Answer the questions: 1. What arts do you know? What are the most popular ones? 2. Why is theatre becoming less and less popular? Are you a theatre-goer? Why (not)? 3. Do you often go to the cinema? Why (not)? 4. What are your favourite arts? Why? Exercise 1. Decide if the verb in brackets should be in the present simple or the present continuous. 1. He ——- (live) with his parents at the moment. 2. Some areas of Italy ——– (become) drier. 3. She ——– (work) as a lab technician. 4. She ——– (plan) to study for a degree. 5. I —— (have got) two sisters. 6. In her job, she ——– (answer) the phone. 7. People ——– (live) longer and longer. 8. This month they ——– (work) on a new project. Exercise 2. Decide if the verbs should be in the Past Simple or Past Continuous. Story 1 It was a hot day, so I —— (decide) to prepare salad for lunch. Outside, the children ——- (play) in the garden. Suddenly I —- (hear) a loud noise, followed by a scream. I —– (run) outside to see what —— (happen). Story 2 On my first day at work I was a bit nervous. I —- (get) up early, —- (have) a shower, and —- (drink) some coffee. I was too nervous to eat. I —- (think) I —– (look) very smart. I —– (wear) a suit and my best shoes. I —- (walk) to the bus stop and —- (wait) for the bus. While I —- (wait), I —– (notice) that people —– (look) at me in a strange way. I —- (try) to ignore them, and when my bus —- (arrive) I —- (get) on and —- (find) a seat. 30 minutes later, I —- (arrive) at my office. Just as I —- (get) off the bus, I —- (look) down and —- (realise) that I —- (wear) shoes of different colours…