Exercise 1. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 1) A: What are the hours like where you work? B: OK. I’m usually just working / I usually just work nine to five, but at the moment I’m doing / I do a lot of extra hours because we’ve got a deadline to meet. So, just for this month, I’m starting / I start at nine in the morning and finishing / I finish at nine or ten at night. 2) A: Where do you work? B: Well, I’m normally working / I normally work in the centre of town, but next week I’m working / I work from home because they decorate / they’re decorating our office. 3) A: What does your job involve? B: It’s general office work, really. I’m answering / I answer the phone and making / make appointments for my boss, that kind of thing. But we’re holding / we hold a conference in a couple of weeks, so at the moment I’m sorting out / I sort out lots of things for that as well. 4) A: When’s the conference? B: Next month, over the weekend of the 26th. It’s going on / It goes on until the 29th, I think. Are you going? / Do you go?

1. OK. I usually just work nine to five, but at the moment I’m doing a lot of extra hours because we’ve got a deadline to meet. So, just for this month, I’m starting at nine in the morning and finishing at nine or ten at night.

2. Well, I normally work in the centre of town, but next week I’m working from home because they’re decorating our office.

3. It’s general office work, really. I answer the phone and make appointments for my boss, that kind of thing. But we’re holding a conference in a couple of weeks, so at the moment I’m sorting out lots of things for that as well.

4. Next month, over the weekend of the 26th. It’s going on until the 29th, I think. Are you going?

Обоснование: Present Simple используется для обычных, постоянных действий и расписаний; Present Continuous — для временных действий, происходящих сейчас или запланированных на ближайшее будущее.