All Present Tenses

Match the following

• You look all red and sweaty. ____(practice) taekwondo?

• have you been practising

• ___(practise) for an hour.

• he has been practising

• ___(practise) three times today.

• I have practised

Match the following

• More and more people___(begin) to take care of their mental health.

• have begun

• I___(begin) my Spanish studies today.

• are beginning

• The meeting___(begin) at 3 pm.

• begins

I (try) to reach you since morning! Where have you been?

• am trying

• try

• have been trying

Answer explanation

since morning = duration

When (we/meet) today? - We (agree) to meet at 6 pm next to Arsenal.

• will we meet, 've agreed

• do we meet, agree

• are we meeting, 've agreed

Answer explanation

fixed plan = Present Continuous

past action with no specified time = Present Perfect

I (know) my neighbour for years, but I (talk) to him just once.

• Have been knowing, have been talking

• Have been knowning, have talked

• Have known, have talked

Answer explanation

know - state verb, can't be used in a continuous form

just once - the number of times, Present Perfect

I (currently/stay) in my friend's house 10 kilometers from Ternopil.

• have been currently staying

• currently stay

• am currently staying

Answer explanation

currently = these days

The number of clients (increase) every month.

• are increasing

• is increasing

• has been increasing

Answer explanation

changing situation = Present Continuous

I___(finish) watching the Peaky Blinders. What shall I watch next?

• 've finished

• am finishing

• 've been finishing

Answer explanation

completed action, experience as a fact = Present Perfect (also possible: Past Simple)

I___(listen) to podcasts on education a lot recently.

• 've listened

• am listening

• 've been listening

Answer explanation

a lot recently = I talk about repetition of the action, in this case we use PPC

SELECT THE CORRECT OPTION:

• What do you look at?

• What you are looking for?

• What are you looking at?

Answer explanation

a lot recently = I talk about repetition of the action, in this case we use PPC