When to use the continuing form

Hola Patricia

The hint in each question is asking to "conjugate ___ verb in El Presente". Sometimes the translation in English takes the form of the continuous present not the simple present, for example: 

So, despite having a continuous tense in the English, the correct answers are those verbs in El Presente (not present continuous), if that is what the hint is asking.

I hope this clarifies it.

Saludos

Inma