Question

Choose the correct variant: The cheese tastes / is tasting delicious. These flowers are smelling / smell wonderful. Why are you feeling / do you feel your pockets? Have you lost anything? I don’t know / am not knowing where she keeps her dairy. Jill looks / is looking tired. That dress looks/is looking nice on you. I see/am seeing that the situation is out of control. I see/am seeing my doctor tomorrow morning. He has / is having a sports car. He has/is having a meeting with our overseas partners now. It all depends / is depending on the weather. You haven’t said a word all morning. What are you thinking / do you think about? I am thinking/think she is rich. I don’t believe / am not believing a word he’s saying. This book is / is being mine. It belongs / is belonging to me. Ted is/is being very tall. Ann is/is being very kind to me these days. I wonder why? I’m waiting / I wait for you, hurry up. I’m afraid Mrs Jackson’s busy at the moment. She’s talking / talks to a customer on the phone. He’s staying / he stays with his parents at the moment. Mrs Harding usually organizes / is organizing our conferences. She is away on maternity leave, so I am organizing / organize them. Jane weighs/is weighing 50 kilos.

Answer 1

Ответ:

The cheese tastes delicious.

These flowers  smell wonderful.

Why do you feel your pockets? Have you lost anything?

I don’t know  where she keeps her dairy.

Jill looks tired.

That dress looks nice on you.

I see that the situation is out of control.

I am seeing my doctor tomorrow morning.

He has a sports car.

He is having a meeting with our overseas partners now.

It all  is depending on the weather.

You haven’t said a word all morning. What are you thinking about?

I think she is rich.

I don’t believe a word he’s saying.

This book is mine. It belongs to me.

Ted is very tall.

Ann is very kind to me these days. I wonder why?

I’m waiting  for you, hurry up.

I’m afraid Mrs Jackson’s busy at the moment. She’s talking to a customer on the phone.

He’s staying  with his parents at the moment.

Mrs Harding usually organizes our conferences. She is away on maternity leave, so I am organizing them.

Jane weighs 50 kilos.

Объяснение:

Answer 2

I'll try to answer your question in detail. Here are the correct variants and the explanations:

- The cheese tastes delicious. These flowers smell wonderful. We use the present simple with verbs describing the senses (smell, taste, etc.) when they express a quality or characteristic of something or someone. - Why are you feeling your pockets? Have you lost anything? We use the present continuous to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking. - I don’t know where she keeps her diary. We use the present simple with verbs that describe mental processes (know, suppose, think, understand, etc.) when they express a state or fact. - Jill looks tired. That dress looks nice on you. We use the present simple with the verb look when it expresses a quality or characteristic of someone or something. - I see that the situation is out of control. We use the present simple with the verb see when it expresses a fact or opinion. - I am seeing my doctor tomorrow morning. We use the present continuous to talk about definite future plans. - He has a sports car. He is having a meeting with our overseas partners now. We use the present simple with the verb have when it expresses possession or ownership. We use the present continuous with the verb have when it expresses an action or event happening now. - It all depends on the weather. We use the present simple with verbs that describe permanent qualities or situations (consist, contain, depend, last, etc.). - You haven’t said a word all morning. What are you thinking about? We use the present continuous with verbs that describe mental processes (think, wonder, imagine, etc.) when they express an action happening now. - I think she is rich. We use the present simple with verbs that express feelings or opinions (think, believe, like, hate, etc.) when they express a general or permanent attitude. - I don’t believe a word he’s saying. Same as above. - This book is mine. It belongs to me. Ted is very tall. We use the present simple with verbs that describe states or facts (be, belong, own, etc.). - Ann is being very kind to me these days. I wonder why? We use the present continuous with the verb be when it expresses a current action or behaviour rather than a quality or characteristic. - I am waiting for you, hurry up. I’m afraid Mrs Jackson’s busy at the moment. She is talking to a customer on the phone. He is staying with his parents at the moment. Mrs Harding usually organizes our conferences. She is away on maternity leave, so I am organizing them. Jane weighs 50 kilos. These are all examples of using the present simple or present continuous according to their general rules: we use the present simple for habits, general truths, or fixed situations; we use the present continuous for actions happening now, temporary situations, or future arrangements .present simple vs present continuous rules