5 Read the text choosing the correct form of the
verbs.
Hello from Thorpeness! It's a small village in the
east of England and we (1) stay /'re staying
here right now. We (2) usually stay I're usually
staying in a hotel when we're on holiday, but
this time we (3) 's I've got a house for two
weeks. It's called the House in the Clouds'
because it's about 21 metres high!
It's an interesting house. It seems to be a water
tower. Do you know what a water tower is? You
(4) don't / doesn't see many of them now.
They're tall buildings and they (5) contain /
contains water for the houses around them.
Anyway, water towers are ugly so the architect
(6) designs / is designing this one to look like
a house. There seems to be a house under the
ets.
water tower.
They (7) convert/ are converting the building
into a house nowadays. It isn't a water tower
anymore.
My bedroom's on the fourth floor so I can see
Thorpeness beach and the sea. The sand on the
beach (8) is / are lovely.
Dad (9) runs l's running on it every morning. He
(10) like / likes jogging a lot. There's an artificial
lake in the village. You (11) can I can't swim in it,
but you can go boating. It's fun!
See you soon.
Lily x​