Present Simple or Present Continuous? Choose the correct form.
1. Most emergency food boxes CONTAIN / ARE CONTAINING pantry staples such as rice, pasta, canned beans and cereal.
2. School districts SLOWLY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND / ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND how quickly a failed bus-tracking app can disrupt the morning commute for thousands of families.
3. What DO YOU THINK / ARE YOU THINKING of the new rule requiring stores to provide one employee for every three self-checkout stations?
4. Some applicants DON'T REALIZE / AREN'T REALIZING that below-market rent in Manhattan can still mean paying well over $2,000 a month.
5. That restaurant can't really have racked up thirteen health-code violations in a single inspection! You IMAGINE / ARE IMAGINING things!
6. Several retailers report that they HAVE / ARE HAVING difficulty meeting the new staffing requirements without closing some of their self-checkout lanes.
7. No in-person classes for me this week. I DO / AM DOING remote learning while the school checks my vaccination records.
8. At $1,517 a month, the studio APPEARS / IS APPEARING relatively cheap by Manhattan standards, although applicants still have to meet strict income requirements.
9. The grocery chain CONSIDERS / IS CONSIDERING closing several underperforming locations as operating costs continue to rise.
10. DOES THIS BUILDING BELONG / IS THIS BUILDING BELONGING to the local housing authority, or is it privately owned?