Worksheet: Present Tense

Q.1. Fill in the blanks with is, am or are:
(i) These bags ......... heavy.
(ii) Look! There ......... Raman.
(iii) My brother and I ......... good cricket players.
(iv) The weather .........  nice today.
(v) This bag ......... not so heavy.
(vi) I .........  not tired.
(vii) Rama ......... at home.
(viii) Her children ......... at school.
(ix) I ......... a student.
(x) My sister ......... a doctor.

Q.2. Change the following as directed :
(i) Birds fly in the sky. (negative)
(ii) Rohit loves his teacher. (interrogative)
(iii) Boys are doing their homework. (negative)
(iv) My friend speaks good English. (interrogative)
(v) Dogs are barking. (interrogative)
(vi) He is learning music. (negative)
(vii) We are going to Kolkata soon. (interrogative)
(viii) Children play in the evening. (negative)
(ix) Ritu sings a song. (negative)
(x) I am listening to western music. (interrogative)
(xi) Naman and Chaman run fast. (interrogative)

Present Continuous Tense

Q.3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form (Present Continuous) of the verbs given in bracket.
(i) I am .................... the table (turn).
(ii) Hari is ...................... the juice (suck).
(iii) Rani and Rajan ...................... under the cot (crawl).
(iv) The dog is ...................... its tail (wag).
(v) You are ...................... on your paper (write).
(vi) She is ...................... right hand (wave).
(vii) He is ...................... over the fence (jump).
(viii) You are ...................... your books (take).
(ix) You are ...................... the sweets in your mouth (put).
(x) Sita is ...................... on her dress (put).

Q.4. Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs:
(i) Please be quiet. I ......................
(ii) Where is Umesh? He is in the kitchen. He ......................
(iii) 'You ...................... on my foot.'
(iv) Look! Somebody ......................in the river.
(v) We're here on holiday. We ...................... at the Royal Hotel.
(vi) Where's Renu? She ...................... a shower.
(vii) They ...................... a new theatre in the city centre at the moment.
(viii) I ...................... now. Goodbye.
(ix) The weather is nice at the moment. It is not ......................
(x) You can turn off the television. I am not ......................it.

Present Perfect Tense

Q.5. Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect tense form of the verbs given in the brackets.
(i) I _______ not _______ the cinema all these years. (visit)
(ii) I _______ never _______ the Taj (see)
(iii) I_______ not _______ the work even now. (finish)
(iv) They _______ my pen. (take)
(v) Rachna _______ food, (cook)
(vi) The train _______  just now. (arrive)
(vii) Someone _______ some crockery. (break)
(viii) I _______ not _______ him so far. (meet)
(ix) My friend _______ his purse, (lose)
(x) Birds _______ from here, (fly)

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Q.6. Fill in the blanks with since or for:
(i) She has been on the phone .................... twenty minutes.
(ii) You have been married .................... six years.
(iii) Raman has been on holiday .................... last Friday.
(iv) I have been in this town .................... 1967.
(iv) He has been here ....................  last Monday.

Q.7. Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets.
(i) He ______  in this school for several years. (teach)
(ii) It ______ for three hours. (rain)
(iii) They ______  for seven hours. (work)
(iv) I ______  in this flat since 2000. (live)
(iv) We ______  English for two years. (study)

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