"PRESENT TENSES"

1.     Carol and I are old friends. I…  her since we studied in high school together.

• are knowing

• know

• have known

• have been knowing

1.     I don't like Alice. She …. about difficulties of life all the time.

• complaining

• complains

• has complained

• has been complaining

1.     Linda's apartment looks nice and tidy because she……it every two years.

• redecorates

• is redecorating

• has been redecorating

• has redecorated

Excuse me I … a public telephone. Is there one near here?

• look for

• have looked for

• have been looking for

• am looking for

1.      I have just applied for a job in the local hospital, now I …. for an answer from them.

• am waiting

• have been waiting

• wait

• have waited

What are you looking for? - I  ….my umbrella somewhere, and now I don't know where it is.

• has left

• have been leaving

• have left

• leave

1.     How long …. Jerry? - But I don't know him at all. I have never met him.

• do you know

• did you know

• has you known

• have you known

1.     Sara, my next door neighbour, has a car, but she….  it very often.

• hasn't been using

• isn't using

• doesn't use

• hasn't used

1.     Jeremy ….. basketball this season; he wants to concentrate on his studies.

• doesn't play

• hasn't been playing

• hasn't played

• isn't playing

My mother is a medical nurse; she takes care of sick and old people. 1.     What …. for a living?

• is your mother doing

• does your mother do

• has your mother been doing

• has your mother done