Simple Present Present Continous
Form: do+ infinitive Form : To be + ing form
Third person: add S to infinitive
Exercise: Exercise
1) They learn French at school. 1) She is talking on the phone.
2) He learns French at school. 2) He is working from home.
3) They finish work at 5.30. 3) Do you think the earth is getting warmer?
4) He finishes work at 5.30. 4) The secretary is typing the report
5) They do the painting during the holidays. 5) She is always wasting time.
6) He does the painting during the holidays. 6) Can I borrow your calculator or are you using is?
7) They say that the polar ice-cap is melting. 7) Goodbye, I am going to the airport now
8) He says that the polar ice-cap is melting. 8) What are you waiting for?
9) They teach English in a private school. 9) The teachers are meeting in room C25
10) He teaches English in a private school. 10) She is not working, she is having lunch.
Present Perfect Present perfect continuous
Form: Has/have+ Past Participle Form : have/has been+ ing form of main verb
When to use: When to use:
- Habits that start in the past - Situations and actions that started in the past and
- States , habits and events that happened in the are still going or just had stopped
past
Exercise Exercise
1) I have missed my flight to New York. 1) We have been doing these exercises for ages.
2) We have relocated to Tokyo in Japan. 2) They have been sitting here patiently.
3) Unemployment has fallen. 3) He has been swimming for more than a hour.
4) Joanne has been to the café. She has your lunch. 4) The baby has been crying for five minutes.
5) Ms. David is not here. She has just left. 5) I’m tired. I have been carrying boxes for ages.
6) Brad Pitt has just given his fiftieth interview. 6) Has he been playing for so long.
7) I never made a speech. 7) She has been checking the account all day.
8) He hasn’t written his essay yet. 8) He has been writing his cv for hours.
9) They have done a lot of research. 9) He has been overworking.
10) We have introduced a new concept. 10) Her phone has been ringing for twenty minutes.
Past Continuous Simple Past
Form: I was working Form: I worked, I did not work
Exercise Exercise:
1) He was walking to the station when I met him. 1) I bought a new computer.
2) I was watching a football match when he 2) He spent a fortune.
phoned. 3) He rode his motorbike far too fast.
3) No I wasn’t studying last night. 4) We tried to finish the assignment on time.
4) Where were you sitting when the bomb went 5) They paid their bills on time.
of? 6) They first met at a conference.
5) Where you having lunch when she phoned 7) He shut the door quietly.
6) Mary was writing a letter when he came in. 8) They didn’t sell the flat.
7) The audience was clapping when I arrived. 9) You put the files in the wrong places.
8) What were they fighting about? He wore his best suit to the interview.
9) We were playing tennis at this time yesterday.
10) He was carrying out research into coolant gases.
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