Present simple & present progressive

1. I’m sorry, Sue cannot speak to you now. She   a shower. (take)
2. I   this blue jacket. It makes me feel old. (not like)
3. How many cigarettes   you   a day? – I think about 10. (smoke)
4. Look at that man! He   in the river. (swim)
5. Usually, I   coffee in the morning, but today I   tea. (drink, have)
6. Sarah,   you   everything he says? – Yes, why not? (believe)
7. That handbag you   at   about 200 euros. (look, cost)
8. A: Our neighbour   in the garden every day. (work)
B: But have a look! Today he   in the sun and is reading a book. (sit)

Write sentences with the words below using the present perfect tense

10. 1He/lose/his keys.  .

11. 2I/have (not)/coffee this morning.  .
12. 3She/never/lie/to us.  .
13. 4You/read/that newspaper/yet?  ?
14. 5We/be/to England/many times.  .
15. 6Where/you/be?  ?
16. 7David/win/the competition.  .
17. 8My son/break/his leg.  .
1. Make a short text with the past simple and the past continuous tense.

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Choose between the two options

1 Mary never ____ TV on weekends. watches/is watching
2 The drugstore ____ until nine o'clock on workdays. doesn't close/isn't closing
3 Kate ____ the guitar at night. is often playing/often plays
4 ____ to London this month? Is he moving/Does he move
5 ____ that woman over there your mum? She ___ at you. Is / is looking Is being / looks
6 They ____ because they are busy. aren't coming/don't come
7 John ____ at the hospital near my place. works/is working
8 My father and I ____ sunbathing. love/is loving
Present perfect continuous
1. They   for 20 minutes. (eat)
2. My parents   to the radio since they got home. (listen)
3. The cat   for half an hour. (sleep)
4. My friends and I   since breakfast. (shop)
5. I   for the bus for some time. (wait)
6. It   for three hours. (rain)
7. Lola   to friends for 50 minutes. (talk)
8. Where have you been? We   for over half an hour. (wait)
Choose the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous to complete the sentences below. If
both tenses are possible, use the present perfect continuous
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/present-perfect-simple-present-perfect-continuous/

Elige la opción correcta entre el past perfect y el past perfect continuous.

1 When I got home, my mother ___ off the TV because she ___ the news.

had turned / had just been watching had been turning / had watched had been turning / had watched

2 They ____ for hours and ____ track of the time.

had been waiting / was had been waiting / had lost had waited / was

3 I ____ about moving last week.

had been dreamt was dreaming had been dreaming

4 When the factory closed she ___ there for 20 years.

didn't had been worked didn't worked hadn't been working

5 I was sad when I ___ my house because I ___ it for a long time.

had sold / had been having sold / had had had sold / had

6 They were very tired when they ___ home because they ___ all afternoon.

got / had been playing had got / had been playing had been getting / had played

7 Susan and Mary ___ good friends. They ___ each other since primary school.

was / had known were / had been knowing were / had known

8 The boxer ___ a black eye because he ___ the night before.