Exercise for tenses and indirect speech

Homework for tenses.

I. Simple present or present continuous.

1. I (have) ..coffee for breakfast every morning. ……………

2. My brother (work) ..in a shoes store this summer. ……………

3. The student (look up) .. that new word right now. ……………

4. It (rain) ..very much in the summer. It (rain) ..right …………… ……………

now.

5. We seldom (eat) .. before 6.30. ……………

6. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) .. ……………

7. Look! The man (run) .. after the train. He (want) ..to …………… ……………

catch the train.

8. I (need) ..some money for my text book. ……………

9. Excuse me, I (have) ..to help a customer. ……………

10. John (like) ..to go to the museum. ……………

11. Mother (cook) ..some food in the kitchen at present. She always ……………

(cook) in the morning.

12. She messes up the kitchen. – She always (mess up) ..the kitchen. ……………

13. Listen! I (hear) .. someone knocking at the front door. ……………

14. I (see) ..that you (wear) ..your clothes. …………… ……………

15. I (do) ..an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I ……………

(think) .. that I (know) how to use it now. ……………

16. She sometimes (buy) ..vegetables at this market. ……………

II. The present perfect continuous tense.

1. Kevin is studying. He began studying three hours ago.

He ..for three hours. ……………………………………………

2. I’m learning Spanish. I started learning Spanish in December.

I .since December. ………………………………………………

3. An is looking for a job. She began looking for a job for six months ago.

An ..for six months. ………………………………………………

4. Mary is working in London. She started working there on 18 January.

……………………………………………………….since 18 January.

5. George smokes. He started smoking five years ago.

…………………………………………………………… for five years.

III. Present perfect or present perfect continuous.

1. I (try) to learn English for years, but I (not succeed) ……………

……………..yet.

2. I (wait) ..for two hours, but she (not, come) yet. ……………

3. She (read) ..all the works of Dickens. How many you (read) ……………

……….

4. I (wait) ..here for my girl friend Joanna for nearly half an hour. Do ……………

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