PRESENT TENSES

1. Present Continuous Section.

1.1 Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.
Examples: Please don’t make so much noise. I am studying (study).
Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining (not /rain) now.
Listen to those people. What language are they speaking (they/speak)?
1. Please be quiet. I (try) to concentrate.
2. Look! It (rain).
3. Why (you/look) at me like that? Don’t you like my shirt?
4. You (make) a lot of noise. Can you be quiet?
5. Excuse me, I (look) for a phone box. Is there one near here?
6. (whispering in the cinema) It’s a good film, isn’t it? (you/enjoy) it?
7. Can you hear the neighbours? They (shout) at each other
again.
8. Why (you/wear) a sweater today? It’s very warm.
9. I (not/work) this week. I’m on holiday:
10. I don’t feel well today. I (not/eat) anything today.

1.2. Read this conversation between Brian and Steve. Put the verbs in the correct form.
Brian and Steve meet in a restaurant:
Brian: Hello, Steve. I haven’t seen you lately. What are you doing (you/do) these days?
Steve: I (train) to be a shop assistant.
Brian: Really? (you/enjoy) it?
Steve: Yes, it’s quite interesting. What (you/do)?
Brian: Well, I (not/work) at the moment, but I’m very busy. I
(study) at a drama school. I want to be an actor.

2. Present Simple Section.

2.1. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
Examples: Water boils (boil) at 100º C.
George doesn’t go (not/go) to the cinema very often.
How many languages do you speak (you speak)?
1. The swimming pool (open) at 9:00 every day.
2. What time (the banks/close) in Britain?
3. I have a car, but I (not/use) it very often.
4. How many cigarettes (you smoke) a day?
5. What (you/do) on Sunday mornings?
6. Where (your father/come) from?
7. He (come) from Scotland.
8. If you need money, why (you/not/get) a job?
 9. I play the piano, but I (not/play) it very well.
10. I don’t understand that word. What (it/mean)?

2.2. Use the sentences to make questions. Begin your questions with the word(s) in brackets.
Examples: Tom plays tennis. (How often?) How often does Tom play tennis?
I get up in the morning. (What time?) What time do you get up in the morning?
1. Ann watches television. (How often?)
2. He writes to his parents. (How often?)
3. She has dinner early in the evening. (What time?)
4. Tom works. (Where?)
5. Steve goes to the cinema. (How often?)

3. Present Continuous or Present Simple Section.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, present continuous (I am drinking) or present
simple (I drink).
1. I (not/have) a bicycle.
2. Hurry! The bus (come).
3. The River Nile (flow) into the Mediterranean.
4. The river (flow) very fast today -much faster than usual.
5. (it/snow) in India?
6. Where is Tom? He (play) tennis.
7. George says he is 80 years old but I (not/believe) him.
8. You can use my umbrella. I (not/need) it.
9. She (stay) with her sister at the moment until she finds somewhere
to live.
10. My father is an engineer, but he (not/work) at the moment.
11. Angie ____________________(like) Coca-Cola very much.
12. My parents are not home now. They ___________________(visit) my aunt and uncle.
13. Where ____________________(that noise/come) from? I cannot concentrate.
14. ________________________(you/believe) in ghosts?
15. This afternoon we ______________________(go) to the cinema.
16. My mother __________________(never/eat) meat.
17. ________________________(you/get up) early in the morning at weekends?
18. What ______________________(you/do) after class today?
19. She looks sad. She _____________________(not/enjoy) herself.
20. History ___________________(be) my favourite school subject.
21. Something smells terrible! Someone ___________________(cook) cauliflower.
22. You know the old saying, don’t you? “An apple a day ______________(keep) the doctor
away.”
23. How many inches ________________(be) there in a foot?