3.1 Are the underlined verbs OK? Correct them where necessary. 1) Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. 2) How often are you going to the cinema? 3) Ben tries to find a job, but he hasn’t had any luck yet. 4) Martina is phoning her mother every day. 5) The moon goes round the earth in about 27 days. 6) Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? 7) What do you do in your spare time? 8) Sarah is a vegetarian. She doesn’t eat meat. 9) I must go now. It gets late. 10) ‘Come on! It’s time to leave.’ ‘OK, I come.’ 11) Paul is never late. He’s always starting work on time. 12) They don’t get on well. They’re always arguing.

1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. — OK.
2. How often do you go to the cinema?
3. Ben is trying to find a job, but he hasn’t had any luck yet.
4. Martina phones her mother every day.
5. The moon goes round the earth in about 27 days. — OK.
6. Can you hear those people? What are they talking about?
7. What do you do in your spare time? — OK.
8. Sarah is a vegetarian. She doesn’t eat meat. — OK.
9. I must go now. It is getting late.
10. ‘Come on! It’s time to leave.’ ‘OK, I’m coming.’
11. Paul is never late. He’s always starting work on time. — OK.
12. They don’t get on well. They’re always arguing. — OK.

Present simple is used for facts, routines and states; present continuous is used for actions happening now, temporary situations and repeated annoying behaviour.