10th Grade Mixed Quiz on Present Tenses

Carina ______ (enjoy) hospital dramas so she __________ (watch) the show ER every week.

• enjoys, watches
• is enjoying, watches
• enjoys, is watching
• is enjoying, is watching

Japanese cooking ____ (not use) a lot of dairy food.

• is not using
• do not use
• does not use
• have not been using

I _______ (feed) the neighbor's cat this week while she's in hospital.

• feed
• am feeding
• have fed
• have been fed

'Sorry I haven't phoned. I lost my address book.' 'Oh, you _________ (always lose) your address book! Why don't you keep everything on the computer?'

• always lose
• always loses
• are always losing
• have always lost

The maid ___________ (clean) windows the whole morning. So far, she ____________ (clean) the ones on the ground floor.

• has been cleaning, has cleaned
• has cleaned, has cleaned
• has been cleaning, has been cleaning
• has cleaned, has been cleaning

Is Jack at home? No, He ______________ (just go) out.

• just goes
• has just been going
• has just gone
• is just going

Dr Jacobs ___________ (teach) at this university for almost twenty years, but he __________ (never have) such brilliant students.

• has taught, has never been teaching
• has been teaching, has never been having
• has taught, has never had
• has been teaching, has never had

It ___________ (snow) for over an hour. Some students are excited because they ____________ (not see) snow before.

• has been snowing, has not seen
• has snowed, have not been seeing
• has been snowing, has not been seeing
• has been snowing, have not seen

Fill in the blanks in the letter (1-12) with the correct present form of the verbs. Dear John, First of all, sorry I (1) _____________ (not write) for so long, but I was on holiday.

• am not writing
• have not been written
• have not written
• don't write

(2) _________ (you/get) your exam results yet?

• Are you getting
• Have you been getting
• Do you get
• Have you got