PRESENT TENSES
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
facts
The moon revolves
round the Earth.
habits and routines
I usually have
breakfast before I go
to work.
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.
action happening at
the time of speaking
Look! She’s crying.
temporary action
I’m working as a waitress
this summer.
ongoing changes
The Earth is getting
warmer.
one’s experiences /
I’ve never swum in the
ocean.
action that has an
effect in the present
He can’t drive. He’s
broken his toe.
action started in the
past lasting up to now
She’s lived in London
since last year.
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