HCFE-SLG/ADDITIONAL TESTS/CONSOLIDSATING TENSES/1/05APR2014

PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form of the Present Simple or Present
Continuous Tense.
Tom is an athlete. Every morning he /run/ ten laps round the park.
I. It usually.. /rain/ at this time of the year but today the
sun................................ /shine/ brightly.
2. I ./see/ my dentist tonight.
3. What you . /prepare/ for dinner? It smells delicious.
4. Diane, you really should cut on sweets. You /get/ fatter every time we
meet.
5. This hat.. /not suit/ the dress I've just bought.
6. My sister.. /like/ English a lot but she /not enjoy/Maths and
Chemistry.
7. Who /drive/ that Mercedes that's parked outside?
8. I really ../not think/ that wall colour is the biggest problem now!
9. I'm afraid you can't see Rebecca now. She ../have/ lunch with her
fianc.
10. The light from the Sun ..../take/ about eight and a half minutes to
reach the Earth.
11. This week we .. /send/ all the mail by couriers because the Post
Office is on strike.
12. John ../not come/ here tonight. He.. /work/ all night.
13. Now you can be sure that summer is near. It /get/ hotter and hotter
every day.
14. My sister never /clean/ her bedroom, in fact she .............................. /hardly/ do/
any housework.
15. A: What your brother-in-law ../do/ for the living?
B: Oh, this and that, you know, he ../not have/ any permanent
job.
16. We ../move/ house next week and the removal
company ................... /come/ at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
17. A: Why you /taste/ the stew?
B: To see if it ./need/ any spices.
18. A: Jake ../seem/ to be rather nervous.
B: Well, he ../appear/ in the evening TV news, that's why.
19. We haven't made any serious plans for the summer holidays, but
we ........................./think/ to visit Majorca this year.
20. Louise, why you always ..I leave/ your dirty coffee mug on my desk?
It's really irritating.
21. Life is so difficult! Unemployment rate .. /get/ higher,
prices .................../get/ higher, everything ../get/ higher, only our salaries
are still the same!
22. Brenda is away this week. She ../do/ a nursing course in Coventry.
23. Let's go over there! They /feed/ the seals.
24. My Indian friend Vishnu .../think/ it is wrong to eat meat.
25 you /know/ who this watch ./belong/ to?
26. Joan is downstairs in the kitchen. She ../have/ breakfast.
27. A: What your mother Idol now?
B: The thing that she really ../hate/ she ../iron/ clothes.
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28. My husband's sense of direction is not very good. Actually he ../get/l lost
very easily.
29. Our old refrigerator has broken down completely and we /look for/ a new
one.
30. Mary ../do/ the shopping and she'll be back in about half an hour.
31. I am not at all a religious person and I ../no/ believel in reincarnation,
ghosts or life after death.
32. This is a historic moment. The President's car ./just/ arrivel in front of
the palace.
33. This is only a temporary job. I ../help/ in the restaurant until they find a
new chef.
34. I'm so excited! Loma ../come/ round to see us tonight.
35. Excuse me, what time /the train/ to Manchester ./leave/?
36. This new game is sensational - as soon as you /finish/ a level, you /get/
something completely different to do.
37. The midnight sun phenomenon is amazing! Just imagine the sun ...............
/not set/ for six months !
38. I often /walk/ to work when the weather is fine.
39. Public transport ../become/ more and more expensive nowadays.
Direction: Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form of the
Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
Don't, disturb your father. He _ /garden/ since early this morning.
I. This traffic is terrible. We /drive/ all day and we ....................... /only/ do/
20 miles.
2. Do you think Danny is all right? He ./only/ answer/ six questions and he
../do/ the test for over an hour now.
3. I ../try/ to find a job for six months now and /have/ about
ten interviews.
4. I /ring/ my friends all morning to tell them that the party is off,
but I ../not manage/ to get through to some of them.
5. I ./meet/ some really interesting people since I started the
course and we ../study/ together in the evenings.
6. - You are covered in mud! What on earth you ..Idol?
- I ../play/ football in the rain.
7. Oh, dear! You /sit/ in the sun too long! That's why your shoulders
are burned.
8. Tom and Janet /go/ out with each other for two years now,
haven't they?
9. Harry ./learn/ to drive since the beginning of March.
10. Good heavens! We ./wait/ for a taxi for over half an hour.
I I. I'm afraid Barbara can't come. Her car ../break! down.
12. Ronald is an excellent journalist. A prestigious magazine ./offer/ him
an important post.
13. The students ./write/ the exam for two hours now.
14. I don't know what time it is; my watch /stop/.
15 you /read/ many books by Dickens?

