The Present Tenses

Read and choose. 1. Lucy hasbought anything from a charity shop before. 2. Alex has been going out a lot. 3.have people been celebrating Buy Nothing Day? 4. Martin isn't here. He'sgone out. 5. Pat has been spending her holidays on the Greek islands two weeks and she loves it.

Read and match. 1) for2) yet3) recently4) how long5) never6) since7) just8) so far9) ever10) last11) ago

Read and fill in the gaps. 1 A: Why is Mrs. Peterson's cat here? B: She'sher house in the country and I'm taking care of her cat until she returns. 2 A: How long have theySwitzerland? B: Since 1990. 3 A: My parents are going to Italy for the first time next month. B: Haven't theyItaly before? 4 A: Is Bob there? B: I'm afraid he'sthe shops. I'll tell him you called. 5 A: Where are the kids? B: They'vethe park to play football.

Choose the correct item. Anna hasn't finished chopping the vegetables … .

Choose the correct item. Peter has … come back from school.

Choose the correct item. Have you read any good books …?

Choose the correct item. Have you … tried fried bananas? They go really well with ice cream!

Choose the correct item. Leonard has … left for the airport.

Read the sentences and identify the tense. 1. My parents often go shopping. 2. I have just written my essay. 3. They have been doing shopping since morning. 4. We are doing our homework. 5. He has just gone to the supermarket.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Dear Annie, How are you? I 1)(write) to you from Jamaica. We 2)(stay) at a luxurious hotel with water sports facilities. So far the weather 3)(be) fine. We 4)(get) great suntans. Each of us 5)(have) a wonderful time. We 6)(spend) most of our time by the sea so far. Right now, the kids 7)(make) sandcastles while Tina 8)(swim). Brian 9)(jet-ski) with Chris all morning. They 10)(enjoy) it a lot. Guess what! I 11)(try) windsurfing! Can you imagine?! It's really great! We 12)(not/do) much sightseeing yet, but tomorrow we 13)(go) on a tour round the island. We 14)(look forward to) it. Brian 15)(take) lots of photos since we arrived here. I can't wait to show you them when we return. We 16)(also/shop) at street markets. I 17)(already/buy) plenty of souvenirs. That's all for now. We 18)(come) back on 25th August. Hope you are fine. See you soon. Love, Judy