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EXERCISE: Present tenses

1. He .......... [always complain] about everything. It’s annoying!    ---- is always complaining always complain doesn’t always complain complains always

2. Come here, the boss ...... [want] to speak to you.    ---- is wanting want wants has wanted

3. We ...... [know] each other for many years now.    ---- know are knowing have known don't know

4. How long ....... [be she] unconscious?    ---- is she has she has she been isn't she

5. Don’t say a word till I .. [tell] you.    ---- am telling tell don't tell tells

6. We’ll leave as soon as she ........ [arrive].    ---- arrives arrived has been arriving arrive

7. I’ll phone you when I ..... [get] home.    ---- am getting get have got don't get

8. I ....... [expect] he’s right. I haven’t got the time to check.    ---- am expecting expect am not expecting expects

9. Look at me and tell me, ......... [suit it] me?    ---- is it suiting does it suit has it suited isn't it suiting

10. I ...... [study] mathematics since I left secondary school.    ---- don't study have studied haven't studied study

11. Louise, I may not be here when you.......... [come back]. Have you got your key?    ---- are coming back come back comes back have come back

12. What ..... [think you] she will do? Stay or leave?    ---- do you think have you thought think you are you thinking

13. What ........ [think you] about? You look so worried.    ---- do you think have you thought think you are you thinking

14. Let me try. Hmm! It . [taste] like chocolate.    ---- tastes taste is tasting isn't tasting

15. It ...... [smell] in here. What have you done?    ---- is smelling smells has smelled smell

16. You look so pale. .......... [feel you] all right?    ---- are you feeling have you felt you feel feel you

17. I ........... [come] back home in July. Will you be there?    ---- comes have come am coming don't come

18. What....... [see] ? You look so scared.    ---- do you see have you see have you saw have you seen

19. He always ............ [cycle] home. He says it’s a good way to keep fit.    ---- cycle doesn't cycle cycles has cycling

20. Don’t lend him any money. He never .............. [remember] to pay his debts.    ---- remember has remember has remembered remembers

21. We .......... [use] this kind of paper today because there isn’t any brown paper left.    ---- use uses are using have use

22. ........ [believe you] everything he says? You shouldn’t. I’ve never met such a liar.    ---- Have you believe Have you believed Do you believe Are you believing

23. Look at Jane and Kitty. I wonder who they ........ [laugh] at.    ---- laugh have laughed are laughing is laughing

24. Do you know why the earth ..... [revolve] round the sun?    ---- is revolving has revolved revolves have revolved

25. Stop. ......... [see] the notice? It says “Wet paint”.    ---- Can't you see Have you seen Aren't you seeing Haven't you saw

26. It’s really embarrassing. He ......... [keep] telling me he’s alone; he’s got no money and nobody to take care of him.    ---- keeps has kept is keeping doesn't keep

27. ...... [need you] an extra pillow or is it all right?    ---- Have you needed Need you Do you need Are you needing

28. He ......... [work] here for two months.    ---- is working has been working has working works

29. I ... [wish] I were there with you.    ---- wishes have wished wish am wishing

30. The concert.......... [just begin]. You are a bit late.    ---- has just begun hasn't just begun just has begun begins

31. Look. Dad ....... [talk] with John. They must be talking about their childhood.    ---- talks is talking has talked hasn't talked

32. .......... [still eat you] those sweets? I told you to stop just a minute ago.    ---- Eat you still Do you still eat Are you still eating Have you still eaten

33. He [usually take] .........the dog with him but today he’s on his own.    ---- is usually taking usually takes takes usually has usually taken

34. It’s the first time I .. [meet] him this term.    ---- meet haven't met have met am meeting

35. He ...... [always be] extremely unpleasant. I’m used to it.    ---- has always been is always being always has been hasn't always been

36. I ..... [peel] the potatoes. Come and help me.    ---- peel have peeled am peeling am not peeling

37. You ........ [take] a bowl, you .... [put] some butter and sugar in it, you .. [add] flour and eggs and then you .. [mix] it all up.    ---- are taking, are putting, are adding, are mixing take, put, add, mix are taking, are putting, are adding, mix take, put, add, are mixing

38. It ...... [rain] for 2 hours.    ---- rains is raining has been raining rain

39. Take it easy. ............ [see you] it’s the last sentence?    ---- Can't you see Are you seeing Aren't you seeing Have you seen

40. How long ............ [wait you] for him?    ---- Have you wait Have you been waiting Wait you Do you wait

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Analyse : Jean Schumacher   Réalisation informatique : Boris Maroutaeff Dernière mise à jour : 13/09/2001