Question

Choose the correct option. 1. Unfortunately, they don't remember/are not remembering anything now. 2. Pete plays / is playing video games again. 3. Why does Meg hate/ is Meg hating wearing leggings? 4. Now I don't understand/'m not understanding anything he's saying. 5. Kate smells / is smelling her new perfume, again, She must like it a lot. 6. What do you think / are you thinking about this fleece? Is the colour OK? 7. Sue looks / is looking gorgeous in this new silk blouse Everybody looks/ is looking at her. 8. Did you hear Mark's story about those Spanish people he met? I don't believe /I'm not believing him. He doesn't even speak Spanish.​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1 are not remembering

2 is playing

3 does Meg hate

4 ‘not understanding

5 is smelling

6 do you think

7 looks, is looking

8 don’t believe

Answer 2

Here are the correct options:

1. Unfortunately, they don't remember anything now.
2. Pete is playing video games again.
3. Why does Meg hate wearing leggings? (or "Why is Meg hating wearing leggings?" for a less common but still grammatically correct form)
4. Now I don't understand anything he's saying.
5. Kate smells her new perfume again; she must like it a lot.
6. What do you think about this fleece? Is the color OK?
7. Sue looks gorgeous in this new silk blouse. Everybody is looking at her.
8. Did you hear Mark's story about those Spanish people he met? I don't believe him. He doesn't even speak Spanish.

In each of these sentences, the correct option is the one that uses the simple present tense for habitual actions or general truths and the present continuous tense for actions happening at the moment of speaking or in the near future.