Review of the Simple Present and Present Progressive Tenses.

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present progressive
tense.
Myrtle's Diary Do Not Touch!!! August 13, 2012 My First Day Here
Today (be) _______(1) the first day at my new school. Right now, it is lunch time, and all of the
students (eat) _______ _________(2) their lunches. They (sit) _______ _________(3) around the big table in
the cafeteria, (talk) ________(4) in small groups. I (sit) _______ ________(5) alone. I (be) _______(6) pretty
nervous. I (hope) _______(7) the other students (not, think) _______ _______ ________(8) I am weird. I
(write) _______ ________(9) in my diary right now to look like I (have) _______(10) something important to
do.
For lunch today, I (have) _______(11) an apple, pretzels, and a tuna fish sandwich. I (hate)
_______(12) tuna fish, but my mom (love) ________(13) it. She (say) _______(14) it is good for me. She
(pack) ________(15) it for me every day, so I (guess) ________(16) I have to eat it. I (also, have) ________
________(17) some cookies. At least I (like) ________(18) to eat those.
Hey! The girls at the big table (look) _______ ________(19) at me! What (they, want) _______
________ ________(20)? They (laugh) _______ ________(21) at something. What (they, laugh) _______
________ _________(22) at? I hope they (not, laugh) _______ _______ _________(23) at me. I (get)
_______ ________(24) nervous again.
Oh my gosh! One of them (come) ______ _________(25) this way! Stay calm, Myrtle. She is not
going to hurt you. She is just another girl like you, right? Wait. Now she (hold) _______ _________(26) out
her hand to me. Does she (want) ________(27) to be friends? What (she, do) _______ ________
_________(28)? Oh, I know! She (invite) _______ _________(29) me to her table! Maybe I (be, not)
_______ _______(30) that weird after all!
Present Tense
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in present perfect tense or present perfect progressive
tense.
1) We (already, bake) _______ ________ ________ the cake. Now, we just have to decorate it with icing.
Would you like to help?
2) Have you ever been to Italy? I (see) _______ _______ pictures of the town of Assisi. Some day, I would
like to travel there to see its beautiful churches.
3) The voters (elect) _______ ________ a new governor. She (make) _______ _______ _________ her
acceptance speech for the past thirty minutes. I hope she will finish soon!
4) The package I sent to Pablo (not, arrive) _______ _______ _________ yet. He (call) _______ _______
_________ the Post Office every day. I don't know what happened to it.
5) The fishermen (not, catch) _______ _______ _________ many fish today. A strong wind (blow) _______
_______ _________ all day, and they are having trouble with their nets.
6) (Edward, receive) _______ ________ ________ the money yet? I sent it to him last week.
7) Mahmoud and Rickie are dirty. They (play) _______ _______ _________ outside all day. It is time for them
to come in and take a bath.
8) (You, hear) _______ _______ ________ the news? There was a terrible flood in Marikina! The residents
need a lot of help.
9) Igor (want) _______ ________ to visit Paris for years. He (save) _______ _______ _________ his money
for a plane ticket. He (almost, save) _______ _______ ________ enough.

ANSWERS
PART I.
1) is 2) are eating 3) are sitting 4) talking 5) am sitting 6) am 7) hope 8) do not
think 9) am writing 10) have 11) have 12) hate 13) loves 14) says 15) packs 16)
guess 17) also have 18) like 19) are looking 20) do they want 21) are laughing
22) are they laughing 23) are not laughing 24) am getting 25) is coming 26) is
holding 27) want 28) is she doing 29) is inviting 30) am not
PART II
1) have already baked 2) have seen 3) have elected, has been making 4) has not
arrived, has been calling 5) have not caught, has been blowing 6) Has Edward
received 7) have been playing 8) Have you heard 9) has wanted, has been
saving, has almost saved