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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 ________ about three novels every year.

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

3. She ________ on a story now about a soldier during a war.

4. "I ________ much about the war, so I ________ a lot of research. It's very hard work."

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

6. "I ________ how the story will end."

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