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16. you /not prepare/ for the examination. You will have to take it
again.
17. How long you ./be/ a fire- fighter?
18. They ../cancel/ tonight's concert so we'll have to do something else.
19. Ellen /eat/ no meat since she was six.
20. I ../work/ for the same company for thirteen years and it's time to
move on now.
21. I /be/ to most countries in Europe but I .............................. /never/
visit/ Poland.
22. George ../read/ the book you lent him but he ./not finish/ it
yet.
23. Hurry, please! Get me a cleaning cloth from the kitchen.
Dorothy........................ /just/spill/ tomato juice on the rug!
24. The government ./announce/ new laws to try to reduce the crime
rate in the country.
25. I ./look/ for you since seven o'clock! Where you ...................... /be/?
26. It's a pity so many cinemas /close/ since the arrival of video.
27. We regret to inform you that we /just/ sell/ out of tickets.
28. We ./sell/ tickets since April.
29 you .../hear/ the news yet, Betty?
Direction: Use the words in bold to complete the second sentence so that
it has a similar meaning to the first. Do not change the word given.
I. When did you last decorate your living room?
since
How long is it . your living room?
2. Mark started playing the guitar four years ago.
has
Mark .. for four years?
3. I have never seen such a terrible film before.
worst
This is the seen.
4. We started cleaning the house at 3 o'clock. It's 6 o'clock now.
for
We . three hours now.
S. I got this book for my last birthday in January.
had
I have .in January.
6. They bought a car two months ago. They're using it at present.
been
They .for two months now.
7. You can talk to Richard about France. He was there for a month and came back
yesterday,
been
You can talk to Richard about France. He .a month.
8. I first met Joshua ages ago. I know him now.
known
I .. for ages,
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9. I started waiting for the train forty minutes ago. I'm still waiting for it.
been
I for forty minutes now.
10. When did you start learning German?
learning
How long ..German?

Direction: Supply the correct verb form.

1. I'm in Paris because ( study).French at a language school.
2. At the moment Cynthia (lie) on the floor playing with her doll.
3. It's the first time I (slide). on snow.
4. Usually I (work) as a secretary at ATB.
S. Shhhhh! Be quiet' Tom (sleep). .
6. I hate living in Seattle because it (always, rain) there.
7. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say).. because everybody (talk)
so loudly.
8. Jack (currently, write) a book about his adventures in Tibet.
9 (you, want).. to come over for dinner tonight?
10. The business cards (be, normally).. printed by a company in
New York.
11. This delicious chocolate (be) made by a small chocolatier in
Zurich.
12. In fact, we (wait). here for more than five hours.
13. It's strange that people (take). some movies so seriously.
14. Look, I (have).. two tickets for the circus.
IS. Look, I (hold).. two tickets for the circus.
16. I (love) the cinema ever since I was at primary school.
17. Right now, I (see). two elephants doing tricks in the ring.
18. He (see).. that movie many times.
19. My English (really, improve).. since I moved to Australia.
20. Man (walk).. on the moon.
21. Susan (not master).. Japanese yet, but she can communicate.
22. Actually, I (just, come) back from there.
23 (you, fly) to the top of the Empire State Building?
24. Compaq (make). computers, but it (not make)..
cars.
25. H.P. (develop). a new advanced type of printer.
26. The yen (fall). against the dollar.
27. Things are really great. Business (boom) .
28. Inflation (grow).. quickly, I'm afraid to say.
29. That's the best presentation I (ever, hear) .
30. He's the most difficult customer I (ever, deal). with.
31. The reason I look so brown is that I (just, come) back from a trip to
Cuba.
32. It's obvious that you (not read). that report.
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33. It's the first time I (drive) a car.
34. Computers (invade). our world in the last twenty years.
35. He (never, use). a Mac since he started working with computers.
36. Computers (become). more and more popular these days.
37. I (finish) my work. May I watch a movie now?
38 (you, ever, eat). snails?
39. Everybody (need) money.
40. How is your cold today? You (sound) a lot better today.
41. Every time he thinks of his mother's cooking he (fee)..
homesick.
42. This milk (not taste). fresh.
43. This afternoon, I (see) the doctor about my skin
problem.
44. I (become). a grandmother.
45. He (read).. all the Harry Potter books.
46. She (lose) over 10 pounds for the last six months.
47. Mummy! Tom (hit).. me. Whaaaa!
48. Who (take) my cake?
49. I (do).. a lot of homework so far, so don't ask me to do yours.
50. How long (you, be) here since your parents got that news?

