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Comple the following letter with the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Use each verb in the list once. stand     seem     write     be      make     shine      stay      taste      look     cost       feel Dear Jill, I _______ to you from Granada where everything ________ to be going just fine; we _______ nice and relazed. We ________ in a gorgeous hotel just down the road from the Alhambra, which ________ an old fortress built by the Moors. It _________ at the top of the hill just opposite our hotel and we can see this wonderful building through our window. It _______ absolutely magnificent! The hotel is lovely, but unfortunately it _______ a lot to stay here! Eating out is great. Have you heard of gazpacho? It's a cold cucumber and tomato soup which they ______ with oil, vinegar and garlic and it ...

Complete the following text with a suitable Present Simple or Present Continuous verb in brackets. Students now taking longer to finish studies In the USA some university students nowadays _________ (spend) more and more time in university before graduating. In American universities, many students _________ (pay) their own lees, and this __________ (mean) more time working and less studying. Alan Chester is a 25-year-ols journalism student from Ohio who _________(take) six years to complete his undergraduate degree. In order to pay tuition fees and other expenses he ________ (work) four days a week in the university kitchen, while in the university holidays he _________(do) a full-time job. "I_________(find) it difficult at the moment to study and pay my bills at the same time", he ________(admit). "But I ________(try) my best and I ________(mnage) to keep the wolf from the door." Alan's parents _________(understand) his decision to take longer to gradu...