Question

1) Read the dialogue. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or the Present Simple. Sue: Could you turn the tv down? I (1)........... (try) to read my book. Tom: Ok. Wath (2)……………(you/read)? Sue: It's about a journalist. She (3)......(work) for the BBC. She's in New York at the moment and she (4)……… (interview) people about the mafia. Tom: That's interesting. I (5)………… (watch) a series about New York at the moment. It's on Tuesday evenings. Who is she interviewing? Sue: She's talking to lots of different people. There's one man who (6)………… (drive) black Cadillac. She (7)……… (not like) him very much,but he has got lots of information about mafia families. It's exiting because…
Tom: Sorry,can you smell anything?Maybe the neighbours (8)……… (have) a barbecue.
Sue: No they aren't. I (9)……… (cook) sausages for supper! They (10)……… (burn)!!!!!

Answer 1

(1) - I'm trying
(2) - are you reading
(3) - works
(4) - is interviewing
(5) - I'm watching
(6) - drives
(7) - doesn't like
(8) - are having
(9) - I'm cooking
(10) - are burning