PRESENT TENSES REVIEW CHART

TENSE FORM USAGE SIGNALS

 “ to be”  C1

 Odinary V:
I often go to school by bus.

 C2

PRESENT
SIMPLE
 Vs/es spelling rules

Water boils at 100oC

 C3
 Vs/es
pronunciation rules

My mother works in a bank.

 C4

The train leaves at 7 . AM tomorrow

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 C1
CT chung:

CT HTTD:

I am learning English now.

 C2

 V_ing spelling rules

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

 Notes
I live with my parents, but these days
I’m living with my Uncle

 C3

I’m moving to a new house next month

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CT:  C1

Notes: I have lived in HN for 15 years.

 C2

PRESENT
PERFECT

Tom has never cooked before.

 C3

I have just lost my keys

Has she done her hw yet?

We still haven’t reached the final decision.

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PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I have been living in HV for 15 years.

( Compare: I have lived in HN for 15 years)

V that can be used with CONTINUOUS tenses

NON-CONTINUOUS VERBS
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PRESENT TENSES PRACTICE

1. Be quiet! The baby ………………... a. cook/ is cooking b. cooks/ are cooking c. cooks/ is cooking

a. sleeps b. are sleeping c. sleep d. is sleeping. d. is cooking/cooks

2. We seldom ……………….. before 6:30. 11. How long you ……………….. English? For 5 years now.

a. eat b. eats c. is eating d. are eating. a. has …. Studied b. have ….. studied c. has been ….. studying d. have

3. Look! A man ……………….. after the train. ….. been studying

a. runs b. runs c. is running d. are running 12. I ……………….. for two hours, but she has not come yet.

4. The sun ……………….. in the West. a. have waited b. has waited c. has been waiting d.

a. set b. sets c. is setting d. are setting. waited.

5. It ……………….. often hot in Summer. 13. They ……………….. in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975.

a. is b. are c. is being d. am a. lived b. has lived c. have been living d. live.

6. I ……………….. an exercise on the present tenses at this moment . 14. She ……………….. all the books written by Dickens for 10 years.

a. am doing b. do c. are doing d. does. a. have read b. has read c. read d. has

7. My mother sometimes ……………….. vegetables at this market. been read.

a. buy b. buys c. are buying d. is buying 15. He …. here since Christmas, I wonder where he has been living since then.

8. It ……………….. very cold now. a. hasn’t been b. hasn’t been being

a. is b. are c. is being d. am c. haven’t been d. haven’t been being.

9. It ……………….. much in summer. It ………………..now. 16. Jack has been going to Paris for a holiday. He never ……………….. there.

a. rain/ is raining b. rains/ are raining c. rains/ is raining a. has been b. has been being

d. is raining/ is raining c. have been d. have been being.

10. Daisy ……….. some food in the kitchen at present. She always 17. You ……………….. so far? I have rung the bell for the last twenty minutes.

……………… in the morning. a. has …. Slept b. have … been sleeping

c. have sleep d. has …. Been sleeping

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18. He ……………….. a novel for two years, but he has a. flow b. is flowing c. have flown d. has flown.

not finished it yet. 27. Look! The boy ………………...

a. has been writing b. have been writing c. have written a. is crying b. are crying c. has cried d. cries.

d. has write. 28. Do you know that man who often ……………….. here?

19. Mary has lost her hat and she ……………….. for it until now. a. smokes b. smoke c. has smoked d. have smoked.

a. have been looking b. has look c. has been looking 29. Mrs Green always ……………….. to work by bus.

d. have looked. a. go b. goes c. has gone d. is going

20. I ……………….. that film several times because I like it. 30. We are from French. We ………………..there for 20 years.

a. has seen b. have saw c. has been seeing d. have seen. a. has been b. are c. have been d. are being

21. Listen! I think someone ……………….. at the door. 31. That house ……………….. to Mr. Green.

a. are knocking b. has knocked a. belong b. belongs c. have belonged d. are belonging

c. is knocking d. have knocked. 32. Mai ……………….. her dictionary lately.

22. Up to the present, we ……………….. almost every lesson in the book. a. lose b. loses c. have lost d. has lost.

a. are writing b. have written c. has written d. is writing 33.I am sorry. I ……………….. that girl's name already.

23. The earth ……………….. the sun once every 365 days. a. forget b. forgets c. has forgot d. have forgot.

a. circle b. circles c. is circling d. are circling 34. I ……………….. for the manager for two hours.

24. The farmers ……………….. in the field at the moment. a. am waiting b. wait c. has waited d. have waited

a. is working b. are working c. have worked d. work 35. You ………………. a lion?

25. How many times you ………………..him since he went to Edinburgh? a. Have ….ever seen b. has ….. ever seen

a. do …..see b. has ….. seen c. have ….. seen d. are ….. seeing c. do … ever see d. are .. ever seeing

26. Rivers usually ……………….. to the sea.