Answer Key
Exercise
Fill in the right form of the verbs in brackets.
- The cost of living [is rising] (rise). Every year, things [cost] (cost) more.
- Mary looks very happy. I think she [has fallen] (fall) in love again.
- The economy is already very bad, and it [is getting] (get) worse.
- The number of people without jobs [has been increasing] (increase) steadily since 2008.
- Ralf's English [has improved, has been improving] (improve) since he began to take private lessons.
- Where [is] Sue [living] (live) until she finds a flat of her own?
- Why [is] your wife always [making] (make) so much fuss over nothing?
- I [have] always [thought] (think) it is much more expensive!
- This town [has changed] (change) since I was last here as a teenager. It's looks so modern now!
- These days, food [is becoming] (become) more and more expensive.