English Grammar Tests » Test 4: Present Tenses

Test 4: Present Tenses
- Present Tenses
  1. I’m taking my sister out as she ___ any sun for a long time.
    • A) hasn’t had
    • B) haven’t had
    • C) hadn’t been
    • D) will have
    • E) shall have
  2. He ___ ill for three months already.
    • A) was
    • B) has been
    • C) is
    • D) have been
    • E) were
  3. Who goes sightseeing?
    • A) Nina does.
    • B) We shall.
    • C) We did.
    • D) I did.
    • E) She has.
  4. I usually ___ a blouse and jeans at home, but today I ___ on a new dress.
    • A) wear/have put
    • B) have worn/have put
    • C) wore/has put
    • D) wears/has put
    • E) will wear/put
  5. What ___ the president ___?
    He ___ a contract.
    • A) does/do/has signed
    • B) is/doing/is signing
    • C) will/do/was signing
    • D) is/ going to do/would sign
    • E) shall/do/has been signing
  6. Look! The cat ___ your cutlet.
    • A) is eating
    • B) was eating
    • C) eats
    • D) has been eating
    • E) had eaten
  7. You look pale. You ___ too hard these days.
    • A) have been working
    • B) worked
    • C) are working
    • D) work
    • E) were working
  8. What ___ you ___ since I saw you last?
    • A) do/do
    • B) are/doing
    • C) have/been doing
    • D) did/do
    • E) will/do
  9. It is 8.30. Ben and Ann ___ breakfast.
    • A) have
    • B) are having
    • C) is having
    • D) was having
    • E) were having
  10. She ___ a journalist nowadays.
    • A) are
    • B) was
    • C) is
    • D) were
    • E) am
  11. You ___ always ___ your things. Put them into their bag.
    • A) are/losing
    • B) -/lost
    • C) have/lost
    • D) shall/have been losing
    • E) had/lust
  12. What place ___ the youth of our country occupy in all branches now?
    • A) did
    • B) shall
    • C) is
    • D) does
    • E) will
  13. I ___ home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen.
    • A) didn’t go
    • B) was going
    • C) don’t go
    • D) doesn’t go
    • E) will not go
  14. Westminster Abbey is the ancient old church in which the coronation ceremonies of almost all English kings and queens ___ place.
    • A) will take
    • B) was taken
    • C) was taking
    • D) is taking
    • E) have taken
  15. This is the most interesting film I ___ ever ___.
    • A) didn’t/see
    • B) was/seen
    • C) have /saw
    • D) have/seen
    • E) had/seen
  16. “Nobody ___ in that country,” said Pinocchio to his friend.
    • A) don’t learn
    • B) are learning
    • C) learns
    • D) doesn’t learn
    • E) learn
  17. Paul ___ a student of Cambridge University.
    • A) were
    • B) are
    • C) am
    • D) be
    • E) is
  18. “Little boy”, said a man, “why do you carry that umbrella over your head? It ___ and the sun ___”
    • A) rains/isn’t shining
    • B) doesn’t rain/shines
    • C) isn’t raining/isn’t shining
    • D) is raining/is shining
    • E) isn’t raining/don’t shine
  19. Who often has dinner at the canteen?
    • A) I did
    • B) we do
    • C) he had
    • D) they have
    • E) she will
  20. I ___ never ___ him before.
    • A) - /met
    • B) - /meet
    • C) have/met
    • D) has/met
    • E) -/meets
  21. The weather is awful, it ___ all day.
    • A) rains
    • B) is raining
    • C) rained
    • D) has rained
    • E) has been raining
  22. It is 2 o’clock. I ___ afraid I ___ late.
    • A) was/am
    • B) shall be/am
    • C) am/am
    • D) was/was
    • E) am/wasn’t
  23. Who usually answers these letters in your office?
    • A) My friend can.
    • B) That man will.
    • C) I do, of course.
    • D) Mary is.
    • E) Those engineers did.
  24. The milk is hot I ___ on it to make it cold.
    • A) am blowing
    • B) blow
    • C) is blowing
    • D) blew
    • E) had blown
  25. - You don’t like horror films, do you?
    - ___ . They are so terrifying.
    • A) Yes, I can.
    • B) No, I can’t.
    • C) No, I don’t.
