Task 5. Test your knowledge.

( present tenses)

1. Liz and James _____ dinner at a restaurant on

Saturdays, but they _____ at home now.

A) never eat / are eating

B) always eat / eat

C) are always eating / eat

D) usually eat / are eating

2. Rick _____ me for some money, but he _____ me back.

A) always asks / is always paying

B) is always asking / is never paying

C) has never asked / never pays

D) never asks / has never been paying

3. More and more people _____ of cancer these days,

and we still _____ no cure for it.

A) are dying / have

B) die / have

C) are dying / are having

D) die / are having

4. Your clothes are covered in mud, Jason! _____ you

_____ outdoors in this weather?

A) Are / playing

B) Have / been playing

C) Have / play

D) Do / playing

5. We _____ it strange, but iron and feather _____ at the

same speed

A) find / fall

B) have found / are falling

C) are finding / fall

D) have been finding / are falling

6. Nancy _____ a party next Friday, but I _____. I have an

A) is giving / am not going

B) gives / don't go

C) has given / haven't been going

D) has been giving / don't go

7. Why on earth _____ so fast? The train _____ at four

o'clock and it is only one o'clock.

A) do you drive / has been leaving

B) are you driving / has left

C) do you drive / is leaving

D) are you driving / leaves

8. Dad _____ as a baker for forty years and he _____ to

work for at least another twenty years.

A) is working / wants

B) has been working / wants

C) works / is wanting

D) has worked / has wanted

9. _____ that small house over there? I _____ there since

I was born.

A) Do you see / have been living

B) Are you seeing / live

C) Do you see / am living

D) Are you seeing / have lived

10. I am not sure, but I think I _____ to France five or six

times so far.

A) am going

B) have been

C) have been going

D) go

11. It _____ awful in this room because Karen _____ here

for hours without opening a window.

B) is smelling / has smoked

C) smells / is smoking

D) smells / has been smoking

12. She rarely _____ but she usually _____ to get a high

mark in maths.

A) is studying / has managed

B) has been studying / is managing

C) studies / manages

D) is studying / has managed

13. We _____ already _____ a payment. As far as I know, it

_____ all the taxes.

A) have ... made / includes

B) are ... making / is including

C) have... made / has been including

D) have ... been making / has included

14. She _____ usually _____ that way, but these days she

_____ very rude to everybody.

A) isn't ... acting / has been

B) hasn't ... acted / has been

C) doesn't ... act / is being

D) isn't ... acting / is

15. They _____ just _____ their job, and they _____ a coffee

break at the moment.

A) have ... been finishing / have

B) are ... finishing / have had

C) are ... finishing / have

D) have ... finished /are having

16. In the latest episode of that TV series, Jill _____ a

terrible accident, but a handsome guy _____ her

immediately to a hospital.
A) is having / has been taking

B) has had / is taking

C) has / has taken

D) has / takes

17. Matt _____ lemonade since this morning, but he _____

only three glasses so far.

A) sells / is selling

B) has been selling / has sold

C) sells / has been selling

D) is selling / has sold

18. Molly _____ driving test four times, but she is so

determined that she _____ still _____ to pass it.

A) fails / is ... trying

B) has been failing / has ... tried

C) is failing / has ... been trying

D) has failed / is ... trying

19. Steve _____ to the cafe at lunchtime, but he _____

back in the office now.

A) goes / is being

B) has been / is

C) is going / has been

D) has gone / is

20. The classroom _____ empty because all the children

_____ out to play basketball in the garden.

A) is / have gone

B) has been / go

C) is / have been

D) has been / are going