Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present tenses:

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS !!!!!

1. We ______________________ our break now, Mr. Miller. (TAKE)

2. She ______________________ for Liverpool later in the day (LEAVE)

3. The actor usually ______________________ a lot of fan mail, because he’s so famous. (GET)

4. The car ______________________ oil. Can you repair it? (LOSE)

5. Dorothy ______________________ reading good books during her holidays. (LOVE)

6. My brother ______________________ Italy at the moment (TOUR).

7. They ______________________ a game of cards right now. (HAVE)

8. I ______________________ a hat today because there’s a very special event in town. (WEAR)

9. Such bad behaviour always ______________________ me mad. (MAKE)

10.Unpopular songs ______________________ very well. (NOT SELL)

11.She usually ______________________ out with her friends on Saturday evenings. (GO)

12.What ______________________ , Mum? – It smells so good! (YOU BAKE)

13.______________________ to the bridge club? (YOU BELONG)

14.The children ______________________ playing in the hut whenever we’re at our weekend house. (ENJOY)

15.The headmaster rarely ______________________ a class. He normally ______________________ administrative

work. (TEACH, DO)

16.______________________ if I ask you a question? (YOU MIND)

17.I _________________________ some money because I want to travel to Spain next summer. (CURRENTLY SAVE)

18.What ______________________ ? (THIS BOOK – COST)

19.The boy and his father ______________________ a long conversation. – I wonder what they
______________________ about. (HAVE, TALK)

20.Robert ______________________ to catch the same bus every morning, but he _________________________ .
(TRY, NOT ALWAYS SUCCEED)

1. ___________________ how old I am? (YOU KNOW)

2. How ___________________ to work? – I usually ___________________ by car, but today Jack

___________________ me up (YOU GET, DRIVE, PICK)

3. It often ___________________ in Ireland, but it never ___________________ for days on end.

(RAIN, RAIN)

4. I usually _________________ so quickly that he __________________ me. (SPEAK, NOT

UNDERSTAND)

5. Jane’s husband ___________________ . (NOT SMOKE)

6. Why ___________________ on your coat? – I ___________________ for a walk. –

___________________ to come with me? (YOU PUT, GO, YOU WANT)

7. I always _________________ lottery tickets, but I never _____________ anything. (BUY, WIN)

8. It ___________________ in Egypt. (NOT OFTEN RAIN)

9. ___________________ to him today? – Yes, I always ___________________ to him on his

birthday. (YOU WRITE, WRITE)

10.Can you hear that? The car ___________________ such a strange noise. – It’s OK. It always

___________________ like that. (MAKE, SOUND)

11.The plane that you ___________________ at right now ___________________ for Paris.

(LOOK, LEAVE)

12.What ___________________ to his car? – I think he ___________________ it. (HE DO, POLISH)

13.Susan ___________________ to her parents every Sunday. In fact, she ___________________

to them today. (WRITE, WRITE)

14.Stop at once! You ___________________ the flowers every time the ball ________________ in

the garden! (DESTROY, LAND)

15.Where is Kevin? I can’t find him anywhere. – He ___________________ with Sue in the

garden (PLAY).

16.She normally ___________________ in London, but this weekend she _________________

with some friends in Liverpool. (LIVE, STAY)

17.Hurry up, the teacher ___________________ to begin! (WAIT)

18.I ___________________ a word he ___________________ . (NOT BELIEVE, SAY)

19.What ___________________ for a living, Claire? – Well as a secretary , I ___________________

emails for my boss all the time. (YOU DO, WRITE)

20. Look over there! He ___________________ in a non-smoking area! (SMOKE)

1. You can’t see Jimmy now. He ____________________ a bath. (HAVE)

2. He ____________________ to the theatre. (NEVER GO)

3. Anne ____________________ all her clothes herself. At the moment she

____________________ a dress for a fancy dress party (MAKE, MAKE).

4. He usually ________________ coffee for breakfast, but today he ____________________ tea

(HAVE, HAVE).

5. I can’t go home now because it ____________________ , and I ____________________ an

umbrella. (RAIN, NOT HAVE).

6. In Britain women normally ____________________ hats. (NOT WEAR)

7. The sun __________________ in the East and __________________ in the West (RISE, SET)

8. Who ____________________ that terrible noise outside? – It’s Dad. He

____________________ the lawn. (MAKE, MOW)

9. I ____________________ this weekend near the coast. I ____________________ there nearly

every weekend. (SPEND, GO)

10.She ____________________ thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment she

____________________ to stop. (SMOKE, TRY)

11.We ____________________ breakfast together every Sunday morning. (HAVE)

12.What’s that smell. – It’s in the kitchen. Something ____________________ . (BURN)

13.Who ____________________ to on the phone? – It’s my friend Carry. (YOU SPEAK)

14.I ____________________ overtime this month because I ____________________ up some

money to buy a new car . (WORK, SAVE)

15.The Moon ____________________ around the Earth (GO)

16.She usually ____________________ languages very quickly, but she ____________________

problems with Chinese (LEARN, HAVE).

17.____________________ TV every evening ? (YOU WATCH)

18.He always ____________________ his bills on time. (PAY)

19.How long ____________________ you to get to the office? – It ____________________ me

about half an hour (IT TAKE, TAKE)

20.The plane that ____________________ Heathrow at 9.15 is on schedule. (LEAVE)

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE VERSUS PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. I ____________________ several books about sailing and I am quite fascinated by the

sport . (READ)

2. You look absolutely exhausted. What ____________________ ? (YOU DO)

3. He ____________________ that book for over two weeks and he ____________________ yet.

He's such a slow reader . (READ, NOT FINISH)

4. My sister ____________________ in Norwich for two months. She seems to like it there

and is not planning to leave. (LIVE)

5. My dad ____________________ a new job. (JUST START)

6. You should put some boots on. It ____________________ for several days now and the

ground is pretty muddy. (RAIN)

7. ____________________ your homework yet ? You ____________________ on it for hours .

(YOU FINISH , WORK)

8. Maria ____________________ for a job since she left school last summer. She still
____________________ one . (LOOK, NOT FIND)
9. They ____________________ TV the whole evening. It's their favourite film and they
____________________ it several times. (WATCH, SEE)
10.I ____________________ him about his new girl friend twice this week. He doesn't seem
to want to answer. (ASK)
11.I ____________________ my driving test. (JUST PASS)
12.Where ____________________ ? - At the doctor's. I ____________________ ill lately (YOU BE ,
BE)
13.We ____________________ the date for the marriage. It will be on May 26. (SET)
14.My sister ____________________ too many sweets lately . She must try to stop. (EAT)
15.I ____________________ him for ages. I wonder what he ____________________ up to. (NOT
SEE, BE)
16.I ____________________ French for three years now but I don't seem to be making any
progress. It's so difficult (LEARN).