12 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of these verbs. check, not/do, not/eat, go, learn, play, read, spend
1 We a new language at the moment.
2 My friends and I often time at each other’s houses.
3 Can you wait a moment? I my emails.
4 How often you to the gym?
5 I a really interesting book at the moment.
6 Currently, a friend of mine any sweets and he says he feels healthier.
7 I’m nearly eighty, but I any exercise!
8 More old people computer games these days. It isn’t just the young people.
13. Write pairs of questions. Use the present simple in one question, and the present continuous in the other.
1 a How / usually spend your free time?
b / you / do / much sport these days?
2 a / often / read novels?
b / read / any good books at the moment?
3 a Where / normally go on holiday?
b Where / plan to go this year?
4 a / speak / any other languages?
b / learn / any new languages?

Explanation:

1 We are learning a new language at the moment.

2 My friends and I often spend time at each other’s houses.

3 Can you wait a moment? I checking my emails.

4 How often do you go to the gym?

5 I read a really interesting book at the moment.

6 Currently, a friend of mine does not any sweets and he says he feels healthier.

7 I’m nearly eighty, but I can do any exercise!

8 More old people play computer games these days. It isn’t just the young people.

13. Write pairs of questions. Use the present simple in one question, and the present continuous in the other.

1 a How / usually spend your free time?

How do you usually spend your free time?

b / you / do / much sport these days?

Are you doing much sport these days?

2 a / often / read novels?

Do you often read novels?

b / read / any good books at the moment?

Are you reading any good books at the moment?

3 a Where / normally go on holiday?

Where do you normally go on holiday?

b Where / plan to go this year?

Where are you planning to go this year?

4 a / speak / any other languages?

Do you speak any other languages?

b / learn / any new languages?

Are you learning any new languages?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

a low four-wheeled open carriage of a kind formerly used in russia.