Present Tenses Test

1. 
   don’t know
   
2. 
   know
   
3. 
   knew
   
4. 
   have known
   
5. 
   doesn’t know
   

36. 
    The boys four English books this year.
    
    1. 
       read
       
    2. 
       had read
       
    3. 
       reads
       
    4. 
       have read
       
    5. 
       read
       

36. 
    I know he reads every book I ever of.
    
    1. 
       -/hear
       
    2. 
       -/heard
       
    3. 
       have/heard
       
    4. 
       has/heard
       
    5. 
       had/heard
       

36. 
    Nothing will make him back to her.
    
    1. 
       to come
       
    2. 
       come
       
    3. 
       came
       
    4. 
       coming
       
    5. 
       would come
       

36. 
    Listen! Someone at the door.
    
    1. 
       knocks
       
    2. 
       to knock
       
    3. 
       has knocked
       
    4. 
       is knocking
       
    5. 
       will be knocking
       

36. 
    “This thief usually promise to steal again,” said Sherlock Holmes.
    

1. 
   won’t
   
2. 
   didn’t
   
3. 
   isn’t
   
4. 
   doesn’t
   
5. 
   don’t
   

36. 
    Samuel says he’s 25 years old, but nobody him.
    
    1. 
       is believing
       
    2. 
       believes
       
    3. 
       had believed
       
    4. 
       don’t believe
       
    5. 
       doesn’t believe
       

36. 
    The sea to those who to listen to it.
    
    1. 
       speaks/likes
       
    2. 
       speak/like
       
    3. 
       speaks/like
       
    4. 
       speak/likes
       
    5. 
       speak/will like
       

36. 
    Take your umbrella. It
    

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1. 
   was raining
   
2. 
   rained
   
3. 
   rains
   
4. 
   is raining
   
5. 
   would be raining
   

36. 
    We can’t disturb him now. He
    

.

1. 
   operate
   
2. 
   will operate
   
3. 
   has operated
   
4. 
   is operating
   
5. 
   operates
   

36. 
    The children of the man who works with me the window this morning.
    

1. 
   were broken
   
2. 
   break
   
3. 
   broke
   
4. 
   have broken
   
5. 
   had broken
   

36. 
    “Who this picture?” the teacher asks.
    
    1. 
       is drawn
       
    2. 
       drawn
       
    3. 
       have drawn
       
    4. 
       draws
       
    5. 
       has drawn
       

36. 
    I’ve got to get him to the station. His train at the moment.
    

1. 
   leave
   
2. 
   has left
   
3. 
   had left
   
4. 
   is leaving
   
5. 
   are leaving
   

36. 
    -What you ? -I now.
    
    1. 
       are/doing/am washing up
       
    2. 
       have/done/am washing up
       
    3. 
       have/been done/am washed up
       
    4. 
       were/done/have washed up
       
    5. 
       is/doing/did not wash up
       

36. 
    We can go out now. It
    

.

1. 
   don’t rain
   
2. 
   rains
   
3. 
   didn’t rain
   
4. 
   has rained
   
5. 
   isn’t raining
   
36. 
    You’ll see what I about you recently.
    
    1. 
       shall write
       
    2. 
       have written
       
    3. 
       had written
       
    4. 
       is written
       
    5. 
       was written
       

36. 
    She since last week.
    
    1. 
       is ill
       
    2. 
       was ill C
       
    3. 
       had been ill
       
    4. 
       has been ill
       
    5. 
       will be ill
       

36. 
    Listen! Somebody at the door.
    
    1. 
       knocked
       
    2. 
       has knocked
       
    3. 
       is knocking
       
    4. 
       was knocking
       
    5. 
       knocks
       

36. 
    This year we a good harvest of cotton.
    
    1. 
       has grown
       
    2. 
       have grown
       
    3. 
       grown
       
    4. 
       were growing
       
    5. 
       are grown
       

36. 
    Look at the little boys! They with stones.
    
    1. 
       play
       
    2. 
       will play
       
    3. 
       are playing
       
    4. 
       is playing
       
    5. 
       played
       

36. 
    It him 20 minutes to get to the work usually.
    
    1. 
       take
       
    2. 
       is taking
       
    3. 
       have taken
       
    4. 
       is not taking
       
    5. 
       takes
       

76. 
    The English seaside very popular lately.
    
    1. 
       becomes
       
    2. 
       has become
       
    3. 
       became
       
    4. 
       will become
       
    5. 
       is becoming
       

36. 
    Usually my working day at 8.30 sharp.
    
    1. 
       start
       

77.

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he already the rules in the race

2. 
   starts
   
3. 
   would be
   
4. 
   won’t start
   
5. 
   has started
   

36. 
    Stop a minute, think what you
    

.

