Настоящее время в английском - упражнения.
Упражнение 1. Раскройте скобки, употребив одно из настоящих времен.
What time _____________ (the meeting/end)?
Tomorrow I _____________ (fly) to Moscow to visit my aunt Sally.
Right now he _______ (talk) on the phone.
The Earth __________ (go) round the Sun.
I _________ (look) for my camera for an hour.
Could you close the window? I _____________ (freeze)
The man __________ (paint) the walls all day long.
The coffee ___________ (smell) good.
At the moment we ___________ (take) a walk around a beautiful village.
We _____________ (not/finish) our history project yet.
Kim _____________ (never/be) abroad.
School always _______ (close) for Easter holidays.
I’m exhausted. I _____________ (train) my stomach muscles all morning.
What _____________ (usually/you/do) in your free time?
Look! Your mum ____________ (water) tomatoes in the vegetable garden.
Упражнение 2. Choose the right variant.
1 The boy ___________his homework and now he _________-TV.
a) already has done, watches
b) already does, has watched
c) has already done, is watching
2. They___________ about Russian traditions since the beginning of the lesson.
a) have been talking
b) are talking
c) talk
3. This is the best conference I ________.
a) am
b) have ever been to
c) ever have been to it
4. The postman usually __________ at 9 in the morning. It is half past 9 now but he ___________
a) comes, has not come yet
b) comes, has not been coming
c) is coming, has not come yet
5. They__________ the walls and they ___________nice.
a) have painting, are looking
b) have painted, look
c) have been painting, look
6. The economic situation in the world is already bad and it __________worse.
a) is getting
b) gets
c) have gotten
Упражнение 3. Use Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
Hello Nancy
It (1) _________ (be) time since my last letter to you. I (2) ____________ (still/work) at ABS and the company (3) _____________ (do well). This is very fortunate as many of my friends (4) ___________ (lose) their jobs. Our savings (5) _____________ (take) a disastrous dive because of the economy. I (6) ____________ (know) the situation everywhere is difficult and I (7) __________ (be) happy I still have a job. My friend Michael and his wife Georgia (8) ______________ (now, live) in Virginia. Michael (9) ______________ (finish) studying massage therapy. He (10) __________ (run) a small clinic in partnership with another woman. He and Georgia (11) _____________ (look) for a full-time job, though, as they (12) _____________ (lose) money also. As I say, many people (13) __________ (have) a hard time now.
Ответы к упражнениям.
Exercise 1.
1 does the meeting end, 2 am flying, 3 is talking, 4 goes, 5 have been looking, 6 am freezing, 7 has been painting, 8 smells, 9 are taking, 10 have not finished, 11 has never been, 12 closes, 13 have been training, 14 do you usually do, 15 is watering
Exercise 2.
1 c, 2 a, 3 b, 4 a, 5 b, 6 a
Exercise 3.
1 has been, 2 am still working, 3 is doing, 4 have lost, 5 have taken, 6 know, 7 am, 8 are living, 9 has finished, 10 is running, 11 are looking, 12 have lost, 13 are having
2 501
28 303 
