Present Simple or Present Continuous

 1) What _______ (we / have) for dinner tonight?

2) We _____(stay) in Spain for two weeks this summer. We have already booked the tickets.

3) Their class _______ (begin) at nine every day. 

4) How often _______(you / go) to restaurants?

5) Take your umbrella. It ______ (rain).

6) You ______ (not like) chocolate.

7) My flatmate _______ (leave / always) his dirty dishes in the sink for me to wash up. I'm so fed up with him!

8) Usually we _______ (study) Spanish, but this week our teacher _____ (teach) us some Portuguese. These languages have quite many similar words. 

9) You ______ (not need) to start cooking before we _____ (be) back. 

10) What time _____ (the train / leave)?

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Now check your answers

1) are we having

2) are staying

3) begins

4) do you go

5) is raining / 's raining

6) do not like / don't like

7) is always leaving

8) study , is teaching

9) do not need / don't need, are

10) does the train leave

Global Issues

 1) climate change (e.g the rise of sea level or temperature)

2) deforestation

3) diseases

4) drought

5) earthquakes

6) famine

7) malnutrition

8) floods

9) pollution

10) poverty

11) unemployment

12) urbanization

13) volcanic eruptions

14) biodiversity loss

15) overpopulation

16) water scarcity

17) energy shortages / crises

18) inequality (economic / gender etc.)

19) economic recession

20) globalization

21) terrorism

22) freedom of speech

23) human migration

24) pandemic

25) refugee crises

26) human rights violations

27) insufficient healthcare access

28) control of media / censorship

29) pollution (water / air etc.)

30) racial discrimination

31) child labor

32) mass surveillance

33) armed conflicts

34) political instability

35) high rate of illiteracy

36) homelessness

37) human trafficking

What were people protesting agains in 2024? Find out

One of the latest protests: Papua New Guinea

Task 2: Check your spelling

1) deforestation

2) drought

3) famine

4) unemployment

5) urbanization

6) biodiversity loss  

7) inequality

8) high rate of illiteracy

9) human trafficking

10) surveillance