PRESENT TENSES

I. Put the verb in the correct form, present simple or present continuous
1. Let’s go out. It ____________________ (not/ rain) now.
2. Julia is very good at languages. She ____________ (speak) four languages very well.
3. Hurry up! Everybody ________________ (wait) for you.
4. ‘________________ (you/ listen) to the radio?’ ‘No, you can turn it off.’
5. ‘________________ (you/ listen) to the radio every day?’ ‘No, just occasionally.’
6. The River Nile _____________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7. Look at the river. It ______________ (flow) very fast today – much faster than usual.
8. We usually _____________ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we
_____________ (not/ grow) any.
9. ‘How is your English?’ ‘Not bad. It _____________ (improve) slowly.
10. Ron is in London at the moment. He ____________ (stay) at the Park Hotel. He
_____________ (always/ stay) there when he’s in London.
11. Can we stop walking soon? I _____________ (start) to feel tired.
12. ‘Can you drive?’ ‘I ____________ (learn). My father _______________(teach) me.
13. Normally I _____________ (finish) work at 5.00, but this week I ________________
(work) until 6.00 to earn a bit more money.
14. My parents ___________ (live) in Bristol. They were born there and have never lived
anywhere else. Where _______________ (your parents/ live)?
15. Sonia _____________ (look) for a space to live. She ______________ (stay) with her
sister until she finds somewhere.
16. ‘What __________________ (your father/ do)?’ ‘He’s an architect but he
________________ (not/ work) at the moment.’
17. The train is never late. It _______________ (always/ leave) on time.
18. Don’t put the dictionary away. I ____________ (use) it.
19. Don’t put the dictionary away. I ____________ (need) it.
20. George says he’s 80 years old but nobody ______________ (believe) him.

II. Complete these sentences by putting the verbs into the present perfect.
11. I ________________three letters already. (write)
12. Someone ________________your front gate! (knock down)
13. _____________________ Indonesian food? (you ever eat)
14. This is the fourth time he ________________ my car. (damage)
15. She's got the best voice I ________________ (ever hear)
16. I ________________(never smoke)

III. Complete the sentences using the verb in brackets + just/ already/ yet
1. Would you like something to eat? No, thanks. I___________________ (just/ have).
2. Do you know where Julia is? Yes, I __________________ (just/ see) her.
3. What time is David leaving? He _____________________ (already/ leave).
4. What’s in the newspaper today? I don’t know. I ______________________ (not/ read/
yet) it.
5. Is Ann coming to the cinema with us? No, she _________________ (already/ see) the
film.
6. Are your friends here yet? Yes, they _________________ (just/ arrive).
7. What does Tim think about your plan? I ___________________ (not/ tell/ yet) him.

IV. Circle for or since in each sentence.

1 I've worked here (for/since) six years.
2 I have lived here (for/since) three months.
3 I've worked in the factory (for/since) 1982.
4 He's been abroad (for/since) five years.
5 I have studied French (for/since) twelve years.
6 I've known her (for/since) a long time.
7 I've lived here (for/since) I was a child.
8 We've been in Paris (for/since) we were married.
9 I've known them (for/since) years.
10 We have practised (for/since) months.

V. Putting the verbs into the present perfect continuous.

1 'I (work) ……………………………………..here since I was eighteen.'
2 'How long (you study)……………………………………….. English?'
3 'Oh, David! I (look) ………………………………………….. for you!'
4 'Pat (live)………………………………….. here for twenty-five years.'
5 'I'm tired. We (walk)……………………………………..….… all day.'
6 'How long (you learn)………………………………….…….. to drive?'
7 'I (wait)…………………………………………………… here for ages.
8 'She's bad-tempered because she (work)……………………..……… too hard.
9 'They (watch)…………………………………… football since three o'clock.'
10 'The children look exhausted. What (they do) …………………………?'

VI. Supply the correct verb forms: Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous:
1. I (try) ………………………...to learn English for years, but I (not succeed) ……..
……………….…yet.
2. Mary (rest)…………………….… in the garden all day because she (be)
……………………….…….. ill.
3. She (work) ……………….…so hard this week that she (not have)
…………………..time to go to the movies.
4. That book (lie) ……………………….on the table for weeks. You (not read)
………………………………….it yet?
5. He (not, be) ……………………here since Christmas. I wonder where he (live)
…………………………. since then.
6. Jack (go) …………………………to Paris for a holiday. He never (be)
…………………………….. there.
7. You (sleep) …………………………..so far? I (ring) ……………………… the bell for
the last twenty minutes.
8. He (write) …………………………….a novel for two years, but he (not finish)
…………………………….. it yet.
9. Mary (lose) ……………………….her hat and she (look) …………………… for it
until now.
10. I (see) ………………………………………that film several times because I like it.

VII. Supply the correct verb forms: Present Tenses

1. Jack (look) …………………………..no trouble with my English lesson up to now.
2. The weather generally (get) …………………………..quite hot in July and August.
3. That brown briefcase (belong) ……………………………to Dr. Rice.
4. Yes, I (remember) …………………………………..that older fellow’s name now.
5. Michael (work) …………………………………………..thirty eight hours a week.
6. I (be)……..….. sorry. I (forget) ………………….……….that girl’s name already.
7. How many times you (see)……………………… him since he went to Edinburgh?
8. Fred’s brother just (graduate)……………………………. from Oxford University.
9. The earth (circle) …………………………………….the sun once every 365 days.
10. Up to the present, we (write) ……………………..almost every lesson in the book.