SYLLABUS/TOPIC: Present Tense
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After every 20 questions, the answers are provided.
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
ANSWERS :
1-A
2-B
3-A
4-A
5-B
6-A
7-A
8-C
9-B
10-C
11-A
12-D
13-C
14-E
15-D
16-C
17-E
18-C
19-B
20-C
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
ANSWERS :
21-E
22-C
23-C
24-A
25-C
26-B
27-B
28-B
29-B
30-D
31-B
32-B
33-C
34-B
35-C
36-C
37-A
38-C
39-D
40-B
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
ANSWERS :
41-D
42-A
43-C
44-A
45-D
46-D
47-D
48-A
49-A
50-D
51-C
52-B
53-D
54-D
55-B
56-C
57-D
58-D
59-D
60-E
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
ANSWERS :
61-B
62-C
63-D
64-A
65-E
66-B
67-D
68-C
69-B
70-C
71-E
72-B
73-A
74-C
75-A
76-B
77-D
78-D
79-C
80-C
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
ANSWERS :
81-D
82-C
83-E
84-E
85-C
86-D
87-A
88-E
89-E
90-A
91-B
92-E
93-E
94-C
95-A
96-B
97-C
98-C
99-D
100-E
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
ANSWERS :
101-B
102-D
103-B
104-C
