Test your knowledge on Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Progressive.

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Form
Fill in the correct form (pronoun + verb).
Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Progressive

she listen

they / take

I / look

you / sit

he / lie

Use
When to use which tense?
Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous
1. If we want to emphasise the duration of an action, we use

2. If we want to tell, how often something has happened so far, we use

3. If we want to emphasise the result of an action, we use

4. If we want to emphasise that an action is completed now, we use

5. If we want to emphasise how we have spent our time, we use

6.

Positive Sentences
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
1. Sandy (cook)

dinner four times this week.

2. We (travel)

around Scotland for 8 days.

3. Why are your hands so dirty? - I (repair)

4. I (read)

my bike.

the book, you can have it back.

5. Paul (believe)

in God since he was a child.

Negative Sentences
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
1. Sorry for being late. I hope you (wait / not)

long.

2. My grandparents are coming to see us next weekend. They (visit /

not)

us for two years.

3. She (be / not)

on holiday for 3 years.

4. I don't want you to drive my car. You (drive / not)

5. He (watch / not)
minutes ago.

a car for ages.

TV all afternoon, he only switched the telly on 10

Questions
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
1. How much money (Jack / spend)
2. How long (she / sit)

in the casino?
there?

3. How many short messages (send / you)

4. (you / empty)
5. Lucy, (you / bathe)

this month?

the bin yet?

your dolls? The bathroom floor is absolutely wet.

Text
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. Daughter: Mum, Jane (phone / just)

her. May I?
2. Mother: (you / do)

your homework yet?

3. Daughter: Well, I (do)

not)

to ask if I will go to the cinema with

it for about 2 hours now, but I (finish /

it yet.

4. Mother: If you (complete / not)

your homework, you cannot go. School

comes first. Remember, you (promise)

5. Daughter: But mum, I (work)
already)

me to study harder this year.

really hard this year and I (improve /

in Maths and Chemistry.

6. Mother: But that's only because I (push / always)

7. Daughter: But I also need a break some time. Look, I (be / not)
cinema for two months. May I go? Just this once.

you to do something.
to the

Test your knowledge on Simple Present and Present Progressive. After submitting
your answers, you will see how well you have done in the test.

Form
Write the verbs in Present Progressive.
1. speak - I
2. jump - you
3. bake - she
4. play - they
5. run - we

Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular.

1. be - it
2. have - he
3. eat - she
4. can - he
5. wash - she

Use
When to use which tense?
Present simple or present continuous
1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use

2. For actions happening now, we use

3. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in

4. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use

5. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. Look! They (leave)

the house.

2. Brian (cycle)

30 km every day.

3. Samantha (do)

her homework at the moment.

4. My parents (shop)

right now.

5. He usually (get up)

early in the morning.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. You (see / not)

her every day.

2. The baby (sleep / not)

at the moment.

3. I (read / not)

a book now.

4. We (go / not)

to school on Sundays.

5. He (watch / not)

the news every day.

questionn
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. (you / go)

on holiday by plane sometimes?

2. (they / play)
3. (she / eat)

computer games every day?

dinner at the moment?

4. What (they / do)

5. (she / visit)

right now?
her grandma very often?

Text
Sieh dir das Bild von Jenny an und ergnze die sentences (Simple Present oder
Present Progressive).
1. Look! Jenny (go)
2. On her back, Jenny (carry)

to school.
her school bag.

3. The school bag (be)

very heavy

4. Normally, Jenny (wear)

she (wear)

black shoes, but today

red wellies.

5. And look, she (wear)

it (rain)
6. Jenny (not / want)

a raincoat because
outside.
to get wet.

Form
Present Progressive
Write the ing-form of the following verbs.
1. fly 2. book 3. hit 4. take 5. lie -

Simple Present
Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs (in Simple Present).
1. do - he
2. worry - she
3. play - she
4. watch - he
5. might - she

Use
When to use which tense?
Present simple or present continuous
1. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Look!, now?

2. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: often, seldom,
never?

3. For actions happening at the moment of speaking, we use

4. For actions set by a timetable or schedule, we use

5. In a story, for present actions happening one after another, we use

6. For arrangements for the near future, we use

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. We (help)

in the canteen this week.

2. Martin usually (drive)

to work.

3. But today, he (take)

the bus.

4. Listen! She (practise)

5. My friend (play)

the piano.
the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. He (not / spend)
2. I (not / meet)
3. They (not / fly)
4. We (not / work)

his holidays in Spain each year.

Francis tonight.
to London tomorrow.
this week.

5. The film (not / begin)

at 7 o'clock.

questionn
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. (leave / you)

the party now?

2. (have / you)

any brothers or sisters?

3. (love / she)
4. Who (cook)
5. (send / he)

Text

him?
dinner tonight?
you an e-mail every day?

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Maria (want)

to improve her English.

2. Therefore, she (do)

a language course in London at the moment.

3. She (stay)

with a host family and (must)

take the tube to

get to her language school.

4. It (be)

only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.

5. The tube (leave)

at half past eight.

6. The first lesson (begin)

7. In the afternoons, the school (offer)

at 9 o'clock.
sightseeing tours in and around

London.
8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go)

to Windsor

Present Perfect / Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then
click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait)

here for over an hour. If John does not

get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.

2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I

(wait)

for over an hour. I almost left without him.

3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work)
company for more than ten years and he (work)

for that import

in almost every department.

Nobody knew the company like he did.

4. I (see)

many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of

the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.

5. Sarah (climb)
(go)

the Matterhorn, (sail)

on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.

6. Sarah (climb)
(go)

around the world, and

the Matterhorn, (sail)

around the world and

on safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She

(experience)

more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.

7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she
(cry)

Present Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then
click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. It (rain)

all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the

beach.
2. Sid: Where is Gary?
Sarah: He (study, at the library)
In fact, he (review)

for his German test on Wednesday.

for the test every day for the last week.

3. You look really great! (You, exercise)

at the fitness center ?

4. Frank, where have you been? We (wait)

for you since 1 PM.

5. Tim: What is that sound?

Nancy: A car alarm (ring)
(drive)

somewhere down the street. It

me crazy - I wish it would stop! It (ring)

for more than

twenty minutes.
6. Joseph's English (improve, really)
(watch)

, isn't it? He

American television programs and (study)

his

grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent.

7. Dan: You look a little tired. (You, get)

Michelle: Yes, I (sleep)
(feel)

enough sleep lately?

relatively well. I just look tired because I

a little sick for the last week.

Dan: I hope you feel better soon.

Michelle: Thanks. I (take, currently)
better in a couple of days.

some medicine, so I should feel