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Book 1 Part C
Present Tenses

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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
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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