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1 Grammar Worksheet
Present simple &
Present continuous
1 Choose the correct answer.
1 My sister is reading / reads a book every week!
2 We usually go / are going to school at eight o’clock.
3 I’m loving / I love being on holiday!
4 Listen! Auntie May is playing / plays the piano.
5 We wait / We’re waiting for the bus, but I think we’re
too late.
6 Tom and Amy often go / are going to the cinema.
2 Tick ( ) or correct the sentences. Some of them are wrong.
1 I’m playing tennis after school on Mondays.
I play tennis after school on Mondays.
2 I’m calling from the train. Where are you?
3 ‘Hey! I love your shoes!’ ‘Thanks! They’re new.’
4 William is often recommending books he likes.
5 Schools close for several weeks during the summer.
6 Emily’s eating bread now, but she isn’t usually eating
wheat.
Historic present
3 Complete the sentences with the verbs below.
fall gets marry protest tells walks
1 Celebrities marry in style.
2 By the end of the film, Sadie and Jack
in love.
3 Students outside top university.
4 In the novel, the old man the length
of the country.
5 New autobiography secrets for the
world to read.
6 In Life of Pi, an enormous tiger onto a
boat with a boy.
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Present perfect simple
4 Choose the correct answer.
1 Have / Has you ever read Lord of the Rings?
I recommend it!
2 We live / We’ve lived here for twenty years.
3 How long has Mrs Smith been / is Mrs Smith your
English teacher?
4 Toby never has liked / has never liked fantasy novels.
5 You’ve been / be asleep for twelve hours!
6 Mum and dad have known / known each other since
they were at university.
5 Complete the text with the present perfect form of the
verbs in brackets.
We 1 ’ve been (be) on holiday to Greece several times. My
parents 2 (always love) it
3
there. They say that they
(never see) such beautiful blue seas and skies anywhere
else, and they love the relaxed atmosphere. So, Mum and
Dad 4 (take) us there since
we were very young, and we 5
(be able to) get to know several of the Greek islands over
the years. My favourite island 6
(always be) Kefalonia. If you get the chance, you must go
there. I really recommend it!
just, yet, already
6 Put the words in order to make sentences. Then match.
1 I’ve / Mum, / homework / my / finished / just
Mum, I’ve just finished my homework.
2 the / drunk / juice, / you / fruit / Tom / have / all / already?
3 tidied / I’ve / room / just / my
4 arrived / home / Rick / yet / hasn’t
5 read / half / already / her / Sally / book / has
6 bought / these / I’ve / new / shoes / just
A There’s hardly any left! _
B I think she’ll finish it over the weekend. _
C It looks much better now! _
D Do you like them? _
E Please can I go out now? 1
F I think his train was late. _
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