Instructions: Choose the correct present tense form for each sentence. Click "Show Answer" to check your response.
Section A: Simple Present (10 Questions)
1. She usually ________ to school by bus. (go/goes/is going)
Answer: goes (routine action)
2. The sun ________ in the east. (rise/rises/is rising)
Answer: rises (universal truth)
3. I ________ in Delhi. (live/lives/am living)
Answer: live (permanent state)
4. Water ________ at 100°C. (boil/boils/is boiling)
Answer: boils (scientific fact)
5. He ________ cricket every day. (play/plays/is playing)
Answer: plays (habit)
6. The train ________ at 8 PM. (leave/leaves/is leaving)
Answer: leaves (fixed schedule)
7. They ________ French. (speak/speaks/are speaking)
Answer: speak (general truth)
8. My father ________ a doctor. (is/am/are)
Answer: is (permanent state)
9. Birds ________ in the sky. (fly/flies/are flying)
Answer: fly (general truth)
10. She ________ milk every morning. (drink/drinks/is drinking)
Answer: drinks (daily routine)
Section B: Present Continuous (10 Questions)
11. Look! It ________ outside. (rains/is raining/has rained)
Answer: is raining (happening now)
12. I ________ for my exam now. (study/am studying/studies)
Answer: am studying (current action)
13. They ________ football at the moment. (play/are playing/plays)
Answer: are playing (ongoing now)
14. She ________ with her uncle this month. (stay/is staying/stays)
Answer: is staying (temporary situation)
15. We ________ tomorrow. (meet/are meeting/meets)
Answer: are meeting (future arrangement)
16. The weather ________ colder. (get/gets/is getting)
Answer: is getting (changing situation)
17. He ________ a letter right now. (write/is writing/writes)
Answer: is writing (in progress now)
18. What ________ you ________? (are, doing/do, do/is, doing)
Answer: are, doing (question about now)
19. Listen! Someone ________ at the door. (knock/is knocking/knocks)
Answer: is knocking (happening now)
20. She ________ a new job next week. (start/is starting/starts)
Answer: is starting (planned future)
Section C: Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous (10 Questions)
21. I ________ my keys. Can you help me find them? (lose/am losing/have lost)
Answer: have lost (recent past with present effect)
22. They ________ tennis since morning. (play/are playing/have been playing)
Answer: have been playing (duration from past to present)
23. She ________ Paris three times. (visit/visited/has visited)
Answer: has visited (life experience)
24. I ________ him for five years. (know/have known/am knowing)
Answer: have known (continuing from past to present)
25. He ________ just ________. (has, left/have, left/is, leaving)
Answer: has, left (recently completed)
26. We ________ here since 2010. (live/have lived/have been living)
Answer: have been living (duration with emphasis)
27. I ________ my work. (finish/have finished/finished)
Answer: have finished (completed with present relevance)
28. She ________ for two hours. (study/has been studying/studied)
Answer: has been studying (duration up to now)
29. ________ you ever ________ to London? (Have, been/Did, go/Are, going)
Answer: Have, been (life experience question)
30. It ________ for three hours. (rain/is raining/has been raining)
Answer: has been raining (continuous rain up to now)
