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4. a) The meatballs that my mother makes are tasting / taste really delicious.
b) Vanessa tastes / is tasting the pudding to see if it has a creamy texture.

5. a) Hillary is feeling / feels the scarf to see if it is genuine silk.
b) In winter, my hands are feeling / feel rough due to the cold weather.
6. a) This summer, world famous singers are appearing / appear at Harbiye Open-Air Theatre.
b) It appears / is appearing to me that the book doesn’t require to be revised once more.

7. a) Why do you look / are you looking terrified? Is there something wrong?
b) Who is the boy over there? He is looking / looks at us.

8. a) My niece is just four years old, but she weighs / is weighing only 10 kilos. She has to eat a lot
more.
b) The grocer weighs / is weighing the tomatoes for the old lady.

9. a) I am usually / am usually being a calm person, and I don’t react aggressively.
b) Miguel is usually an easy-going person, but nowadays, he is being / is stubborn.

10. a) Many people are having / have a shower twice or three times during a scorching day in
summer.
b) Two of my friends have / are having pets. One is having / has a cat, and the other
has / is having a dog.

PRACTICE 11
PRACTICE 11 1. What a lovely pullover it is! It ________________ (feel) extremely soft.
Fill in the blanks with “Simple Present” or “Present Continuous” form of the verbs in brackets.

2. Don’t worry about your daughter. The doctor _______________ (feel) her arm to see if it is broken
or not.

3. Wow! What a nice perfume! It ________________ (smell) like spring flowers.
4. I ______________ (see) what you mean, but I insist that you are wrong this time.

5. I’m very excited. I ________________ (see) my high school friends tonight.

6. I _______________ (weigh) myself every morning.

7. My sister _________________ (appear) on stage for the first time on Sunday.
8. She is generally very kind and considerate, but nowadays, she ________________ (be) very rude
and selfish.

9. Would you like a piece of cake? It ______________ (not look) nice, but it ________________ (taste)
delicious.

10. I ________________ (not understand) why you _____________________ (not like) Steve. He
_______________ (appear) to be a nice man.

11. I’m sure we have met before, but I ___________________ (not remember) your name.
12. We have to wait for another ten minutes. The dean ________________ (have) a meeting with the
head of the department.

“When you’re really happy, the birds chirp and the sun shines even on cold dark
winter nights, and flowers will bloom on a barren land. “
Grey Livingston

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