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EXERCISE: Present tenses

1. Imagine you are on a beach, the sun ........... [shine] . You ............ [hear] the waves dying on the sand... What a marvellous thought!    ---- shine, hears shines, are hearing is shining, are hearing is shining, hear

2. Look at his feet, he ........ [move] them so he can’t be dead.    ---- move moves is moving doesn't move

3. What does he do? He ...... [drive] a bus.    ---- drives is driving are driving drive

4. At the moment I ......... [write] to you, he may have gone already!    ---- writes write am writing is writing

5. What’s the use of talking to her? She’s the kind of girl who ......... [listen] to anyone.    ---- listens is listening isn't listening doesn't listen

6. Ok, now you’re on the stage, you ... [walk] towards him, you ... [take] his hand and only then do you ... [speak] to him.    ---- walk, take, speak are walking, take, speak are walking, take, are speaking are walking, are taking, are speaking

7. Listen! He ..... [play] piano again. That’s that tune I told you about. It’s wonderful, isn’t it!    ---- is playing plays play isn't playing

8. I know she .... [come] for the summer but will she be alone, I don’t know.    ---- comes is coming doesn't come isn't coming

9. If you ... [tell] him again what he has to do, he will never be able to decide for himself. Leave him!    ---- are telling tell don't tell tells

10. I never go to England on holiday. It ....... [rain] too much there and I need sun.    ---- rains is raining doesn't rain isn't raining

11. My train ... [leaves] in a few minutes. Be quick!    ---- has left is leaving are leaving doesn't leave

12. You can take the afternoon train, it .... [leave] the station at the same time every day.    ---- leaves is leaving leave isn't leaving

13. What the hell is that noise? I .... [try] to study and I can’t concentrate on my work.    ---- don't try am trying try tries

14. Why ... [lie] you to me? I know you weren’t at home.    ---- do you lie are you lying don't you lie aren't you lying

15. The cinema ... [open] three days a week, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.    ---- opens is opening doesn't open open

16. What ... [mean you] when you say he is talking nonsense?    ---- do you mean are you meaning mean don't you mean

17. Have you got a lighter, please? No, sorry. I ......... [smoke].    ---- smoke don't smoke am smoking am not smoking

18. He usually ........ [come] back at 8 o’clock. So he ‘ll be there soon. You can wait here.    ---- come comes is coming doesn't come

19. Most children ...... [talk] at the age of 3.    ---- can talk are talking is talking talks

20. Why is he in England? Well, I think he ........ [learn] English. He told us he would stay there for 3 months.    ---- learns is learning don't learn doesn't learn

21. How much ....... [cost] it? £40.    ---- costs does it cost is it costing cost

22. .... [see] you my glasses anywhere? Well, I ...... [look] for them but I can’t find them.    ---- can you see, am looking are you seeing, am looking do you see, look are you seeing, look

23. Every year he ..... [go] back to his cottage in Cornwall. He ...... [stay] there for 2 months and ...... [paint] new landscapes.    ---- is going, is staying, is painting go, stay, paint goes, stays, paints goes, is staying, is painting

24. You know you have to be kind to him because he’s had a hard day. I ..... [see].    ---- see am seeing am not seeing sees

25. I ..... [hurry] because I ...... [meet] him at 3 o’clock and there’s so much traffic    ---- hurry, meet am hurrying, am meeting hurry, am meeting am hurrying, meet

26. I ..... [like] eating chocolate. The problem is that it makes you fat.    ---- like don't like am liking am not liking

27. I ....... [remember] now. It was on the table when I left the room yesterday.    ---- am remembering remember remembers don't remember

28. This shirt ...... [belong] to me, it’s my brother’s.    ---- belongs is belonging doesn't belong is not belonging

29. She never ..... [listen] to rock music. She says you can’t call that music.    ---- listen listens is listening doesn't listen

30. ... [recognise] you him? He has grown so much recently.    ---- do you recognise recognise you are you recognising aren’t you recognising

31. You ...... [dance] so well tonight. I’m impressed!    ---- dance are dancing dances isn't dancing

32. ........ [play tennis he] this season? No, he said he wanted to stop.    ---- does he play tennis is he playing tennis play he tennis plays he tennis

33. The wind ....... [blow] so hard that I can’t hear anything.    ---- blows blow is blowing isn't blowing

34. The wind must be strong. Look, the clouds ..... [move] so fast.    ---- are moving move moves don't move

35. ..... [read you] anything at the moment?    ---- do you read are you reading read you reads you

36. What about Tim? Well, he ...... [seem] to be happy now he has moved to his new house.    ---- seems is seeming seem don't seem

37. What ...... [wait you] for? For the baker’s to open.    ---- do you wait are you waiting aren't you waiting wait

38. ..... [drive she] to work or ....... [walk she]? I think she ...... [drive], her house is so far away.    ---- does she drive, is she walking, drives does she drive, does she walk, drive does she drive, does she walk, drives is she driving, is she walking, is driving

39. I ...... [leave] tomorrow morning. Will you be up?    ---- am leaving left don't leave leaves

40. Can you come on Sunday? I’m afraid I can’t, I ..... [play] in a football match that afternoon.    ---- am playing play don't play plays

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