Exercise present continuous

The if-clause usually comes first, but it can come after the main clause. And a comma between the clauses is more likely when the if-clause comes first. Ex: If I hear any news, I’ll tell you. / I’ll tell you if I hear any news. In the if-clause of the first conditional, we can use: The present continuous to talk about an action going on now Ex: If they’re having a party, it’ll be noisy. (Now, they may be having a party or not.)

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Exercise 1: Fill each gap in the passage with the correct form of the word in brackets. Maria Callas was the most (1) ………………………..(fame) soprano of the postwar period. Born in 1923, the Greek opera singer had a truly (2) …………………………..(wonder) voice and a passionate nature. She was known for her technical skill and (3) …………………........(enthusiastic) for hard work. She sang in all the world’s great opera houses, but her career was full of (4) …………………….(person) dramas. She was dismissed by the manager of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in a personality conflict....

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