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The Author: Present Simple or Continuous Gap Fill

Look at these sentences about the author, Jane Griggs. Complete each space with either present simple or present continuous.

not know
publish
do
think
finish

write
want
work
have
prefer

1. Author Jane Griggs __WRITES__ about three novels every year.

2. She __PREFERS__ romantic novels, but sometimes she __PUBLISHES__ science fiction books.

3. She __IS WORKING__ on a story now about a soldier during a war.

4. "I __DON'T KNOW__ much about the war, so I __AM DOING__ a lot of research. It's very hard work."

5. "I __HAVE__ a clear idea of most of the book in my head now."

6. "I __AM THINKING__ about how the story will end."

7. When she __FINISHES__ the book, she __WANTS__ to start writing another romance, set in space!