решить тест . Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
1. Are you in a hurry? — No, I ... (walk) quickly because I’m cold.
2. That’s worrying because the number of people without a job ... (increase).
3. The river ... (flow) very fast today — faster than usual.
4. Robert is a vegetarian. He ... (eat, not) meat.
5. I ... (walk) to school every day. I ... (take, not) the bus.
6. My sister ... (to take) part in competitions almost every weekend.
7. The neighbours forever ... (slam) doors and ... (shout) during the night.
8. You ... (always to complain) that waiters are rude!
9. Where’s your father? — He ... (be) in the bathroom. He ... (shave).
10. She ... (constantly to borrow) money!
11. Holidays abroad ... (become) increasingly popular.
12. The train ... (leave) at 5:30 p.m.
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
1. Dr Percy Spencer was a physicist in the 1940s who probably enjoyed chocolate chip cookies. He
walked /was walking past some equipment in the laboratory when he felt / was feeling
something strange in his pocket. It was his chocolate bar and it melted / was melting . This
accident led / was leading to the invention of a new piece of cooking equipment – the
microwave oven.
2. One day in 1879 chemist Constantin Fahlberg didn't wash / wasn't washing his hands before
dinner. While he ate / was eating he noticed / was noticing that the bread tasted / was tasting
sweet. The sweetness was saccharin.
3. In 1930 dietician Ruth Wakefield prepared / was preparing some cookies for guests when she
realised / was realising that she had no chocolate powder. She decided / was deciding to use
small pieces of ordinary chocolate instead. The chocolate pieces didn't melt / weren't melting ,
and the first chocolate chip cookies were a great success.
4. Is it true that Sir Isaac Newton understood gravity because an apple fell / was falling on his head
when he lay / was lying under a tree in his garden ? Probably not. However, many great and
small discoveries are the result of lucky accidents...
5. Alexander Fleming became / was becoming interested in the control of bacteria while he
worked / was working as a doctor during the First World War. In 1928 he tidied / was tidying
his laboratory when he saw / was seeing that one of the dirty dishes didn't have / wasn't
having any bacteria on it, but that something else grew / was growing there. It was penicillin.