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Present Tenses 1 Lp

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tense refers to regular activities ?

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

c)

Present Perfect Simple

d)

Present Perfect Continuous

2.

Which tense refers to activities that happen now, at the moment?

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

c)

Present Perfect S.

d)

Present Perfect C.

3.

complete:

She never ................ her homework.

a)

do

b)

does

c)

did

d)

is

4.

Complete:

........ he ......... every day?

a)

Does/swim

b)

Does/swims

c)

Do/swim

d)

Is/swim

5.

Are you talking to me?

a)

Yes, I'm.

b)

Yes, I am.

c)

No, I'm.

d)

Yes, I do.

6.

Complete:

.........you .......... your homework yet?

a)

Have/done

b)

Has/done

c)

Do/do

d)

Did/do

7.

Complete:

........Kate .......to you yet?

a)

Has/talk

b)

Did/talk

c)

Has/talked

d)

Did/talk

8.

Have you ever been abroad?

Yes, I (a)  

9.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

I've never been to the USA

b)

She's been to the USA last summer.

c)

Have you ever be to the USA?

d)

I stay in the USA this summer holiday.

10.

Which tense refers to life experiences eg.

Have you ever played chess?

a)

Present Perfect C.

b)

Past Simple

c)

Present Perfect S.

d)

Present C.

11.

Most shops in Spain _____________ (open) at 10 am

a)

opens

b)

open

c)

is opening

d)

are opening

12.

Our train _____________ (depart) from Olsztyn at 6 tomorrow morning.

a)

departs

b)

is departing

c)

is depart

d)

depart

13.
Which one is the Present Perfect Simple?
a)
I do my homework.
b)
I am doing my homework.
c)
I have done my homework.
d)
I have been doing my homework.
14.
Which one is the Present Perfect Continuous?
a)
I do my homework.
b)
I am doing my homework.
c)
I have done my homework.
d)
I have been doing my homework.
15.
What verb tense is this:
"I have been studying a lot".
a)
Present simple.
b)
Present continuous.
c)
Present perfect simple.
d)
Present perfect continuous.
16.
_______________(you / take) the dog for a walk yet?
a)
Did you take...
b)
Have you taken...
c)
Have you been taking...
d)
Has you taken...
17.
How long __________(the dog / be) home alone?
a)
have the dog been...
b)
is the dog...
c)
was the dog...
d)
has the dog been
18.
We ___________(know) them for 15 years.
a)
know
b)
are knowing
c)
have been knowing
d)
have known
19.
Michał ___________(live) here since 2001
a)
has been living
b)
has lived
c)
lived
d)
have been living
20.
Tatiana _____________(work) in the garden all day
a)
has worked
b)
work
c)
worked
d)
has been working
21.
How long ________________(learn/she) Spanish?
a)
did she learn
b)
has she learned
c)
has she been learning
d)
have have been learning
22.
Something terrible__________ (happen).
a)

happens

b)
has happened
c)
have happened
d)
has happen
23.
How long_____________( they/ know) Magda?
a)
have they known
b)

they know

c)
has they known
d)
they known
24.

Monika _______________(clean) her room for an hour.

a)
has cleaned
b)
has been cleaning
c)
cleaned
d)
was clean
25.
Adam ______________(send) five e-mails today.
a)

has been sending

b)
has sent
c)
sent
d)
send
26.
So far Bartek ____________(win) four games.
a)
win
b)
won
c)

has been winning

d)
has won
27.
Jane .............. her parents every week.
a)
visits
b)
is visiting
c)
visites
d)
visiting
28.
........ she....... the piano now?
a)
Is she playing
b)
Does she play
c)
Are she playing
d)
Do she play
29.
She.............. to school by bus
a)
don't go
b)
doesn't go
c)
isn't going
d)
doesn't goes
30.
Don't go out! It.................at the moment
a)
is raining
b)
rains
c)
are running
d)
raining
31.

Which time expressions go with Present Perfect?

a)

since, now, at the moment

b)

since, for, ever, never, arleady

c)

since, tomorrow

32.
I have lived in Poland ...... 1990.
a)
for
b)
since
33.
I have known my best friend ...... six years.
a)
for
b)
since
34.
In Present Perfect, the emphasis is on the action rather than time.
a)
Yes
b)
No
35.

Choose the correct option: Bill’s eyes are red. He ... .

a)
has been crying
b)
has cried
c)
cried
d)
is crying
36.
Choose the correct option:
1.  Joe ... for a new job all week since Friday.
a)
has been looking
b)
is looking
c)
looks
d)
has looked
37.
Choose the correct option: 
That actor ... his lines three times recently
a)
has forgotten
b)
has forget
c)
has forgot
d)
has forgetten
38.
Choose the correct option: 
Paul ... on the phone for half an hour now.
a)
is talking
b)
has talked
c)
has been talking
d)
talks
39.
Choose the correct option: 
I am delighted to meet you. I ... to
a)
have always wanted
b)
have always been wanting
c)
has always wanted
d)
has always been wanting
40.
We use Present Perfect Continuous to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present.
a)
Yes
b)
No