Complete the sentences. Use
the present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs.
I’m Christy Bell, and I’m in Year 11 at a
school in Manchester. This is my big
GCSE exam year, so I 1 don’t have
(not have) as much free time as I
did before. When I 2
(not do) my homework or studying
for tests, I try to see my friends.
Saturday night is really the only
time when everyone’s free, because
most of my friends 3
(work) on Saturdays. I have a job in
a home and garden centre, but now
it 4 (get) harder to fi nd
enough time to do that and all of
my school work too. I 5
(need) the money, though, because
I don’t get any pocket money from
my mum. I 6 (do) some
babysitting, which is good because
I usually 7 (get) my
school work done at the same time,
and I get paid for it!
Most of the boys in my class seem
to spend a lot of their free time on
computers. More and more of them
8 (get) computer games,
or doing online gaming, but I don’t
like them much. And these days
people 9 (use) instant
messaging to talk to friends, but I
10 (prefer) texting my
friends on my mobile – I hate sitting
in front of a computer for hours. I do
enough of that with my homework!!

When I am not doing my homework or studying   for tests, I try to see my friends.  Saturday night is really the only  time when everyone’s free, because  most of my friends works on Saturdays. I have a job in  a home and garden centre, but now  it is getting harder to find  enough time to do that and all of  my school work too. I need the money, though, because  I don’t get any pocket money from  my mum. I do some  babysitting, which is good because  I usually get my  school work done at the same time,  and I get paid for it!  Most of the boys in my class seem  to spend a lot of their free time on  computers. More and more of them is getting computer games,  or doing online gaming, but I don’t  like them much. And these days  people use instant  messaging to talk to friends, but I  prefer texting my  friends on my mobile – I hate sitting  in front of a computer for hours. I do  enough of that with my homework!!