E 9 - PRESENT TENSE EXERCISES

The Present Tenses :
1. Be quiet! The baby ………………...
a. sleeps b. are sleeping c. sleep d. is sleeping.
2. We seldom ……………….. before 6:30.
a. eat b. eats c. is eating d. are eating.
3. Look! A man ……………….. after the train.
a. runs b. runs c. is running d. are running
4. The sun ……………….. in the West.
a. set b. sets c. is setting d. are setting.
5. It ……………….. often hot in Summer.
a. is b. are c. is being d. am
6. I ……………….. an exercise on the present tenses at this moment .
a. am doing b. do c. are doing d. does.
7. My mother sometimes ……………….. vegetables at this market.
a. buy b. buys c. are buying d. is buying
8. It ……………….. very cold now.
a. is b. are c. is being d. am
9. It ……………….. much in summer. It ……………….. now.
a. rain/ is raining b. rains/ are raining c. rains/ is raining d. is raining/ is raining
10. Daisy ……….. some food in the kitchen at present. She always ……………… in the morning.
a. cook/ is cooking b. cooks/ are cooking c. cooks/ is cooking d. is cooking/cooks
11. How long you ……………….. English? For 5 years now.
a. has …. Studied b. have ….. studied c. has been ….. studying d. have ….. been studying
12. I ……………….. for two hours, but she has not come yet.
a. have waited b. has waited c. has been waiting d. waited.
13. They ……………….. in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.
a. lived b. has lived c. have been living d. live.
14. She ……………….. all the books written by Dickens for 10 years.
a. have read b. has read c. read d. has been read.
15. He ……………….. here since Christmas, I wonder where he has been living since then.
a. hasn’t been b. hasn’t been being
c. haven’t been d. haven’t been being.
16. Jack has been going to Paris for a holiday. He never ……………….. there.
a. has been b. has been being
c. have been d. have been being.
17. You ……………….. so far? I have rung the bell for the last twenty minutes.
a. has …. Slept b. have … been sleeping
c. have sleep d. has …. Been sleeping
18. He ……………….. a novel for two years, but he has not finished it yet.
a. has been writing b. have been writing c. have written d. has write.
19. Mary has lost her hat and she ……………….. for it until now.
a. have been looking b. has look c. has been looking d. have looked.
20. I ……………….. that film several times because I like it.
a. has seen b. have saw c. has been seeing d. have seen.
21. Listen! I think someone ……………….. at the door.
a. are knocking b. has knocked c. is knocking d. have knocked.
22. Up to the present, we ……………….. almost every lesson in the book.
a. are writing b. have written c. has written d. is writing
23. The earth ……………….. the sun once every 365 days.
a. circle b. circles c. is circling d. are circling
24. The farmers ……………….. in the field at the moment.
a. is working b. are working c. have worked d. work
25. How many times you ………………..him since he went to Edinburgh?
a. do …..see b. has ….. seen c. have ….. seen d. are ….. seeing
26. Rivers usually ……………….. to the sea.
a. flow b. is flowing c. have flown d. has flown.