Present Simple and Contiunuous, Past Simple, Present Perfect - exercices on tenses

I. Complete the sentences with one of the following verbs in the correct form (Present tenses).

1. My mother .................. French very well.
2. Peter never .................. coffee.
3. Vegetarians .................. vegetables.
4. She .................. one book every week.
5. I .................. for Madeleine. Do you know where she is?
6. Look. The elephant .................. water
7. ‘Are you ready?’ ‘Yes, I ........’
8. ‘Where’s Margaret?’ ‘She .................. a bath’
9. Bees .................. honey.
10. The River Vistula .................. into The Baltic Sea.
11. The museum .................. at 10 am and .................. at 9 pm.

II. Put the verbs into the correct form (Present tenses).

1. .................. today? ‘No, she’s on holiday.’ (your sister/work)
2. Why .................. at me like that? What’s the matter? (you/look)
3. How is your Spanish? .................. better? (it/get)
4. I want to lose weight, so this week I .................. (eat) lunch.
5. We can’t go out. It .................. (rain).
6. I .................. (try) to concentrate and they .................. (make) a lot of noise.
7. What time .................. (the banks/close) in Poland?
8. It .................. (take) me two hours to do my homework. How long .................. (it/take) you?
9. How often .................. tennis (your sister/play)?
10. What .................. (this word/mean)?

III. Read the following text:

I usually get up at 6 am and have a breakfast. Then I take a shower. I drive to work. I start work at 8am. I always have lunch. I finish work at 1 pm. I’m always tired when I get home. I usually cook a meal in the afternoon. I read a book and listen to music. I go to bed at 10.30 pm.

And now rewrite it starting: Yesterday, she ..................

IV. Your friend asked you about lots of things to do. Unfortunately, you haven’t done any of them -

Dear Adam, Unfortunately, I ..................

1. I/ not/ wash car I haven’t washed your car
2. I/write the article/ ..................
3. I lose/your keys ..................
4. I/not/ buy/ the magazine ..................
5. I/not/sell/ your apartment ..................
6. I/not/bring/your articles ..................
7. I/eat/ all your food in the fridge ..................
8. I/drink/ all your juices ..................
9. the thieves/ steal/your car ..................

V. You are meeting someone for the first time. You want to ask him about his experience. Make questions.
1. (ever/ ride/horse?)..................
2. (ever/be/ New Zealand?)..................
3. ever/speak/famous person?)..................
4. (ever/ run marathon?)..................
5. (ever/drink/ goat milk?)..................
6. (ever/eat/ octopus?)..................

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I.1. speaks, 2. drinks, 3. eat, 4. reads, 5. am looking, 6. is drinking, 7. am coming, 8. is having, 9. make, 10. flows, 11. opens, closes
II. 1. Is your sister working, 2. are you looking, 3. is it getting, 4. am not, 5. is raining, 6. am trying, are making, 7. do the banks, 8. takes, does it take, 9. does your sister, 10. does this word means
III. Yesterday, she got up at 6 am and she had breakfast. Then she took a shower. She drove to work. She started work at 8 am. She had lunch. She finished work at 1 pm. She was tired when she got home. She cooked a meal in the afternoon. She read a book and listened to music. She went to bed at 10.30 pm.
IV. I haven’t written the article, I have lost your keys, I haven’t bought the magazine, I haven’t sold your apartment, I have eaten all your food in the fridge, I drank, all your juices, the thieves have stolen your car
V. Have you ever/ ridden a horse?/been to New Zealand?/ spoken to a famous person?/ run the marathon?/ drunk goat milk?/ eaten octopus?/