PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE,

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. They __________________________(build) a new power station at the moment.

2. 'Where __________________(your parents live)?’ 'In a village near London. They

have always lived there.

3. My favourite country is Canada. I _______________(be) there four times.

4. I ________(eat) cereal in the morning.

5. She speaks English but she _______________(not speak) French.

6. I ___________________(never eat) bananas.

7. How long __________________(you study) photography" 'For one year’

8. (Terry work)________________”? No, he is on holiday.

9. She_____________(catch) a cold every winter.

10.'Where are you going on holiday?’ 'I don't -now. We (not

decide)_____________________________ yet.

11.Where's Jill?’ She ___________________(have) lunch at the moment.

12. He_____________ (drive) to work every day.

2. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. How often does Peter go to the swimming pool? – He (go)to
the swimming pool every day. He likes swimming.
2. When is the best time to call you? – I usually (work) till nine
in the evening. Call me around ten, if you can.
3. Let's ask Anna to make apple pie for dessert. She (make)
great apple pies.
4. Please be quiet. My children (sleep) now.
5. The sun (rise) in the east.
6. Listen! Someone (play) the piano. Do you hear it? – Yes.
7. What is Linda doing? – She (cook) dinner.

 8. She can't go to the movies. She (do) her homework yet.

9. Tanya (visit)France several times.
10. We (write) this report for four hours. I'm tired. Let's have
a break.

3. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

I 1__________(stay) at my friend Paul’s at in the city centre since last Friday -just
as a temporary measure. I 2 ____________(just/started) a job here and I 3
___________(not/have) anywhere to live yet. Paul and his wife Sara, 4
__________(own) the at and they 5________________(live) there with their two
children and Sara’s mother, so it’s a bit crowded. Paul 6_______________(help) me
to look for a place of my own and we 7___________(see) several places in the
centre already. I 8__________(think) of trying a di erent area, though - a one-
bedroom at here 9____________(cost) more than a three-bedroomed house in the
south of the city.

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 ANSWERS
1. are building

2. do your parents live

3. I have been

4. eat

5. doesn’t speak

6. have never eaten

7. have you been studing

8. is Terry working…?

9. catches

10. haven’t decided

11. is having

12. drives

Answers
1. goes
2. work
3. makes
4. are sleeping
5. rises
6. is playing
7. is cooking
8. hasn’t done
9. has visited
10.have been writing

Anwers
1. have stayed/have been staying

2. have just started

3. don’t have

4. own

5. are living

6. is helping

7. have seen

8. I’m thinking/ have been thinking

9. costs