Which phrase is wrong?
I'm having a bad day and I have a silly question for you, I must do an exercise that says:
Correct any mistakes. Two sentences are correct.

The sentences are:
1- I eat my lunch. Can I call you later?
2- I'm usually going swimming on Thursday evenings.
3- I'm living in my sister's flat for two months.
4- Are penguins living at the North or South Pole?
5- This café doesn't close until 3 a.m. at weekends.
6- I don't work today.

Obviously the sentences number 1, 2 and 4 are wrong (misspelled) but there's one more wrong and I don't know which one is!

Which one of these phrases is misspelled?!?!?!
3- I'm living in my sister's flat for two months.
5- This café doesn't close until 3 a.m. at weekends.
6- I don't work today.

Question

Which phrase is wrong?
I'm having a bad day and I have a silly question for you, I must do an exercise that says:
Correct any mistakes. Two sentences are correct.

The sentences are:
1- I eat my lunch. Can I call you later?
2- I'm usually going swimming on Thursday evenings.
3- I'm living in my sister's flat for two months.
4- Are penguins living at the North or South Pole?
5- This café doesn't close until 3 a.m. at weekends.
6- I don't work today.

Obviously the sentences number 1, 2 and 4 are wrong (misspelled) but there's one more wrong and I don't know which one is!

Which one of these phrases is misspelled?!?!?!
3- I'm living in my sister's flat for two months.
5- This café doesn't close until 3 a.m. at weekends.
6- I don't work today.

Answer

The 4 first sentences are wrong in terms of the tense used:

1- I'm eating my lunch. Can I call you later? ( I can't talk to you because I'm eating my lunch now)
2- I usually go swimming on Thursday evenings. ( "usually" ==> It's a habit so we must use the simple present)
3- I have been living in my sister's flat for two months. ( "for" ==> present perfect must be used here)
4- Do penguins live at the North or South Pole? ( we are asking about a fact/ a general information here, so we must use the simple present)

Answer

Well the thing is that we were doing Present Simple and Present Continuous stuff so... there are any relation between "on/at the" with the Present Simple/Present Continuous?

Answer

I agree with Felicity, 5 is wrong. I believe 3 and 6 are correct. (American English at least)

Answer

Hm, I am a native Brit and for some reason 5 stood out as wrong to me, but maybe that's just the way I think! :)

Answer

5 is correct in British English.  This exercise is a test of competence in the use of tenses anyway.  6 is wrong.  3 is probably wrong.  If you open this question again, then people come give you more considered answers to help you.  There is no need to rush to close a question.

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