Arranged by: Mahmood A.

Sabri (English Language Teacher) 0300-9492007

THE PRESENT TENSES

Ex. 1:
Fill in the appropriate form of the verb in brackets; use the present continuous or present
simple.
1. He's tired. He's _________ (lie) down for a while.
2. Marie _____________ (go) to the supermarket by car every Thursday.
3. Jack always ______________ (drink) tea at dinner.
4. What exam .............................. (your sister/study) for at the moment?
5. Mary ........................ (have) a party today because it's her birthday.
6. What ............ you .................. (wait) for? The bus. Ah! there it is, it ...........................
(come).
7. Christine's cakes ............................ (rise) very quickly in her new oven.
8. Bill often ..................... (sleep) on the couch while ..................... (watch) TV.

Ex. 2:
Transform these sentences into the interrogative and negative.
1. Monica is doing the housework.
2. Charles reads the newspaper every morning.
3. Mary and Kevin are playing in the garden.
4. They often play together.
5. They always go to Wales for their summer holiday.
6. Ken works in a factory.
7. That train is moving very fast.

Ex. 3:
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the present tenses.
1. The river Thames __________ (flow) through London.
2. "Where is Emily?" ".............................. (have) her dinner".
3. At night, our tomcat ................................. (catch) mice.
4. Listen to those girls. What language .......................... (speak)?
5. In summer we ........................... (eat) in the garden.
6. "Don't switch the TV off, I ......................... (watch) it."

Ex. 4:
Fill in the most appropriate form of the verb in brackets, use the present continuous or
present simple.
Emma and Ben are brother and sister. Emma (1) .............................. (love) Ben and
Ben (2) ..................... (love) Emma. They usually (3) ........................ (play) together, but
today Emma is (4) .............................. (help) her mother to make a cake. It is Ben's birthday
and he (5) ........................... (have) a party. His father (6) ........................... (prepare) the
decorations and games because Ben (7) ..................... (like) to have fun and games at his
parties. Ben usually (8) ..................... (invite) ten friends, but only nine (9) ...........................
(come) today. Henry (10) ....................................... (not come), he (11) ........................... (not
feel) well, he has a cold. He often (12) ................................. (catch) a cold in winter.

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Arranged by: Mahmood A. Sabri (English Language Teacher) 0300-9492007

Ex. 5:
Decide whether the situations below are temporary or permanent. Use the PRESENT
CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE.
1. Look! It..................... (snow) on the Matter-horn.
2. My family ..................... (come) from England. I ............... (study) in Germany now.
3. What ..................... (do,) your father?
4. He's an engineer, and he ......................... (work) on an oil rig in the North Sea.

Ex. 6:
Use the words given to write out complete sentences.
1. Steve/often/cinema
2. Mmm! /l/enjoy/this meal
3. It's hot today. you/want a drink?
4. Plane/leave/for Istanbul/8.30
5. We/not/go/cinema/often
6. Jack/walk/work/because/car/not work/today
7. How often/they/visit/the dentist?
8. Look! /bus/come
9. Bruce/come/from Australia./He/live/there
10. Where/you/go? It's late!
11. Aunt Norma/usually/watch/TV/at night/but this evening/bake/a pie

Ex. 7:
Fill in the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. Use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS or
PRESENT SIMPLE.
1. My roses usually ___________ (flower) in June, but it's only May and they
_________ (flower) already!
2. I am pleased to see you ............................... (wear) your new red dress today.
3. I .......................................... (hear) Jack wants to change jobs.
4. .................. you ..................... (know) her?
5. Turn the music down. It .................................... (play) too loud.
6. Professor Hanks usually ............................... (speak) so quickly that
I................................... (not understand) him.
7. What..................... Susan .................... (do) this evening?
8. What..................... Simon .................... (do) in the evenings?
9. Frank never ................................. (listen) to what I say.
10. We ....................................... (save) up because we ................................. (want) to go
to Germany in August.

Ex. 8:
Fill in the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. Use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS or
PRESENT SIMPLE.
Mr. Jackson (1) .......................... (live) in the country and (2) .................... (work) in the city.
Every day he (3).................................... (travel) about 70 km to work.
Mr. Jackson (4) ............................ (drive) to work today and (5) .......................... (listen) to
the traffic news on his car radio: "There is a traffic jam on the M 56." Most of the people on
the M 56 (6) ......................... (try) to get to work. They all (7) .......................... (work) in the
city but few of them (8) ............................. (live) there.
They (9) ................................. (feel) very angry and frustrated at the moment because the
traffic (10) ................................. (not move).