Choose the present simple or present continuous form of each verb. 1. Iam not watching /dont watch television in the afternoons. 2.The students are reading/read Romeo and Juliet in their English Course. 3.She is looking after /loks after het neighbours cat while her neighbours is away this week. 4.Iam not liking /dont like chocolate. 5.Our teacher is planning /plans to give us an English test tomorrow. 6.The 'British government' means/ is meanning the government of the UK.

1. I don't watch television in the afternoons.

2. The students are reading Romeo and Juliet in their English Course.

3. She is looking after her neighbour's cat while her neighbour is away this week.

4. I don't like chocolate.

5. Our teacher is planning to give us an English test tomorrow.

6. The 'British government' means the government of the UK.

Explanation:

The Present Simple tense is used to express general truths as well as habitual actions. It refers to an action that is more permanent, or that happens more frequently. For that reason, among the options, the following are the ones that require the Present Simple:

1. I don't watch television in the afternoons. - This is something I normally don't do. It is a habitual (non) action.

4. I don't like chocolate. - This is a general truth about me. And, since my taste is not very likely to change, it is quite permanent.

6. The 'British government' means the government of the UK. - Same as above. The expression means something, and it isn't likely to change meanings.

The Present Continuous is used to express actions that are happening at the moment of speaking, or actions that have begun and will continue for some time. It expresses something temporary, something we know will end or change at some point. For that reason, the following options use the Present Continuous:

2. The students are reading Romeo and Juliet in their English Course. - The students will eventually finish reading it.

3. She is looking after her neighbour's cat while her neighbour is away this week. - This is temporary. Once the neighbor is back, she won't look after the cat anymore.

5. Our teacher is planning to give us an English test tomorrow. - This is what is happening now. Our teacher is planning it at this moment. This will soon be over.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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