Question

Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs. I’m Christy Bell, and I’m in Year 11 at a school in Manchester. This is my big GCSE exam year, so I 1 don’t have (not have) as much free time as I did before. When I 2 (not do) my homework or studying for tests, I try to see my friends. Saturday night is really the only time when everyone’s free, because most of my friends 3 (work) on Saturdays. I have a job in a home and garden centre, but now it 4 (get) harder to fi nd enough time to do that and all of my school work too. I 5 (need) the money, though, because I don’t get any pocket money from my mum. I 6 (do) some babysitting, which is good because I usually 7 (get) my school work done at the same time, and I get paid for it! Most of the boys in my class seem to spend a lot of their free time on computers. More and more of them 8 (get) computer games, or doing online gaming, but I don’t like them much. And these days people 9 (use) instant messaging to talk to friends, but I 10 (prefer) texting my friends on my mobile – I hate sitting in front of a computer for hours. I do enough of that with my homework!!

Answer 1

When I am not doing my homework or studying   for tests, I try to see my friends.  Saturday night is really the only  time when everyone’s free, because  most of my friends works on Saturdays. I have a job in  a home and garden centre, but now  it is getting harder to find  enough time to do that and all of  my school work too. I need the money, though, because  I don’t get any pocket money from  my mum. I do some  babysitting, which is good because  I usually get my  school work done at the same time,  and I get paid for it!  Most of the boys in my class seem  to spend a lot of their free time on  computers. More and more of them is getting computer games,  or doing online gaming, but I don’t  like them much. And these days  people use instant  messaging to talk to friends, but I  prefer texting my  friends on my mobile – I hate sitting  in front of a computer for hours. I do  enough of that with my homework!!

Answer 2

1. I don't have as much free time as I did before.
2. When I am not doing my homework or studying for tests, I try to see my friends.
3. Saturday night is really the only time when everyone's free, because most of my friends work on Saturdays.
4. I have a job in a home and garden center, but now it's getting harder to find enough time to do that and all of my schoolwork too.
5. I need the money, though, because I don't get any pocket money from my mum.
6. I do some babysitting, which is good because I usually get my schoolwork done at the same time, and I get paid for it!
7. Most of the boys in my class seem to spend a lot of their free time on computers.
8. More and more of them are getting computer games or doing online gaming, but I don't like them much.
9. These days people are using instant messaging to talk to friends, but I prefer texting my friends on my mobile – I hate sitting in front of a computer for hours.
10. I do enough of that with my homework!