    • D) Yes, I do.
    • E) No, we didn’t.
  26. ___ this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
    • A) do
    • B) does
    • C) has
    • D) had
    • E) shall
  27. He ___ never ___ him sing.
    • A) had___ heard
    • B) has___heard
    • C) have___ heard
    • D) was___ hearing
    • E) is___ hearing
  28. I think ___ .
    • A) if he is about fifty
    • B) he is about fifty
    • C) her about fifty
    • D) him about fifty
    • E) be about fifty
  29. I miss her very much, almost every minute of the day I think of her, or I think I ___ her.
    • A) am hearing
    • B) hear
    • C) heard
    • D) have heard
    • E) will hear
  30. Look! There ___ a man sitting at the first table near the door. He ___ at us.
    • A) was/looks
    • B) had been/looked
    • C) were/had looked
    • D) is/is looking
    • E) is/was looking
  31. These engineers always ___ in the office and ___
    • A) stayed/learn
    • B) stay/learn
    • C) stays/learns
    • D) have stayed/learned
    • E) stay/learned
  32. It’s the happiest evening I ever ___ .
    • A) had
    • B) have had
    • C) has
    • D) has had
    • E) had had
  33. Let me show the picture that I ___ this week.
    • A) am drawing
    • B) shall be drawing
    • C) have drawn
    • D) drew
    • E) will be drawing
  34. This is the 7th year Ann and Mary ___ this school.
    • A) has attended
    • B) have been attending
    • C) had been attending
    • D) are attending
    • E) were attending
  35. He ___ his English in the morning, he ___ it in the evening.
    • A) doesn’t have/is having
    • B) don’t have/had
    • C) doesn’t have/has
    • D) didn’t have/have
    • E) hadn’t/will have
  36. The sun ___ in the East and ___ in the West.
    • A) sets/rises
    • B) sets/goes
    • C) rises/sets
    • D) goes/rises
    • E) set/rise
  37. While ___ to school we always ___ a bus.
    • A) going/take
    • B) went/take
    • C) shall go/will take
    • D) had gone/took
    • E) goes/takes
  38. We don’t like him because he always ___ lies.
    • A) tell
    • B) was telling
    • C) tells
    • D) are telling
    • E) has told
  39. I ___ all my work. I am free now.
    • A) do
    • B) am doing
    • C) shall do
    • D) have done
    • E) had done
  40. She ___ at school since 1984.
    • A) teach
    • B) has been teaching
    • C) taught
    • D) was teaching
    • E) have taught
  41. - ___ your father ___ at the Medical College?
    - Yes, he does.
    • A) do/work
    • B) did/work
    • C) has/worked
    • D) does/work
    • E) shall/work
  42. He ___ to school at 7:30 and ___ at 2 o’clock.
    • A) goes/comes back
    • B) went/is coming back
    • C) go/come back
    • D) was going/has come back
    • E) is going/came back
  43. - You ___ not ___ your soup.
    - I’m sorry. I’m not hungry.
    • A) are/eat
    • B) has/eaten
    • C) are/eating
    • D) did/ate
    • E) will/eat
  44. - Who ___ French in your family?
    - I ___ .
    • A) speaks/do
    • B) speak/does
    • C) spoke/do
    • D) speaking/did
    • E) are speaking/did
  45. Although Mary has been cooking for many years, she still ___ how to prepare Chinese food.
    • A) did not know
    • B) know
    • C) don’t know
    • D) doesn’t know
    • E) hadn’t known
  46. The aims of the course ___ me willing to begin.
    • A) makes
    • B) is making
    • C) were made
    • D) make
    • E) making
  47. Listen! Somebody ___ in the next room.
    • A) sing
    • B) sings
    • C) are singing
    • D) is singing
    • E) is sung
  48. - ___ life ___ on Mars?
    - No, it ___ .
