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Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense
(Simple or Continuous).
• Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.
• She usually (drink) coffee, but today she (drink) tea.
• I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the room.
• – How you (get) to work as a rule? – I usually (go) by bus but tomorrow I (go) in Tom’s car.
• You always (write) with your left hand?
• This car (make) a very strange noise. You (think) it is alright?

do not build

use

drinks

is drinking

am redecorating

do

get

go

am going

is making

Do you always write

Do you think

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect tense.

• – The post (come) ? – Yes, it …
• – How long you (know) Mr Pinky? – I (know) him for ten years.
• – You ever (leave) a restaurant without paying the bill? – No, I …
• – Why you (not do) your home task? –
I (not have) time.
• I often (see) her but I never (speak) to her.

Has the post come

has

have you known

I’ve known

Have you ever left

haven’t.

haven’t you done

haven’t had

have often seen

have never spoken

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present
Perfect Continuous tense.
• Someone (use) my bicycle. The chain has fallen off.
• He (study) French for two years and doesn’t even know the alphabet yet.
• – Mary (cry) ? – No, she (not cry) , she (peel) onions.
• She (speak) for an hour on the phone.
• Mom (shop) all day and she hasn’t a penny left.

has been using

has been studying

hasn’t been crying

she’s been peeling

has been shopping

has been speaking

Has Mary been crying

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense (Simple, Continuous, Perfect or Perfect Continuous).

• This (be) Mr Smith.
• He (be) a dentist.
• He (work) in this hospital for 10 years.
• It (be) 7 p.m. and he just (come) home.
• What he (do) now? He (cook) dinner for his wife. It (be) her birthday.
• They (live) together for 15 years. I think they (be) very happy.

is

is

is

has been working

has just come

is he doing

is cooking

is

have been living

are

Use comparative/superlative degrees of adjectives
in brackets to complete the sentences.

• I’m fed up with waiting. I am not waiting any (long).
• The (expensive) the hotel, the (good) the service.
• He is one of the (rich) men in the world.
• What’s the (bad) film you’ve ever seen?
• Their house is about three times as (big) as ours.
• Yesterday was the (hot) day of the year.

longer

more expensive

better

richest

worst

big

hottest