Practical tasks Vocabulary

Help with Grammar Present Continuous and Present Simple.
▲5a) Read the article. Match the verbs in bold to these meanings. There are two verb forms for each meaning.

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  We use the present continuous for things that:
  

▪are happening at the moment of speaking: ‘m cooking.
▪are temporary and happening around now, but maybe not at this exact moment.
▪are changing over a period of time.

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  We use the present simple for:
  

▪habits, daily routines, things we do every day/week/year, etc.
▪things that we think are permanent, or true for a long time.
▪verbs that describe states (have got, be, know, etc).
▲b) Look at these verbs. Do they usually describe activities (A) or states (S)? Do we usually use state verbs in the Present Continuous?

be S watch A talk seem spend agree
eat taste prefer learn buy own cook
understand want take remember contain

▲c) How do we make the positive, negative and question forms of the Present Continuous and Present Simple?

▲ 6 R2.5 Listen and practice.
My mȯther still coȯks three - cȯurse meal every evening.
▲7a) Read these paragraphs. Is Linda or her mother speaking in each paragraph, do you think?
ˡ The ready meal I……….(cook) right now is chicken and vegetable. I………..(eat) a lot of ready meals because I……….(prefer) to do other things in the evening. I……..(learn)Italian at the moment, so I often……..(watch) Italian films in the evening s. I……….(think) my Italian……..(get) quite good.
² I…….(not understand) her. She says that she…….(put on) weight – well, that’s because she…...(never eat) properly. Also she……(not know) how to cook, so why……(study) Italian instead of going to cookery classes?
▲b) Put the verbs in brackets in the Present simple or Present continuous.
▲8a) Make sentences about how eating habits in your country are changing. Use these ideas or your own.
♦ fast food ♦ supermarkets
♦ organic food ♦ food from other countries
♦ restaurants ♦ the amount people eat
♦ prices ♦ quality of food
Teenagers are eating more