I ........................................... properly.

Hi Kate,

I ¹type this on the laptop while I ²sitl 3

6 The market for quick , healthy meals ..

'm sitting in our new fitted kitchen! We

do/'re doing

b) \Vrite sentences or questions. Use the Present Sim ple.

7 I you often buy ready meal s?

.0..Q.JQ.1!..PftIJ.PYY.f..a.dy_mg,a.f.$.?. .

8 I he know I'm here?

9. The pani h and Italia ns I cook I more t han the Bri tish.

9. Over 60 million people I live I i n t he UK.

a lot of work on the house at the moment and this ⁴is/is being our first 'finished' room. It ⁵a/ways takes/ 'salways taking so long to do these things. I

⁶don 't think/'m not thinking we'll finish the rest of the house before I'm a grandmother!

⁷Do you remember/ Are you remembering the kitchen in our old house? I think the new people ⁸still try/are still trying to finish that!

b) Read the second part of Alison's email. fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Continuous or Present Simple.

9. I le I not / work I on Fridays .

Anyway, now we

¹••.h.a.ve. (have) a new oven, fridge,

9. I I not I think so.

c) Match the sentences in 3a) and 3b) to t hese uses of the Present Continuous and Present Simple.

Present Continuous for t hings t hat a rc :

a) ha ppening at the moment of speaking

freezer - everything . What's more, while I ²

(write) to you, Michael ³·-······ (cook) ! Surprised?

•••••••••••••••

So am I! Usually Michael 4

(not understand) recipes unless they ⁵ •••

(use) a microwave. Actually, he ⁶••••••••••.• • (do) an Italian cooking course this year.His teacher ⁷ ... ••• ••• (say)

the secret is good quality, fresh ingredients. So we

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b) tem porary a nd happeni ng a round now

c) changing over a period of time

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...................... (try) to buy organic vegetables from local

shops at the moment. ⁹ •••..• . you .................. (eat) organic food? It all 1°. ......... (taste) the same to me! Dinner's ready! Speak to you soon,

Alison x