Question

Fill in the correct forms: PRESENT, PAST and PRESENT PERFECT – Simple and Progressive

1. What ______________________ (Helen, do) for the last two hours? - She ______________________

(prepare) for next week’s meeting; she ______________________ (dust) the furniture now.

2. His sister ______________________ (be) in Australia six times and I ______________________ (be)

there only twice.

3. We ______________________ (live) in Johannesburg since World War II and so far we

______________________ (never, intend) to leave the country, but the situation

______________________ (recently turn) so bad that we ______________________ (decide) to go

back to Austria.

4. We must wake her . She ______________________ (sleep) for 15 hours.

5. I ______________________ (write) a book about Japan. I ______________________ (just, finish).

6. How many customers _________call_____________ (Sally, call) last week ?

7. Some time ago Mr Pale ______________________ (ask) me to lend him some money.

8. Demonstrators ______________________ (block) the road for three hours.

9. When ______________________ (you, switch) on the light today ?

10. Could you go ? - I ______________________ (not can) answer the door because I

______________________ (have) a shower.

11. Who ______________________ (break) my ruler.

12. No, we ______________________ (not be) here before.

13. At present they ______________________ (have) no jobs.

14. Two men ______________________ (chat) in the middle of the road when suddenly a lorry

______________________ (turn) round the bend. The driver ______________________ (stop) in

time.

15. The grass ______________________ (look) awful. I’m sure you ______________________ (not cut ) it

since June.

16. We ______________________ (go) to the circus yesterday. We ______________________ (spend) a

wonderful time there. I ______________________ (like) the clowns best.

17. What ______________________ (you, want) me to do at our next meeting ?

18. ______________________ (You, know) how long these trees ______________________ (be) here ? -

Yes, they ______________________ (be) here since the end of the war.

19. What shall we do ? - The people ______________________ (get) very impatient.

20. ______________________ (You, not meet) Mr Temple yesterday ? - Why ______________________

(you think) I ______________________ (meet) him ? - I ______________________ (see) him last

Friday, but I ______________________ (not see) him since then.

21. Can you help me ? I______________________ (look) for a job.

22. You have a nice dog. How long ______________________ (you, have) it ?

Answer 1

Answer:

did helen do

prepared

is dusting

has been

have been

lived

never intended

recently turned

wrote

just finished

sally, called

blocked

did you

cant, am having

broke

have

were chating,stopped

looks,have not cut

went,spent,liked

do you know,have been,have been

are getting

didnt you meet, do you think, saw, have not seen

am looking

do you have