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1. Choose the correct form of the verbs:

Dear Karen!

I'm having /I have a great time here in England. My university term isn't starting / doesn't start until the autumn, so I'm taking /I take the opportunity to improve my English.

I'm staying /I stay with some English friends who are owning / own a farm. On weekdays I'm catching /I catch a bus into Torguay to go to language classes. I'm making/I make good progress, I think. My friends say / are saying my pronunciation is much better than when I arrived and I'm understanding / I understand almost everything now. At weekends I'm helping /I help on the farm. At the moment they are harvesting / they harvest the corn and they are needing / they need all the help they can get. It's quite hard work, but I'm liking / I like it. And I'm developing / I develop some strong muscles!

Do you come / Are you coming to visit me on Christmas? I'm spending /I spend the winter holiday here at the farm. My friends are wanting / want to meet you and there's plenty of space. But you must bring your warmest clothes. It's getting / It gets cold here in the winter.

Let me know as soon as you 're deciding / you decide. And tell me what you're doing / you do these days. Do you miss me?

Love, Paul.

2. Put the verbs in the correct tense, present simple or present continuous.

Leila Johnson is an environmentalist. She is being interviewed on the radio by Tony Hunt, a journalist.

Tony: So, tell me, Leila, why is it important to save the rainforests?

Leila: There are a number of reasons. One is that many plants, which could be useful in medicine grow in the rainforests. We.........(not know) all the plants yet-there are thousands and thousands of them. Researchers.........(try) to discover their secrets before they are destroyed.

Tony: I see. What other reasons are there?

Leila: Well, I'm sure you've heard of global warming?

Tony: You mean, the idea that the world...........(get) warmer?

Leila: That's right. The rainforests......(have) an important effect on the earth's climate. They................(disappear) at a terrifying rate and soon they will be gone. People...........(not do) enough to save them. Tony: But, is global warming really such a problem? I......(enjoy) warm sunshine.

Leila: Well, what.......(happen) when you......(heat) ice?

Tony: It........(melt) of course.

Leila: O.K. The polar ice caps......... (consist) of millions of tons of ice. If they.....(melt), the level of the sea will rise and cause terrible floods. Many scientists........ (believe) that temperatures .................. .(already rise). We must do everything we can to prevent global warming and that............(include) preserving the rainforests.

Tony: Thank you, Leila, and good luck in your campaign. Leila: Thank you.

3. Past simple and past continuous.

Complete this description of the life of a musician, using the verbs given. Use either the past simple or the past continuous.

Colin Boyle was born in 1973 near Dublin, Ireland. In 1983 he became seriously ill. While he........(recover) his uncle....... (give) him an old violin. He enjoyed playing and practised at his school every day after lessons.

One day in 1987, John Leaf the manager of several successful musicians,...........(have) a meeting with the headmaster when he..........(hear) Colin practising. He immediately...............(contact) Colin's teacher and............(invite) Colin to appear in one of the concerts he............(organize) that year. Colin, however..........(refuse) Leafs invitation, because just then he.........(prepare) for some important school exams. Colin.......(pass) his exams and.........(go) to college to study engineering.

At college he.........(meet) Kim O'Malley, who...........(study) chemistry. Kirn was also a keen amateur musician. Being students, they rarely............(have) much money and they usually......( work) as waiters at weekends. One evening in April 1992, while Colin and Kim..........(serve) customers, the manager.........(announce) that there would be no music in the restaurant that night as the regular band could not come. Colin and Kim......... .(persuade) him to let them play to the customers. Everyone ......... .(be) amazed to hear how good they..............(be). Six months later they..........(decide) to leave college because they..........(earn) so much money as musicians. Their success has continued ever since.