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The water (boil). Can you turn it off?
The water IS BOILING.
Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
Water BOILS at 100 degrees Celsius.
Listen to those people. What language (they / speak)?
What language ARE THEY SPEAKING?
Excuse me, (you / speak) English?
Excuse me, DO YOU SPEAK English?
Let's go out. It (not / rain) now.
It ISN'T RAINING now.
It (not / rain) very much in summer.
It DOESN'T RAIN very much in summer.
- I'm busy. - What (you / do)?
What ARE YOU DOING?
What (you / usually / do) at weekends?
What DO YOU USUALLY DO at weekends?
I (get) hungry. Let's go and eat.
I'M GETTING hungry.
I always (get) hungry in the afternoon.
I always GET hungry in the afternoon.
Kate wants to work in Italy, so she (learn) Italian.
Kate wants to work in Italy, so she IS LEARNING Italian.
Most people (learn) to swim when they are children.
Most people LEARN to swim when they are children.
The population of the world (increase) very fast.
The population of the world IS INCREASING very fast.
Every day the population of the world (increase) by about 200,000 people.
Every day the population of the world INCREASES by about 200,000 people.
I (live) with some friends until I find a place of my own.
I AM LIVING with some friends until I find a place of my own.
My parents (live) in London. They have lived there all their lives.
My parents LIVE in London.
