EXERCISES Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence 1. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius. A. boiling B. boils C. is boiling D. boil 2. Bettie usually ________ television in the evening. A. watches B. watching C. watch D. has watched 3. Rosemary ________ to agree with us now. A. is appearing B. appear C. appeared D. appears 4. Look! That man ________ your bike! A. is stealing B. steals C. stealing D. stolen 5. I'm sorry I ________ to do my homework yesterday. A. am forgetting B. have forgotten C. forgot D. forget 6. We ________ any interesting films lately. A. didn't see B. haven't seen C. saw D. have seen 7. Eric ________ a flat yet, so he's still living with his parents. A. found B. didn't find C. is finding D. hasn't found 8. They ________ running their own company in 1980. A. started B. have started C. are stating D. start 9. Bees _________ honey. A. have made B. makes C. make D. were making 10. I think I ________ my door key. I can't find it anywhere. A. lost B. have lost C. am losing D. will lose 11. "What time ___________ for work every morning?" "At 6:30." A. have you left B. had you left C. do you leave D. did you leave 12. I wasn't thirsty because I ________ some milk. A. drunk B. have just drunk C. just drank D. had just drunk 13. Who ________________ the car at time of the accident? A. was driving B. is driving C. drove D. has driven 14. After having a bath, he ________ his supper. A. had eaten B. ate C. has eaten D. was eating 15. The phone ________ suddenly when Joanne was doing the housework. A. rang B. ringing C. has rung D. is ringing 16. It ________ as we drove slowly along the road. A. has snowed B. had snowed C. was snowing D. is snowing 17. He couldn’t remember what ___________________ to him the day before. A. happened B. was happening C. has happened D. had happened 18. You can't meet the director now. He __________ with someone. A. talks B. was talking C. is talking D. talked 19. My sister ________ married in January, 2002. A. has got B. got C. was getting D. had got 20. Anita _________ very hard at the moment. A. is studying B. studies C. studied D. has studied
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence 1. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius. A. boiling B. boils C. is boiling D. boil 2. Bettie usually ________ television in the evening. A. watches B. watching C. watch D. has watched 3. Rosemary ________ to agree with us now. A. is appearing B. appear C. appeared D. appears 4. Look! That man ________ your bike! A. is stealing B. steals C. stealing D. stolen 5. I'm sorry I ________ to do my homework yesterday. A. am forgetting B. have forgotten C. forgot D. forget 6. We ________ any interesting films lately. A. didn't see B. haven't seen C. saw D. have seen 7. Eric ________ a flat yet, so he's still living with his parents. A. found B. didn't find C. is finding D. hasn't found 8. They ________ running their own company in 1980. A. started B. have started C. are stating D. start 9. Bees _________ honey. A. have made B. makes C. make D. were making 10. I think I ________ my door key. I can't find it anywhere. A. lost B. have lost C. am losing D. will lose 11. "What time ___________ for work every morning?" "At 6:30." A. have you left B. had you left C. do you leave D. did you leave 12. I wasn't thirsty because I ________ some milk. A. drunk B. have just drunk C. just drank D. had just drunk 13. Who ________________ the car at time of the accident? A. was driving B. is driving C. drove D. has driven 14. After having a bath, he ________ his supper. A. had eaten B. ate C. has eaten D. was eating 15. The phone ________ suddenly when Joanne was doing the housework. A. rang B. ringing C. has rung D. is ringing 16. It ________ as we drove slowly along the road. A. has snowed B. had snowed C. was snowing D. is snowing 17. He couldn’t remember what ___________________ to him the day before. A. happened B. was happening C. has happened D. had happened 18. You can't meet the director now. He __________ with someone. A. talks B. was talking C. is talking D. talked 19. My sister ________ married in January, 2002. A. has got B. got C. was getting D. had got 20. Anita _________ very hard at the moment. A. is studying B. studies C. studied D. has studied