UNIT 1
PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS
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runs;

I I. rains I is shining; 2. am seeing; 3. are you preparing; 4. are getting; 5. doesn't suit;
6. likes I doesn't enjoy; 7. drives; 8. don't think; 9. is having; 10 .takes; 11. are sending;
12. isn't coming I is working; 13. is getting; 14. cleans I hardly does; 15. does your brother-in-law do I
doesn't have; 16. are moving I is(are) coming; 17. are you tasting I needs; 18. seems I is appearing;
19. are thinking; 20. are you always leaving; 21. is getting I are getting I is getting; 22. is doing; 23.
are feeding; 24. thinks; 25. do you know I belongs; 26. is having; 27. is your mother doing I hates I is
ironing; 28. gets; 29. are looking for; 30. is doing; 31. don't believe; 32. is just arriving; 33. am
helping; 34. is coming; 35. does the train ... leave; 36. finish I get; 37. doesn't set; 38. walk; 39. is
becoming;
11 I. am staying I find; 2. are always going on; 3. make; 4. smell; 5. am only smelling; 6.(can) see;
7. am looking after; 8. depends; 9. is depending; 10. loves I prefer;
UNIT2
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE - PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 4-6
has been gardening;
I I. have been driving I have only done; 2. has only answered I has been doing; 3. have been trying I
have had; 4. have been ringing I haven't managed; 5. have met I have been studying;
6. have you been doing I have been playing; 7. have been sitting; 8. have been going; 9. has been
learning; 10. have been waiting; 11. has broken down; 12. has offered; 13. have been writing; 14. has
stopped; 15. have you read; 16. haven't prepared; 17. have you been; 18. have cancelled; 19. has

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eaten; 20. have been working; 21. have been I have never visited; 22. has been reading I hasn't
finished; 23. has just spilled (spilt); 24. have announced; 25. have been looking I have you been;
26. have closed; 27. have just sold; 28. have been selling; 29. have you heard;
11 I. have been pulling down I have been building; 2. has happened; 3. has been smoking;
4. have you been standing; 5. have been painting; 6. have known; 7. has been snowing;
8. hasn't been doing; 9. have been hiding; 10. hasn't been (feeling);
III 1. since you have decorated; 2. has been playing the guitar; 3. worst film Thave ever;
4. have been cleaning the house for; 5. had this book since my last birthday in January;
6 have been using this car; 7. has been there for; 8. have known Joshua; 9. have been waiting for the
train; 10. have you been learning;
PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS - PRESENT PERFECL 7-8
I. am studying 2. is lying; 3. have slid; 4. work; 5. is sleeping; 6. always rains; 7. are saying; is
talking; 8. is currently writing; 9. do you want; 10. are normally printed; 11. is made; 12. have
waited; 13. take; 14. have; have got 15. am holding; 16. have loved; 17. can see; 18. has seen; 19. has
really improved; 20. has walked; 21. hasn't mastered; 22. have just come; 23. Have you flown; 24.
makes I doesn't make; 25. has developed; 26. is falling I has fallen 27. is booming; 28. is growing; 29.
have ever heard; 30. have ever dealt; 31. have just come; 32. haven't read; 33. have driven;
34. have invaded; 35. has never used; 36. are becoming; 37. have finished; 38. Have you ever eaten;
39. needs; 40. sound; 41. feels; 42. doesn't taste; 43. have seen I am seeing; 44. have become; 45. has
read; 46. has lost; 47. has hit; 48. has taken; 49. have done; 50. have you been;
UNIT 4

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