Exercise 2b. Use the verbs in brackets in the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous tense forms.

THE PRESENT TENSES

Exercise 1. Comment on the usage of the present tenses.

1. My doctor writes out a new prescription for me each month.

2. Have you been staying at this hotel for a week or two?

3. Is it the fifth time Maria has turned him down?

4. A wonderful Grimm fairytale is being told on the radio at the moment.

5. Australia is inhabited by kangaroos, isn’t it?

6. The weight is being rapidly lost by this patient with each day.

7. She’s got red eyes – she has been crying secretly.

8. Look at her gorgeous hair! She has dyed it all!

9. The plane for New York takes off at 12.30.

10. Pete has studied at Michigan University for 4 years with pediatrics as his major.

11. Fifty wedding invitations have been sent out this morning.

12. Who has been reading my personal diary?!?

13. All freshmen groups are studying Spanish this year, aren’t they?

14. “Lady Blacknell and Algernon go into the music room, Gwendolen remains behind”. (“The Importance Of Being Earnest” by O. Wilde).

15. Maria is constantly putting me down in front of colleagues!

16. Has Calculus exam been failed by you or by your brother?

17. He has been smoking and drinking a lot recently, hasn’t he?

18. To cook a Waldorf salad you slice some celery, walnuts, apples and grapes and mix them up in the mayonnaise sauce.

19. I’m sure the twins will get used to college life after they have been staying on campus for a month.

20. Are you meeting your postgraduates or undergraduates at lunch tomorrow?

Exercise 2a. Use the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous tense forms.

1. Minibuses (to arrive) here every twenty minutes? 2. I will not turn in the report on Monday if I (not to give) the time to finish it. 3. He (to listen to) at the moment? 4. Why our neighbours always (to poke one’s nose) into our business? 5. Penguins (not to live) in the North Pole, do they? 6. What time you (to have) a picnic next week-end? 7. PE class is not simple: to do push-ups properly you first (to lie down), then you (to keep) your back straight, then you (to straighten) your arms. 8. Your bungalow or your castle (to create) by the landscape designer this month? 9. I’ll agree to this plan if my work (not to supervise). 10. These lilies (to smell) fabulous, don’t they? 11. Venice gradually (to fall) into the sea? 12. How many satellites (to rotate) around Jupiter? 13. The train from Newcastle (to arrive) at Victoria station at 12.30, doesn’t it? 14. Mary (not to spend) this summer in Europe, is she? 15. You (to look) like a million dollars today! 16. Auntie June continually (to grumble), isn’t she? 17. How many cigarettes (to smoke) in this room every evening? 18. Don’t give them the final answer until all the details (to receive). 19. Youth (to get) more and more demanding with time, isn’t it? 20. Hollywood stars (to live) in California.

Exercise 2b. Use the verbs in brackets in the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous tense forms.

1. How many letters (to send) by Amelie today? 2. This is the last time I (to trust) him. 3. Julie, hang up! You (to talk) on the phone for two hours running, haven’t you? 4. The children are all dirty. They (to play) baseball or soccer in the field? 5. Bob and Rob (to know) each other since college or school? 6. This scientific fact (not to know) for decades, hasn’t it? 7. Martin’s leg (to injure) badly. 8. How long it (to rain) nonstop in Cornwall? 9. The baby never (to see) a mango before, has she?10. The tree is absolutely bare. The leaves (to fall) all night long? 11. You (to finish) the course paper yet? 12. Dad, I (to pass) my driving test! 13. You’ll learn to guess the boss’s mood after you (to stay) with the company for some time. 14. Julia (to give) birth to a baby-boy or a baby-girl? 15. You’ve got a dreamy look. You (to sleep) all day? 16. Your driving test (to pass)? 17. Peter (to use) my computer and now it doesn’t work!!! 18. The baby (to gain) two pounds this month, hasn’t he? 19. Oliver looks exhausted. He (to take care of) Jenny or (to study) the whole winter? 20. Rob (not to invite) to any parties since he started drinking heavily.

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