PRESENT, PAST AND PERFECT TENSES EXERCISE NEW

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

17. The simple present tense and the present continuous.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says: Where you (go), Paul?
Paul: I (go) to buy some cigarettes. You (want) an evening paper?
Ann: No, thanks. Are you always buying cigarettes, Paul? How many you (smoke) a day?
Paul: I (not smoke) very many – perhaps 20. Jack (smoke) far more than I (do). He (spend) 10$ a week on cigarettes.
Mary (see) Peter standing at the bus stop.
Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus you (wait) for?
Peter: Hello, Mary. I (wait) for a 9 or a 14.
Mary: You usually (go) to work by car, don’t you?
Peter: Yes, but the car (belong) to my mother and she sometimes (want) it. She (use) it today to take Tom to the dentist.
Mary: I usually (go) by car too. Jack (take) me because he (pass) my office on his way to the factory. But this week he (work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so I ( queue) like you.
Peter: Here’s a 9 now. You (come) on it or you (wait) for a 14?
Mary: I (think) I’ll take the 9. if I (wait) for a 14 I may be late, and if you (be) late at my office everyone (look) at you.
Mary and Ann (wait) out side the telephone box. Inside the box a boy (dial) a number.
Mary: You (know) the boy?
Ann: Yes, he’s a friend of my brother’s. He (phone) his girl friend every day from this box.
Mary: Where he (Come) from?
Ann: He (come) from Japan. He’s very clever boy; he (speak) four languages.
Mary: I (wonder) what he (speak) now.
Ann: Well, his girl friend (come) from Japan too; so I (suppose) he (speak) Japanese.
It is 8.30. Tom and Ann (have) breakfast. They both (open) their letters.
Tom: no one ever (write) to me. All I (get) is bills! You (have) anything interesting?
Ann: I`ve got a letter from Hugh. He (say) he (come) to London next week and (want) us to meet him for lunch.
Peter: you (have) traffic wardens in your country?
Pedro: No, I (not think) so. You (not see) them in my town anyway. What exactly a traffic warden (do)?
Peter: He (walk) up and down the street and if the car (stay) to long at a parking place or (park) in a no-parking area he (stick) a parking ticket to the windscreen.
Look! He (put) a ticket on Tom’s car. Tom will be furious when he (see) it. He (hate) getting parking tickets.
Customer: I (want) to buy a fur coat. Have you any nice coats for about 500$?
Assistant: I`m afraid we just (lose), madam. It’s 4.55$, and we always (lose) at 5.00$ sharp on Fridays as Mr Jones the manager (not want) to miss his favourite television pragramme.
It is Friday evening and the Brown family is at home. Mrs Brown sometimes (listen) to a concert on the radio; Mr Brown (read) a paper, George Brown (do) his homework and Ann Brown (write) a letter.
Mr Brown always (read) his newspaper in the evening. Mrs Brown sometimes (knit) but she (not knit) tonight.
Mr Black often (go) to theatre but his wife (not go) very often. He (like) all sorts of plays. She (prefer) comedies.
Tonight they (watch) a very modern comedy. They (enjoy) it, but they (not understand) some of the jokes.
What (happen) in your class? The teacher (give) lectures every day?
No. He (give) one lecture a week, and on the other days he (show) films or (discuss) books with us.
A bus conductor (get) more exercises than a bus driver. The driver just (sit) in his cab but the conductor (stand) and (walk) about and (run) up and down the stairs.
What the man (stand) in the middle of the road?
He