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Choose the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. I never go to school on Sundays.


2. We have stand since 7 o'clock.
3. He does shopping twice per week.
4. We play tennis every Tuesday.
5. They havent speack English for two years.
6. It wait for three days now.
7. I watch TV at the weekends.
8. When am J in the mornings?
9. How long for Tom now?
10. How often per month the bus?

Test your knowledge on Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Progressive

Form

Fill in the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Present Present Perfect Progressive

I / look J look J have looked

he / live He lives He has lived

you / swim You swim You have swam

she listen She listens She has listened

they / take They takes They have taken

Use

When to use which tense?

1. 'never' is a signal word for


2. 'every Monday' is a signal word for
3. 'for eight months' is a signal word for
4. 'twice a week' is a signal word for
5. 'since yesterday' is a signal word for

Positive Sentences

Fill in the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. My friend (travel) around Canada for five weeks.


2. They (sleep) for more than 10 hours.
3. She (visit) another museum every week.
4. He (feed) his dog three times a day.
5. The children (play) in the garden since they came home.

Negative Sentences

Fill in the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. We (see/not) each other very often nowadays.


2. My little brother (learn/not) English for a year yet.
3. They (play/not) for ten minutes, but the score is 5:1 already.
4. My mum (work/not) on Tuesdays.
5. My socks are smelly although I (wear/not) them for a complete day yet.

Questions

Fill in the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. (go/you) by bus very often?


2. Since when (ski/Betty) ?
3. What time (have/he) dinner in the evenings?
4. How long (rain/it) ?
5. (work/you) at the hospital for a long time yet?

Text

Fill in the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. William and his parents (live) in Aberdeen for one year.


2. Although William was a little afraid of moving to Aberdeen, he (have)
many friends here now.
3. Four of his best friends (go) camping every summer.
4. This year, William (want) to go with them.
5. The five boys (plan) their holiday for a few months now.
6. They already (know) where to go and what to do.
7. What they (need) now, is a little more money.
8. William only (get) very little pocket money every month.
9. That (be) not enough.
10. To earn some extra money, he (deliver) newspapers for 6 weeks.

Present Simple or Present Continuous?


Choose the correct form for each verb.
Click on the button beside the correct answer.

Show one at a time

1. Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.

A. ? believe*

B. ? am believing

2. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?

A. ? go

B. ? am going*

3. Salman is rich he ________ a Mercedes.

A. ? drives*

B. ? is driving

4. I ________ you're crazy!

A. ? think*

B. ? am thinking

5. It ________ quite hard perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.

A. ? snows

B. ? is snowing*

6. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.

A. ? studies

B. ? is studying*
7. Look! Junko ________ into the water.

A. ? jumps

B. ? is jumping*

8. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.

A. ? have*

B. ? am having

9. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!

A. ? hates*

B. ? is hating

10. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.

A. ? go*

B. ? am going

Present Simple or Present Continuous?


Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple
or present continuous).
Type all of your answers and click on "Check".

Next week, my friends and I am going (go) camping in the woods. I am organizeing

(organize) the food, because I _like_ (like) cooking. Dave _has_______ (have) a big car

with a trailer, so he _is planning (plan) the transportation. Sam is bringing_ (bring)

the tent he _goes_______ (go) camping every year, so he has___ (have) a great tent

and lots of other equipment. My wife _thinks_ (think) we're crazy.

She _likes_______ (like) holidays in comfortable hotels, so she _takes_ (take) a trip to

Paris instead.

Simple Past or Past Progressive

Exercise 8
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. When I (get) _______got__ up yesterday, the sun (shine) was shining_.


2. It (is) was_ a beautiful morning.
3. So I (decide) _decided_ to cycle around a little.
4. I (go) _went_______ to the shed and (take) __took______ out my bike.
5. While I (cycle) cycled________ past some villages, I (see) __saw______ some people in their
gardens.
6. One man (mow) __mowed______ the grass while his wife (pick) _was
picking_ strawberries.
7. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud
suddenly (appear) __appeared_ and it (start) __started______ to rain.
8. Luckily, a farmer (notice) _noticed_______ me and (tell) _toll_ me to come in.
9. While it (rain) __was raing______ outside, I (sit) _was siting_______ in the farmer's house.
10. After a while, the sun (come) _came__ out again.
11. I (thank) __thanked______ the farmer for his hospitality and (move) __moved______ on.

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