Exercise 1: Choose the best present tense to complete these sentences
1. They ______ (go) to the seaside every year but this year they __________ (go) to the
mountains.
2. I can’t open the door. I ________ (lose) my key.
3. Who _______ (know) what she ____________ (talk) about? She never __________ (make)
any sense.
4. Everybody _________ (know) the world’s rainforests ____________ (disappear).
5. My dress is ruined. What __________ (you, do)?
6. ________ you ________ (see) Laura yet? She ____________ (stay) with us this week while
her house ___________ (be) redecorated.
7. More and more people ___________ (become) redundant.
8. I’m sorry, but she ______________ (not, work) today. She _____________ (take) a day off.
9. The sun ____________ (rise) in the east and __________ (set) in the west.
10. Our math teacher usually ___________ (give) us a lot of homework - but not today.
11. People ___________ (get) frustrated with the prices going up every day.
12. Look how well he ____________ (play) today. I _______________ (never, see) him move
so fast.
13. This season he ____________ (play) for Liverpool. Who __________ (know) whether he
will stay or not?
14. What ______________ (you, do)? Why _____________ (you, lie) in bed? ___________ (I,
not, tell) you to tidy up your room?
15. Tom ____________ (sell) his car. _____ you ______ (know) how much he ________ (want)
for it?
16. I can’t stand here in the rain. I _________ (get) wet.
17. Listen! Somebody ____________ (play) my favourite song. I __________ (not, hear) it for
such a long time.
Exercise 2
Choose Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect
1. Jill ________is water_____ (water) flowers once a week. Now, she ______is water_____
(water) flowers. She _______already water_____ (already/water) all flowers in the living room.
2. They ____have just arrive ____ (just/arrive) from San Francisco. __you have ever______
(you/ever/be) there? It ______has________ (be) an amazing place!
3. They _______always produced___________ (always/produce) so much noise! It is impossible
to relax in the evenings!
4. ______you eat ______ (you/eat) meat? __________you are___________ (you/be) a
vegetarian? Actually, I _______not eat ____ (not/eat) meat every day. I
_____________________ (prefer) fish and vegetables.
5. Mum _____________________ (already/bake) a cherry pie. We _____________________
(taste) it and it is so delicious!
6. Why _____________________ (you/smell) your steak? Has it gone off? (go off: get worse)
7. He _____________________ (seem) to be a nice person.
8. I _____________________ (understand) what you mean. There is one more solution, though.
9. You look so sad. What _____________________ (you/think) about?
10. I _____________________ (always/want) to be an artist. But I can’t paint!
11. George _____________________ (act) so naturally. He _____________________
(always/be) famous within actors in our country. _____________________ (you/ever/see) his
play?
12. _____________________ (you/ever/be) to Australia?
13. Don’t disturb me, please. I _____________________ (work) on a new project now.
14. Our annual meetings _____________________ (be/normally) in spring. But this year we
_____________________ (have) them in winter.
15. Do you know that Jill _____________________ (find) a new job?
16. Jack _____________________ (look) really happy after he _____________________ (pass)
his driving test!
17. We _____________________ (paint) the walls in our living room.
18. He _____________________ (arrive) tomorrow. _____________________ (be/everything)
ready? The meeting _____________________ (be) in this room.
19. We _____________________ (not/book) a hotel yet. We _____________________ (look)
for it now.
The key
Exercise 1
1. go, are going 2. have lost 3. knows, is talking, makes 4. knows, are disappearing 5. have you done
6. have you seen, is staying, is being 7. are becoming 8. isn’t working, has taken 9. rises, sets 10. gives
11. are getting 12. is playing, have never seen 13. is playing, knows 14. are you doing, are you lying, haven’t I told
15. is selling, do you know, wants 16. am getting 17. is playing, haven’t heard
Exercise 2
1. waters-is watering – has already watered 2. have just arrived- have you ever been-is 3. always produce
4. do you not eat-are you-don’t eat-prefer 5. has already baked-have tasted 6. do you smell 7. Seems 8. understand
9. are you thinking 10. always want 11. acts-always was-have you ever seen 12. have you ever been
13. am working 14. is normally-are having 15. has found 16. looks-has passed 17. have painted
18. is arriving-Is everything-is 19. havent booked-are looking
1. Listen! My mother (sing)_______IS_______singing__________a song. HTTD
2. Every night, We (go)______________go__________to bed at 10p.m HTD
3. Giang (like)______likes_________Music but I (like)_______like_____________Math
HTD
4. Now, they (stay)___________are staying________________in Hue . HTTD
5. My father (read)_______reads___________________a newspaper in the morning.
HTD
6. Look! Ha (run)__________is running____________. HTTD
7. Trang usually (listen)__listens__ to the teacher in the class, but she (not
listen)_is_not listening___now. HTD-HTTD
8. Where _______is ______________ your father(be)? HTTD
-He (be)___is_____in living room. He (watch) ___is watching___TV. HTTD
9.______Are ______they (go)___going____ to school by bus today? HTTD
10. There(be)____are_______many flowers in our garden. HTD
11. Everyday, [Link] (not go)_________does not go______________to work by car.
HTD
[Link] the autumn, I rarely (go)__go_____ sailing and (go)___go_____ to school. HTD
13.I (write)_______am writing______________ a letter to my friend now. HTTD
14. At 12 a.m every day, I (have)__have_____ lunch and (go)____go____ to bed. HTD
15. On Monday, I (have)____have________ math and Art. HTD
16. On Friday, I (have)____have________ English. HTD
17. At the moment, I (eat)___am eating____an orange and My sisters (Play)
are_playing__Tennis. HTTD
18. Now, He (look)_is_looking_____ his cat . It (eat)___is eating___ a mouse in the
garden. HTTD
[Link], An , Ha, Lan (be)_____are_____________ close friend. HTD
