PRESENT TENSES

I. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the correct form

1. My sister (work) __________________ in a hospital.

2. Cats (like) __________ fish.

3. She (live) __________ in California.

4. It (rain) __________ almost every morning in London.

5. My mother (fry) _______________ eggs for breakfast every day.

6. The museum (close) __________ at 6 o’clock.

7. Peter (try) __________ hard in class, but I (not think) __________ he’ll pass.

8. Jessica is so smart that she (pass) _______________ every exam without even trying.

9. My life (be) ________ so boring. I just (watch) __________ TV every day.

10. My girlfriend (write) __________ 2 times a week.

Exercise 2: Use do/does to complete the following sentences

1. He ______________ ride a car to his office.

2. Their friends ______________ live in a big house.

3. The cat ______________ like me.

4. They ______________ do their homework on Sunday.

5. Mike ______________ play baseball in the afternoons.

6. ______________ they take a bus to school every morning?

7. The train ______________ arrive at 8 a.m.

8. My sister ________ finish work at 7 p.m.

9. ____________ she often play the piano?

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the correct form of “to be”

1. My book ______ on the table.

2. That school ______ big.

3. Who ______ that?

4. This ______ a ruler.

5. They ______ from the USA.

6. No, it ______.

7. ______ your room big?

8. There ______ a lamp on the desk.

9. I ______ a student.

10. This ______ her yellow dress.

Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks to complete the paragraph below

Mary (1) __________ a teacher. She (2) __________ English. The children love her and she (3)
__________ them too. Mary (4) __________ home at 3 p.m. and (5) __________ lunch. Then
she sleeps for an hour. In the afternoon, she (6) __________ swimming or she cleans her
house. Sometimes, she (7) __________. Her aunt (8) __________ tea with her. Every Sunday
she goes shopping with her friends.

Exercise 5: Complete the sentences using the given cues

1. Minh / usually / not / sleep / early / at weekends

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2. You / understand / the questions / from your teacher / ?

→ ___________________________________________________________

3. Her husband / his colleague / play / tennis / every afternoon

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My family / normally / have / breakfast / 6.30
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 4. Sam / not / call / his mother / Mondays
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II. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercise 6: Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets

1. My grandfather (buy) __________________ some fruits at the supermarket.

2. Hannah (not study) __________________ French in the library. She’s at home with her
roommates.

3. (she, run) __________________ in the park?

4. What (you, wait) __________________ for now?

5. Their students (not try) __________________ hard enough in the competition.

6. All of Jack’s friends (have) __________________ fun at the concert right now.

7. My children (travel) __________________ around Asia now.

8. My little brother (drink) __________________ milk.

9. Listen! Our teacher (speak) __________________.

10. It (get) __________________ dark. Shall I turn on the light?

They don’t have anywhere to live at the moment. They (stay) __________________
with me.

Exercise 7: Write the -ing form of the following verbs

Example: go → going

1. Take – _______________

2. Drive – _______________

3. See – _______________

4. Agree – _______________

5. Open – _______________

6. Enter – _______________
 7. Happen – _______________

8. Try – _______________

9. Play – _______________

10. Work – _______________

11. Speak – _______________

12. Get – _______________

13. Travel – _______________

14. Lie – _______________

15. Win – _______________

Exercise 8: Complete the sentences using the given cues

1. She / wash / her / hair / now

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2. It / snow
→ ____________________________________________________________________
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3. Jack and Rose / sit / on the couch

→ ____________________________________________________________________
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4. It / rain / heavily
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5. Linda / learn / French
→ ____________________________________________________________________
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6. My dad / listen / to the stereo
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7. My friends / play / in their rooms / right now
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 8. I / play / video games
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9. You / watch / movie / at present / ?
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10. Why / you / cry / ?
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III. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Exercise 9: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form

1. They (work) ……………………….. all day and night

2. We (see) ……………………….. the new bridge

3. Kathy (want) ……………………….. to go to the Queensland for a long time

4. Mel (give) ……………….. up smoking

5. They (lose) ………………….. their keys

6. They (leave) ……………………….. London for 1 month

7. I think the director (leave) ……………………….. the town

8. (they, pay) ……………………….. money for your mother yet?

9. Someone (take) ……………………….. my bicycle

10. (you, ever, eat) ……………………….. sushi?

11. She (not, come) ……………………….. here for a long time

12. I (work) ……………………….. here for 3 years

13. (you, ever, be) ……………………….. in New York?

14. He (be) ……………….. at his computer for 7 hours

15. My father (not, play) ……………………….. any sports since last year
Exercise 10: Make questions using the given prompts

1. You / answer / the question

2. Jenny / lock / the door

3. Walter / call / us

4. You / see / the picture

5. Your parents / get / the letter

6. It / rain / a lot

7. How often / we / sing / the song

8. Maureen / watch / the film

9. How many books / Bob / read