Present Tenses Test B1 Grammar Exercises

1. Liz and James......dinner at a restaurant on Saturdays, but they — at home now.

2.Rick......me for some money, but he.......me back.

3. More and more people...........of cancer these days, and we still...............no cure for it.

4.Your clothes are covered in mud, Jason! ............you............outdoors in this weather?

5. We...... it strange, but iron and feather...... at the same speed

6.Nancy......a party next Friday, but I ........ I have an important meeting at that time.

7.Why on earth ............so fast ?The train...... at four o'clock and it is only one o'clock.

8.Dad...... as a baker for forty years and he........... to work for at least another twenty years.

9.......... that small house over there? I ...... there since I was born.

10.I am not sure, but I think I ...... to France five or six times so far.

11. It...... awful in this room because Karen .... here for hours without opening a window.

12. She rarely....... but she usually......to get a high mark in maths.

13. We......already.......a payment. As far as I know, it......all the taxes.

14. She ...... usually ............. that way, but these days she ...... very rude to everybody.

15. They......just___their job, and they............ a coffee break at the moment.

16. In the latest episode of that TV series, Jill.........a terrible accident, but a handsome guy............her immediately to hospital.

17. Matt......lemonade since this morning, but he ......only three glasses so far.

18.Molly .............driving test four times, but she is so determinet that she......still...... to pass it.

19. Steve...... to the cafe at lunchtime, but he ......back in the office now.

20. The classroom......empty because all the children......out to play basketball in the garden.