Complete the conversations for the situations in 12 using the present simple or the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
a A What are you B I
A What B They A
B Just a minute. Well, I
A Two? You’d better get out of there! B Yes, it
b A Where B I
A What are you B I
A What B My car A What B It
14 15 (not know). (do)? (stand) in the road.
(be) the problem? (not work).
(be) the weather like? (snow). A Oh, dear. That doesn’t sound good. 2.4 Listen and check your answers to 13.
In pairs. Think of a dangerous situation when a mobile phone is useful. Write a conversation and include present continuous and present simple sentences.
English for the 21st Century • Unit 2 31 C21
CRITICAL THINKING: Inferring information from pictures See page 35➝
(do)?
(stand) outside my car. I (happen)?
(come) closer. (be) it a storm? (look) at my phone. It (be) two kilometres away.
(get) a bit windy! (be) you?
(say) a tornado (look) at some really dark clouds.