A. Circle the correct word or phrase.
1. Elizabeth usually goes / is usually going to bed at around eleven o’clock.
2. Dan talks/is talking on the other phone right now.
3. We don’t eat / aren’t eating any meat at the moment as we’re both on a diet.
4. Does air travel get / Is air travel getting increasingly safe?
5. My mum calls/is calling me every weekend without fail.
6. How much do babysitters generally earn/are babysitters generally earning?
7. You always come / You’re always coming up with excuses for not having done your homework. It’s so annoying!
8. I don’t go / I’m not going out much during the week but I always try / I’m always trying to go out somewhere on Saturday night.
10. No, the train does stop/is stopping at Cirencester on Saturdays.
11. My mum takes / is taking part in ice-skating competitions almost every weekend.

B. Rewrite correctly. Change the words or phrases in bold.
1. My dad is often getting up late on Saturday mornings.
My dad often gets up late on Saturday mornings.
2. Are you speaking any other languages apart from English?
Do you speak any other languages apart from English?
3. I already buy all my Christmas presents and it’s only October!
I have already bought all my Christmas presents and it’s only October!
4. It’s the first time I’m ever having a party at home.
It’s the first time I have ever had a party at home.
5. Actually, I think Darren does works quite hard sometimes.
Actually, I think Darren does work quite hard sometimes.
6. Carlo is never eating Chinese food before.
Carlo has never eaten Chinese food before.
7. Sean already books a table for tonight.
Sean has already booked a table for tonight.
8. Needs Melanie any help painting her new flat?
Does Melanie need any help painting her new flat?

F. Complete using the correct form of the words in the box.
Ancient aviators?
Everyone (1) knows that humans have been flying for only a few hundred years. But (2) is it possible that ancient civilizations also had the ability and technology to fly?

In the Nazcan Desert in southern Peru, there are hundreds of lines which an ancient culture drew in the dust. On the ground, they just (3) look like straight lines. But when you (4) see them from the air, you (5) understand exactly what they are. They are incredible and enormous pictures. The pictures (6) include animals, birds and symbols.

One bizarre theory, which most mainstream scientists (7) disagree with, is that the people who made the lines thousands and thousands of years ago flew above the lines in balloons. It (8) seems incredible, but a few people (9) do believe it’s possible.