Present simple and progressive [ORG11.5, 11.15]
Complete the following using:
Present simple tense [I ask, he asks ...]
or Present progressive [I am asking, they are asking ...]
Indicate any places where both tenses are possible.
The increasing use of pesticides and other chemicals by farmers in recent years, (1 currently/cause) IS CURRENTLY CAUSING birds of prey to leave the countryside for
urban areas.
Birds of prey (2 feed) ............... on small mammals, so in the
countryside they (3 pick up) ............... pesticides through eating poisoned
prey. In towns they (4 eat) ............ the occasional 'garden bird', but
the main reason they (5 thrive) .....................in our streets is simply less
pollution. Their presence (6 emphasize) ........................the trend of wild life
to move from the harassment of rural areas into cities and towns - a trend which
(7 be shown) .............................also by the increasing number of foxes in
London.
It (8 appear) that there are now considerable numbers of
sparrowhawks in the well wooded areas of London. But as a rule these birds (9 not
attack) ....................the more familiar birdswhich 10 nest)
........................ close to them.
At the same time tawny owls, which normally (11 nest).......................... in
trees in the countryside (12 adapt) ...................to crevices in tall buildings
The London Wildlife Trust (13 say) ............................ 'Birds of prey have
increased in such numbers that we (14 now ask) .......................... for
volunteer observers to help us get some idea of the size of this new population.'
Present simple and progressive 11]
Complete the following using the present simple or present progressive. Remember that both tenses may refer to the future.
John: Can you come and help? What (I you/do) ..ARE..YoU..DOING.. ?
Joan: I (2 watch).................. TV. It's Monica James. She (3 give)
............................. a cookery demonstration. She (4 make)
meringues.
John: But you (5 know) ......................... how to do them. You (6 make)
........................ marvellous meringues.
Joan: Yes, but these are chocolate meringues, and you (7 know) .......................
the Bookers (8 come) ............................next Sunday, and I'd like to do
something different for them. Besides I always (9 enjoy) ......................
watching her. I (10 promise) .................................... I'll come and help the
moment the programme ( I I end) ........................... . It (12 finish)
.................. at 3.30 actually. Please! You (13 interrupt
............................ I (14 miss) ............................. her.
Monica James: And now we (15 whisk) .................... the egg whites until
they (16 stand) ....................... up in peaks. And a useful tip to remember
here - slightly stale egg whites (17 make) ................... better meringues
than absolutely fresh ones. Well, that (18 look) .................... right. Now
for the sugar and grated chocolate. See, I carefully (19 fold) ........................
this into the whites with a fork. I never (20 whisk) ........................... it in.
Present perfect [ORG 11.11]
Complete the following using either:
Present perfect simple She has thought about it.
Present perfect progressive We have been thinking.
David: Whatever (1 you/do) HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? You don t look too good. Is
anything the matter?
Charles: Oh, I'm all right. But I (2 overwork) .............................1ately and
I (3 not/sleep) .........................................properly. And I'm afraid I (4 overeat)
.............................. too. I (5 put on) ................................ 12
pounds.
David: You need a holiday. (6 you/book)............................. anything yet?
Tom (7 just/return) ...............................from Greece - says it's marvellous.
He (8 go) .............................. there for years.
Charles: Well I (9 sometimes/think) ...........................of going to Greece again.
David: Oh you (10 be) ...... ....................there before, have you?
Charles: Yes, I (11 spend) .. ..... .................. some very good holidays
there, but actually I (12 always/want) ...................to go to the Far
East. In fact, I (13 teach) ............................myself Thai for the last
couple of years.
David: But I (14 hear) ........................... you say several times you like
cheap holidays in Europe.
Charles: Well I (15 save up) .............................., though I (16 not save)
.............................. enough yet really. But anyway, I (17 not have)
.............................. a proper holiday for three years.
David: You (18 be).............................too busy, I suppose.
Charles: Well, yes, and I (19 just move) .............................to a new flat.
But anyway, I think I really shall go to Bangkok in October.
David: Ah. So you (20 make) ............................your mind up at last!
Present and present perfect tenses
Complete the following, using a suitable present tense - present or present perfect, (both either simple or progressive) - I learn, I am learning, I have learntllearned, I have been learning.
Maria (I learn) HAS BEEN TEARNTNG English for several years now, but (2 only
recently/start) to work hard at it. Now she (3 make)
.............................. good progress, and (4 enjoy)
it.
Ever since she started she (5 always find)
English the easiest. She (6 like)
................. reading
... novels best, and now (7
belong) to an English library, and (8 borrow)
............. a new book every week. She (9 not look up)
.............................. all the words she (10 not know)
but (11 try) to guess the meaning and she (12 say)
.............................. she (13 get)
at doing this.
Perhaps not surprisingly for such an avid reader, she (14 like)
.............................. spelling. 'It (15 offer) you a
challenge', she (16 declare) She also (17 write)
.............................. English quite well - unlike many students who (18 find)
.. that is the hardest part and (19 forever
..... the same mistakes.
She (20 find) an English penfriend this year and she
(21 already/ write) and (22 receive)
.............................. two letters. 'This is the first time I (23 ever/do)
.............................. this, though it is something I (24 always/want)
.............................. to do,' she (25 say) As she (26
just/be invited) to visit England next year, she (27 feel)
.............................. she (28 need) more
conversation practice. So next week she (29 attend) her
first 'conversation workshop'. That (30 mean) practical
conversation work, she (31 say) , 'andI (32 look forward)
.............................. to it'.
. ~
...................... much better now
make).........................