1. 
   are saying
   
2. 
   say
   
3. 
   says
   
4. 
   is saying
   
5. 
   has said
   

36. 
    The population of the world very fast.
    
    1. 
       rise
       
    2. 
       rises
       
    3. 
       is rising
       
    4. 
       rose
       
    5. 
       is risen
       

36. 
    Tourists a lot of different information when they travel.
    

1. 
   get
   
2. 
   gets
   
3. 
   has got
   
4. 
   would get
   
5. 
   were getting
   

1. 
   did/break
   
2. 
   does/break
   
3. 
   is/breaking
   
4. 
   has/broken
   
5. 
   had/broken
   

78. 
    Peter his lessons. When he finishes them he’ll watch TV.
    

1. 
   does
   
2. 
   do
   
3. 
   did
   
4. 
   is doing
   
5. 
   has done
   

78. 
    I never the book.
    
    1. 
       didn’t/read
       
    2. 
       haven’t/read
       
    3. 
       have/read
       
    4. 
       don’t/read
       
    5. 
       was/reading
       

78. 
    Look! The girls in the park.
    
    1. 
       skate
       
    2. 
       skated
       
    3. 
       are skating
       
    4. 
       will skate
       
    5. 
       has skated
       

78. 
    She is sorry, she so rude.
    
    1. 
       were
       
    2. 
       will be
       
    3. 
       are
       
    4. 
       has been
       
    5. 
       had been
       

78. 
    Why nothing ?
    
    1. 
       has / been done still
       
    2. 
       hasn’t / been done yet
       
    3. 
       has / been done yet
       
    4. 
       was / done yet
       
    5. 
       have / been done yet
       

78. 
    Shh! The teacher on the blackboard.
    
    1. 
       wrote
       
    2. 
       was writing
       
    3. 
       writes
       
    4. 
       will write
       
    5. 
       is writing
       

78. 
    I here since 1972.
    
    1. 
       was living
       
    2. 
       had lived
       
    3. 
       lives
       
    4. 
       am living
       
    5. 
       have lived
       

78. 
    you to England?
    
    1. 
       were/being
       
    2. 
       are/being
       
    3. 
       have/been
       
    4. 
       were/being
       
    5. 
       had/been
       
79. 
    Hello! Who ?
    
    1. 
       spoke
       
    2. 
       speaks
       
    3. 
       has been speaking
       
    4. 
       is speaking
       
    5. 
       was spoken
       

78. 
    Max to be good at interpreting, he?
    
    1. 
       doesn’t seem/does
       
    2. 
       seems/does
       
    3. 
       seemed/did
       
    4. 
       seems/does
       
    5. 
       didn’t seem/doesn’t
       

78. 
    you ever Herr Boschen sing his great German comic songs?
    

1. 
   had/heard
   
2. 
   did/hear
   
3. 
   do/hear
   
4. 
   are/hearing
   
5. 
   have/heard
   

78. 
    Who writing the text yet?
    
    1. 
       haven’t finished
       
    2. 
       didn’t finish
       
    3. 
       doesn’t finish
       
    4. 
       won’t finish
       
    5. 
       hasn’t finished
       

78. 
    - What you ? - I a letter.
    
    1. 
       are doing/am writing
       
    2. 
       have done/am writing
       
    3. 
       did/write
       
    4. 
       have done/am writing
       
    5. 
       has done/wrote
       

78. 
    We already twenty words.
    
    1. 
       learned
       
    2. 
       have learned
       
    3. 
       learn
       
    4. 
       will learn
       
    5. 
       are learning
       

78. 
    “I can’t marry Mr. Fire. I already my word to another man”, said the chief’s daughter.
    

1. 
   don’t/give
   
2. 
   had/given
   
3. 
   shall/give
   
4. 
   didn’t/give
   
5. 
   have/given
   

78. 
    Be quick! A dog after your child.
    
    1. 
       runs
       
    2. 
       ran
       
    3. 
       was running
       
    4. 
       will run
       
    5. 
       is running
       

78. 
    I never h_ to the USA.
    
    1. 
       is/ been
       
    2. 
       as/been
       
    3. 
       have/been
       
    4. 
       having/been
       
    5. 
       was/being
       

78. 
    Oh, not really, I a minute since I came in.
    
    1. 
       haven’t had
       
    2. 
       haven’t
       
    3. 
       were not
       
    4. 
       will have
       
    5. 
       hadn’t
       
79. 
    Take away the crib; the teacher at you.
    
    1. 
       look
       
    2. 
       is looking
       
    3. 
       looks
       
    4. 
       looked
       
    5. 
       had looked
       

78. 
    I them for 10 months.
    
    1. 
       know
       
    2. 
       knows
       
    3. 
       have known
       
    4. 
       will know
       
    5. 
       shall know
       

78. 
    Why you the coat? It’s not cold.
    
    1. 
       do/put on
       
    2. 
       has/put on
       
    3. 
       have/put on
       
    4. 
       would/put on
       
    5. 
       had/put on
       

78. 
    Don’t enter the classroom. The students an exam.
    
    1. 
       write
       
    2. 
       were writing
       
    3. 
       have written
       
    4. 
       are writing
       
    5. 
       had been written
       

78. 
    Look! They in our direction.
    
    1. 
       come
       
    2. 
       came
       
    3. 
       will come
       
    4. 
       was coming
       
    5. 
       are coming
       

78. 
    I Paul since Christmas.
    
    1. 
       don’t see
       
    2. 
       haven’t seen
       
    3. 
       hadn’t seen
       
    4. 
       wasn’t seen
       
    5. 
       won’t see
       

78. 
    “Fortune” the magazine of business success for over 50 years.
    

1. 
   is
   
2. 
   was
   
3. 
   will be
   
4. 
   has been
   
5. 
   were
   

78. 
    She false impressions on those who you.
    
    1. 
       will produce / hadn’t known
       
    2. 
       produces / don’t know
       
    3. 
       produces / doesn’t know
       
    4. 
       has produced / will not know
       
    5. 
       would produce / have not known
       

78. 
    Food prices rapidly in the past few months.
    
    1. 
       had risen
       
    2. 
       has risen
       
    3. 
       have risen
       
    4. 
       was rising