Task 2. Grammar Task. Open the brackets. Present Simple 1. Alex never 2. I sometimes 3. 4. My friends and I usually 5. This dog 6. The teachers 7. My brother usually 8. Mum and I often 9. Grandma always 10. Present Continuous 1. We 2. 3. Look! The cat 4. 5. Wait! I (play) football on Mondays. (read) books in bed. (Lily, drink) milk for breakfast? (be) very friendly. (start) work at 8 o'clock. (check) his emails in the morning. (not, wear) hats in summer. (not, cook) on Fridays. (wish) me goodnight. (Tom and Anna, go) to the cinema every month? (have) dinner in the garden now. (she, listen) to music at the moment? (climb) the tree. (the children, play) outside now? Yes, they are. (take) a photo of you.

Task 2. Grammar Task. Open the brackets.

This task requires us to conjugate the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, either Present Simple or Present Continuous, based on the context of the sentence.

Present Simple

1. Alex never plays football on Mondays. (Present Simple is used for habitual actions, and 'never' indicates a habit. We use the third person singular form 'plays'.)
2. I sometimes read books in bed. (Present Simple is used for habitual actions. 'I' takes the base form of the verb 'read'.)
3. Does Lily drink milk for breakfast? (This is a question in Present Simple. We use the auxiliary 'Does' for the third person singular 'Lily' and the base form of the verb 'drink'.)
4. My friends and I usually are very friendly. (Present Simple is used for states of being. 'My friends and I' is plural, so we use 'are'.)
5. This dog starts work at 8 o'clock. (This sentence seems unusual. Assuming it's a factual statement about a working dog, we use Present Simple. 'This dog' is third person singular, so 'starts'.)
6. The teachers check his emails in the morning. (Present Simple is used for habitual actions. 'The teachers' is plural, so we use the base form 'check'.)
7. My brother usually does not wear hats in summer. (Present Simple for habitual actions. 'My brother' is third person singular. We use 'does not wear' for negation.)
8. Mum and I often do not cook on Fridays. (Present Simple for habitual actions. 'Mum and I' is plural, so we use 'do not cook' for negation.)
9. Grandma always wishes me goodnight. (Present Simple for habitual actions. 'Grandma' is third person singular, so we use 'wishes'.)
10. Do Tom and Anna go to the cinema every month? (Present Simple for habitual actions. This is a question. 'Tom and Anna' is plural, so we use the auxiliary 'Do' and the base form 'go'.)

Present Continuous

1. We are having dinner in the garden now. (Present Continuous is used for actions happening at the moment of speaking, indicated by 'now'. 'We' is plural, so we use 'are' + verb-ing.)
2. Is she listening to music at the moment? (Present Continuous is used for actions happening at the moment, indicated by 'at the moment'. 'She' is third person singular, so we use 'Is' + verb-ing.)
3. Look! The cat is climbing the tree. (Present Continuous is used for actions happening at the moment of speaking, indicated by 'Look!'. 'The cat' is third person singular, so we use 'is' + verb-ing.)
4. Are the children playing outside now? Yes, they are. (Present Continuous is used for actions happening at the moment, indicated by 'now'. 'The children' is plural, so we use 'Are' + verb-ing.)
5. Wait! I am taking a photo of you. (Present Continuous is used for actions happening at the moment of speaking, indicated by 'Wait!'. 'I' takes 'am' + verb-ing.)