    • A) Does/exist/doesn’t
    • B) Did/existed/didn’t
    • C) Has/existed/had
    • D) Had/existed/had
    • E) Will/exist/will
  49. I ___ this man at all.
    • A) don’t know
    • B) know
    • C) knew
    • D) have known
    • E) doesn’t know
  50. The boys ___ four English books this year.
    • A) read
    • B) had read
    • C) reads
    • D) have read
    • E) read
  51. I know he reads every book I ___ ever ___ of.
    • A) -/hear
    • B) -/heard
    • C) have/heard
    • D) has/heard
    • E) had/heard
  52. Nothing will make him ___ back to her.
    • A) to come
    • B) come
    • C) came
    • D) coming
    • E) would come
  53. Listen! Someone ___ at the door.
    • A) knocks
    • B) to knock
    • C) has knocked
    • D) is knocking
    • E) has been knocking
  54. “This thief ___ usually promise to steal again,” said Sherlock Holmes.
    • A) won’t
    • B) didn’t
    • C) isn’t
    • D) doesn’t
    • E) don’t
  55. Samuel says he’s 25 years old, but nobody ___ him.
    • A) is believing
    • B) believes
    • C) had believed
    • D) don’t believe
    • E) doesn’t believe
  56. The sea ___ to those who ___ to listen to it.
    • A) speaks/likes
    • B) speak/like
    • C) speaks/like
    • D) speak/likes
    • E) speak/will like
  57. Take your umbrella. It ___ .
    • A) was raining
    • B) rained
    • C) rains
    • D) is raining
    • E) would be raining
  58. We can’t disturb him now. He ___ .
    • A) operate
    • B) will operate
    • C) has operated
    • D) is operating
    • E) operates
  59. The children of the man who works with me ___ the window this morning.
    • A) were broken
    • B) break
    • C) broke
    • D) have broken
    • E) had broken
  60. “Who ___ this picture?” the teacher asks.
    • A) is drawn
    • B) drawn
    • C) have drawn
    • D) draws
    • E) has drawn
  61. - Where is Comrade A?
    - He ___ tennis.
    • A) plays
    • B) is playing
    • C) played
    • D) has been playing
    • E) will play
  62. I ___ never ___ such beautiful flowers before.
    • A) shall / see
    • B) had / seen
    • C) have / seen
    • D) has / seen
    • E) will / see
  63. I’ve got to get him to the station. His train ___ at the moment.
    • A) leave
    • B) has left
    • C) had left
    • D) is leaving
    • E) are leaving
  64. - What ___ you ___?
    - I ___ now.
    • A) are/doing/am washing up
    • B) have/done/am washing up
    • C) have/been done/am washed up
    • D) were/done/have washed up
    • E) is/doing/did not wash up
  65. We can go out now. It ___ .
    • A) don’t rain
    • B) rains
    • C) didn’t rain
    • D) has rained
    • E) isn’t raining
  66. You’ll see what I ___ about you recently.
    • A) shall write
    • B) have written
    • C) had written
    • D) is written
    • E) was written
  67. She ___ since last week.
    • A) is ill
    • B) was ill
    • C) had been ill
    • D) has been ill
    • E) will be ill
  68. Listen! Somebody ___ at the door.
    • A) knocked
    • B) has knocked
    • C) is knocking
    • D) was knocking
    • E) knocks
  69. This year we ___ a good harvest of cotton.
    • A) has grown
    • B) have grown
    • C) grown
    • D) were growing
    • E) are grown
  70. Look at the little boys! They ___ with stones.
    • A) play
    • B) will play
    • C) are playing
    • D) is playing
    • E) played
  71. It ___ him 20 minutes to get to the work usually.
    • A) take
    • B) is taking
    • C) have taken
    • D) is not taking
    • E) takes
  72. Usually my working day ___ at 8.30 sharp.
    • A) start
    • B) starts
    • C) would be
    • D) won’t start
    • E) has started
  73. Stop a minute, think what you ___ .
    • A) are saying
    • B) say
    • C) says
    • D) is saying
    • E) has said
  74. The population of the world ___ very fast.
    • A) rise
    • B) rises
    • C) is rising
    • D) rose
    • E) is risen
  75. Tourists ___ a lot of different information when they travel.
    • A) get
    • B) gets
    • C) has got
    • D) would get
    • E) were getting
  76. The English seaside ___ very popular lately.
    • A) becomes
    • B) has become
    • C) became
    • D) will become
    • E) is becoming
  77. ___ he already___ the rules in the race ?
