Тест "Present Tenses" для 9 класса

PRESENT TENSES. REVISION.

I. Choose the right variant:

1. He … the test for 40 minutes.

a) writes b) has been writing c) is writing

2. We … already … the text.

a) have… translated b) has been translating c) are translating

3. They are flying over the ocean … .

a) for 3 hours b) every week c) at this moment

4. She often… by Delta.

a) travels b) is travelling c) has travelled

5. How long … you …reading this book?

a) have...been b) are c) is

6. Mrs Brown … me English.

a) is teaching b) teach c) teaches

7. I have been studying History … .

a) for 5 years b) now c) already

8. I … not … you for ages.

a) have … seen b) have … been seeing c) don’t see

9. We … to school every day except Sunday.

a) are going b) goes c) go

10. Look out of the window! It … now.

a) rains b) is raining c) has been raining

II. Put the verb given in brackets in all Present tenses.

John (fly) over the ocean.

III. Ask questions:

We have been translating this text for two hours.

yes/no b) who c) how long d) or e) tag

IV. Open the brackets putting the verb in the right tense.

Dear Mary,

I … just (receive) your letter and now I (write) to you.

I am very busy preparing for my exams. It is 9 p.m. now and

I (sit) at my desk. I (sit) here since 11a.m. I (do/not) all the exercises yet.

Thank you for everything you have done for me. I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours,

Helen

Answers:

1.b 2.a 3.c 4.a 5.a 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.b

1. John flies over the ocean every summer.

2. John is flying over the ocean now.

3. John has already flown over the ocean.

4. John has been flying over the ocean for two hours.

III. 1. Have we been translating this text for two hours?

2. Who has been translating this text for two hours?

3. How long have we been translating this text?

4. Have we been translating this text for two or three hours?

5. We have been translating this text for two hours, haven’t we?

IV. Dear Mary,

I have just received your letter and now I am writing to you. I am very busy preparing for my exams. It is 9 p.m. now and I am sitting at my desk. I have been sitting here since 11 a.m. I haven’t done all the exercises yet. Thank you for everything you have done for me. I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours,

Helen