Exercise a. Circle the correct form, present simple or continuous. Example: I don’t believe / I’m not believing that you cooked this meal yourself. 1 Come on, let’s order. The waiter comes / is coming. 2 Kate doesn’t want / isn’t wanting to have dinner now. She isn’t hungry. 3 The head chef is ill, so he doesn’t work / isn’t working today. 4 The bill seems / is seeming very expensive to me. 5 We’ve had an argument and now we don’t speak / aren’t speaking to each other. 6 My mum thinks / is thinking my diet is awful these days. 7 Do we need / Are we needing to go shopping today? 8 Can I call you back? I have / I’m having lunch right now. 9 I didn’t use to like oily fish, but now I love / I’m loving it. 10 Your cake is wonderful! It tastes / is tasting like one my mum used to make.

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Exercise a. Circle the correct form, present simple or continuous. Example: I don’t believe / I’m not believing that you cooked this meal yourself. 1 Come on, let’s order. The waiter comes / is coming. 2 Kate doesn’t want / isn’t wanting to have dinner now. She isn’t hungry. 3 The head chef is ill, so he doesn’t work / isn’t working today. 4 The bill seems / is seeming very expensive to me. 5 We’ve had an argument and now we don’t speak / aren’t speaking to each other. 6 My mum thinks / is thinking my diet is awful these days. 7 Do we need / Are we needing to go shopping today? 8 Can I call you back? I have / I’m having lunch right now. 9 I didn’t use to like oily fish, but now I love / I’m loving it. 10 Your cake is wonderful! It tastes / is tasting like one my mum used to make.

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Перевод задания: Обведите правильную форму: Present Simple или Present Continuous.

1. Come on, let’s order. The waiter is coming. (Давай закажем. Официант подходит.)

2. Kate doesn’t want to have dinner now. She isn’t hungry. (Кейт сейчас не хочет ужинать. Она не голодна.)

3. The head chef is ill, so he isn’t working today. (Шеф-повар болен, поэтому сегодня он не работает.)

4. The bill seems very expensive to me. (Счёт кажется мне очень дорогим.)

5. We’ve had an argument and now we aren’t speaking to each other. (Мы поссорились, и теперь не разговариваем друг с другом.)

6. My mum thinks my diet is awful these days. (Мама считает, что в последнее время я ужасно питаюсь.)

7. Do we need to go shopping today? (Нам нужно сегодня сходить за покупками?)

8. Can I call you back? I’m having lunch right now. (Можно я перезвоню? Я сейчас обедаю.)

9. I didn’t use to like oily fish, but now I love it. (Раньше мне не нравилась жирная рыба, но теперь я её люблю.)

10. Your cake is wonderful! It tastes like one my mum used to make. (Твой пирог замечательный! На вкус он такой же, как тот, который раньше готовила моя мама.)

В примере правильно: I don’t believe — глагол believe обычно обозначает состояние и употребляется в Present Simple. Глаголы состояния (want, seem, think в значении «считать», need, love, taste) обычно не используют в Continuous; временные действия и происходящее сейчас выражают Continuous.

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