Complete the sentences using the Present Simple, Present
Continuous, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.
Make changes if necessary.
1. I ________________________ (just/start) learning French. I
didn’t study languages when I was at school.
2. What’s the biggest lie she __________________ (tell/ever)?
3. Stop making that noise! You _______________ that machine for
2 hours.
4. I _______________________ (never/be able to) dive under
water.
5. What ____________________ (you/visit) on your next holidays?
6. - Who ___________________ (ring) the bell? – I think it’s my
sister.
7. She __________________ (not/find) a solution to her problem
yet.
8. ___________________________ (you/ever/sleep) in a tent?
9. – What are you doing? – Oh! I ____________________ (clean) the
house for 3 hours. I’m exhausted.
10. ___________________ (you/watch) soap operas?
11. You can phone Peter, it’s 12 o’clock and I think he
____________________ (already/wake up).
12. How long ______________________ (you/live) in this house?
13. Who _____________________ (your mother/work) for?
14. – Isn’t Mary here? – No, she ____________________ (wait) for
you at the bus station.
15. I ______________________ (not/play) football since I was five
years old.
16. They normally __________________ (produce) more chairs than
tables but this year they _____________ (produce) more tables.
17. - ______________________ (you/know) that girl over there? –
The one that _________________ (sit) on the bench?
18. She ___________________ (spend) five months in Israel.
Complete the text with the correct present tense form of the
verbs in brackets, active or passive.
1._________ you _______________ (plan) a visit to London in the near
future? Or perhaps you are one of those lucky people who 2.
_______________________ (already/see) the famous sights of
London, such as Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the Tower of
London. But what 3. ________ you actually ___________ (know)
about the United Kingdom? Did you know, for instance, that the
United Kingdom 4. ________________ (make up of) England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and 5.
________________________ (only/know) as the United Kingdom
since 1801? The Union Jack 6. _____________________ (be) the
national flag of the United Kingdom for about 200 years, and in it the
separate flags of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 7.
___________________ (combine). Each of the countries that 8.
___________________ (make up) the United Kingdom has got its own
traditions and culture. They are very proud of the part they 9.
_____________________ (play) in world affairs over the centuries.
