Present Simple/Continuous?

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Are the sentences below correct?I am looking for my keys. After a while somebody asks: Have you found them?If I want to practise listening skills in the lesson and I want to introduce a pre-listening activity can I say something like that?The man in the short listetning extract tells about or is talking about or will be talking about the environment and the volcanic ash that caused many travel arrangements problems. Which of the three forms is correct here and why?

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layla1234I am looking for my keys. After a while somebody asks: Have you found them?If I want to practise listening skills in the lesson and I want to introduce a pre-listening activity can I say something like that?

yes.

layla1234The man in the short listetning extract tells about or is talking about or will be talking about the environment and the volcanic ash that caused many travel arrangements problems. Which of the three forms is correct here and why?

1. The man in the short listening extract tells about the environment and the volcanic ash that caused many travel arrangements problems.

2. The man in the short listening extract is talking about about the environment and the volcanic ash that caused many travel arrangements problems.

3. The man in the short listening extract will be talking about about the environment and the volcanic ash that caused many travel arrangements problems.

All three are correct and can be used.
For instruction prior to the class's listening, I would use #1. The present simple is used for general time.

#3 is for the future, but the event has already been recorded. The future would apply to the students' listening to it in the future.

You can even use the past or a combination:

2. The man that you will hear in the short listening extract was talking about about the environment and the volcanic ash that caused many travel arrangements problems.

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