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a. Read the following and comment on the use of the present tenses in the underlined parts. One has been done for you.
1 I think Jason is in the garden. He is building a shed.
Present continuous because the action is taking place at the time the sentence is spoken.
2 Steve jogs around the lake every evening.
3 In northwest Scotland summer temperatures rarely rise above 16°C.
4 The villain jumps from behind the curtain and attacks Bond with a knife.
5 I'm meeting Mr Houghton at six o'clock.
6 His flight takes off at 11.45.
7 You're always complaining!
8 Tourism is increasing in this area.
9 He has just finished work on his new book.
10 I have been to America twice.
11 Her eyes are red because she's been crying.
12 She's been studying non-stop for eight hours.​
