Present Simple vs Continuous — The Language You Never Forget
Grammar: Embedded Questions
Free ESL grammar exercise on present simple vs continuous themed around the language you never forget. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on psychology, practising embedded questions. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
When someone emigrates as a child, their first language often enters a kind of suspension. Vocabulary erodes. The language is still embedded in emotional memory — it is the language of comfort — yet it no longer functions as a reliable tool.
Grammar: Embedded Questions
- Present simple =
- She speaks Mandarin at home. — fixed, stable truth about identity or habit
- Present continuous =
- She is speaking English more and more. — a trend or change currently in progress
Sample items
- Marco ______ Italian every weekend with his grandmother, but he... English more and more at the office.
- Linguists ______ that emotional memory is deeply embedded in the first language.
- The number of heritage language schools in Canada ______ steadily as immigrant communities grow.
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