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Always, or Right Now
A steady weather vane and one mid-turn.
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One shows how the wind sits. The other shows it changing.
Learner writes general claims in present simple, the default tense of Task 2, instead of drifting into continuous or future.
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Six claims. Two of them correctly take another tense.
Which is correct for a general claim?
Present simple, what the continuous adds, and where will belongs.
Most of what you write is a general claim about how things are.
Cities grow quickly.
Technology changes how we work.
That is the present simple, and it carries most of the essay.
A steady weather vane and one mid-turn.
One shows how the wind sits. The other shows it changing.
Twelve situations across three tenses.
Sort each item into the correct category
Eight verbs. Three are not present simple.
Cities grow () faster than at any point in history, and most of that growth is unplanned.
When housing supply fail () to keep pace, rents rise. Younger workers move () further out every year — a pattern visible in almost every large city. At the moment, three of my own colleagues look () for somewhere cheaper to live.
Governments spend () far more on transport than on housing. If that balance change (), the pressure ease () within a decade. Until then, the shortage remain () the defining problem of urban life.
Two claims, both true in general.
Topic: housing, transport or education in your country.
Write two general claims — things that are true in general, not only at this moment.
Keep both sentences short.
One per line.