Present Tenses Exercises

Question 01: What is the "Present Simple" tense used for?

• Used to talk about an obvious fact or truth

• Used to describe a habit that often happens in the present

• Used to express a definite action or thing in the past or has just ended

• Used to request, warning, command

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Question 02: What is the form of the "Present Simple" tense?

• To be: S + be (is/am/are) + O

  Verbs: S + V(s/es) + O

• To be: S + be (was/were) + O

  Verbs: S + V(ed/II) + O

• S + have/has + V(ed/III)

• None of them are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Question 03: Fill in the blank: He ………. (not play) football in the afternoon.

Question 04: Rewrite the sentence: He (stay) up late? (sometimes) (Capitalize in the beginning, question mark in the end).

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Question 05: Give the correct form of the verbs: In all the world, there (be) … only 14 mountains that reached above 8,000 meters. The highest mountain (be) ... the Mt. Everest

• Is - are

• Are - is

• Are - are

• Is - is

Question 06 (Hard): Give the correct form of the verb: If you cook water, it ... (boil) at 100 Celsius degrees

• To boil

• Boiling

• Boil

• Boils

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Question 07: What is the "Present Continuous" used for?

• Used to describe an action that is going on and continues in the present

• Used to express dissatisfaction or complaint about something

• Used to describe an action that happens over and over again

• Used to talk about an action that happened in the past, continues to the present, and may happen in the future

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Question 08: What is the form of the "Present Continuous" tense?

• S + have/has + V(ed/III)

• S + was/were + V-ing

• S + is/am/are + V-ing

• S + have/has + been + V-ing

Question 09: Find the mistake: He do exercise at the moment.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Question 10: True or False: We are playing football at present.