    • A) did/break
    • B) does/break
    • C) is/breaking
    • D) has/broken
    • E) had/broken
  78. Peter ___ his lessons. When he finishes them he’ll watch TV.
    • A) does
    • B) do
    • C) did
    • D) is doing
    • E) has done
  79. I ___ never ___ the book.
    • A) didn’t/read
    • B) haven’t/read
    • C) have/read
    • D) don’t/read
    • E) was/reading
  80. Look! The girls ___ in the park.
    • A) skate
    • B) skated
    • C) are skating
    • D) will skate
    • E) has skated
  81. She is sorry, she ___ so rude.
    • A) were
    • B) will be
    • C) are
    • D) has been
    • E) had been
  82. Why ___ nothing ___?
    • A) has / been done still
    • B) hasn’t / been done yet
    • C) has / been done yet
    • D) was / done yet
    • E) have / been done yet
  83. Shh! The teacher ___ on the blackboard.
    • A) wrote
    • B) was writing
    • C) writes
    • D) will write
    • E) is writing
  84. I ___ here since 1972.
    • A) was living
    • B) had lived
    • C) lives
    • D) am living
    • E) have lived
  85. ___ you ___ to England?
    • A) were/being
    • B) are/being
    • C) have/been
    • D) were/being
    • E) had/been
  86. Hello! Who ___?
    • A) spoke
    • B) speaks
    • C) has been speaking
    • D) is speaking
    • E) was spoken
  87. Max ___ to be good at interpreting, ___ he?
    • A) doesn’t seem/does
    • B) seems/does
    • C)seemed/did
    • D) seems/does
    • E) didn’t seem/doesn’t
  88. ___ you ever ___ Herr Boschen sing his great German comic songs?
    • A) had/heard
    • B) did/hear
    • C) do/hear
    • D) are/hearing
    • E) have/heard
  89. Who ___ writing the text yet?
    • A) haven’t finished
    • B) didn’t finish
    • C) doesn’t finish
    • D) won’t finish
    • E) hasn’t finished
  90. - What ___ you ___?
    - I ___ a letter.
    • A) are doing/am writing
    • B) have done/am writing
    • C) did/write
    • D) have done/am writing
    • E) has done/wrote
  91. We ___ already twenty words.
    • A) learned
    • B) have learned
    • C) learn
    • D) will learn
    • E) are learning
  92. “I can’t marry Mr. Fire. I ___ already ___ my word to another man”, said the chief’s daughter.
    • A) don’t/give
    • B) had/given
    • C) shall/give
    • D) didn’t/give
    • E) have/given
  93. Be quick! A dog ___ after your child.
    • A) runs
    • B) ran
    • C) was running
    • D) will run
    • E) is running
  94. I ___ never ___ to the USA.
    • A) is/ been
    • B) has/been
    • C) have/been
    • D) having/been
    • E) was/being
  95. Oh, not really, I ___ a minute since I came in.
    • A) haven’t had
    • B) haven’t
    • C) were not
    • D) will have
    • E) hadn’t
  96. Take away the crib; the teacher ___ at you.
    • A) look
    • B) is looking
    • C) looks
    • D) looked
    • E) had looked
  97. I ___ them for 10 months.
    • A) know
    • B) knows
    • C) have known
    • D) will know
    • E) shall know
  98. Why ___ you ___ the coat? It’s not cold.
    • A) do/put on
    • B) has/put on
    • C) have/put on
    • D) would/put on
    • E) had/put on
  99. Don’t enter the classroom. The students ___ an exam.
    • A) write
    • B) were writing
    • C) have written
    • D) are writing
    • E) had been written
  100. Look! They ___ in our direction.
    • A) come
    • B) came
    • C) will come
    • D) was coming
    • E) are coming
  101. I ___ Paul since Christmas.
    • A) don’t see
    • B) haven’t seen
    • C) hadn’t seen
    • D) wasn’t seen
    • E) won’t see
  102. “Fortune” ___ the magazine of business success for over 50 years.
    • A) is
    • B) was
    • C) will be
    • D) has been
    • E) were
  103. She ___ false impressions on those who ___ you.
    • A) will produce / hadn’t known
    • B) produces / don’t know
    • C) produces / doesn’t know
    • D) has produced / will not know
    • E) would produce / have not known
  104. Food prices ___ rapidly in the past few months.
    • A) had risen
    • B) has risen
    • C) have risen
    • D) was rising
    • E) rises
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