Present Simple or Present Continuous: Advanced (C1) Online Exercise
This interactive grammar exercise is designed for Advanced (C1) learners. Complete each sentence with the correct Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verb in brackets. Click Check answers to see your results and corrections.
Complete each sentence with the present simple or present continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1. I (ADMIT) that dating apps have changed the way people meet, but I also think smartphones are damaging actual romance.
2. To reduce your digital dependency, first you (TURN OFF) all push notifications, and then you leave your phone in another room during dinner.
3. Modern couples (CONSTANTLY / CHECK) their phones during dates! It is ruining their emotional connection.
4. Look at that table! Here (GO) yet another candlelit dinner, ruined by two people texting everyone except each other.
5. You (BE) completely distant this evening; please put your smartphone away while I am trying to talk to you.
6. In the latest sociological study, the author (ARGUE) that rapid technological growth correlates with a sharp drop in birth rates.
7. By checking your emails every five minutes on our anniversary, you (IMPLY) that your work is more important than our marriage.
8. Watch this social experiment: the researcher (PUT) a phone on the table, (OBSERVE) the couple's body language, and (RECORD) how quickly the conversation dies.
9. Since reading the USA Today analysis on screen time, I (FIND) the new data on relationship dissatisfaction surprisingly convincing.
10. I (HEAR) that more young adults are choosing screen time over actual dates, and that it may be one reason relationships are becoming harder to start.