Fill in each of the blanks with the correct form of the present tense.

1. Janet ______ karate class every Saturday. ( attend )

2. The market ______ usually noisy in the morning. ( to be )

3. The delivery man ______ the parcel already. ( delivery )

4. The athletes ______ for Canada tomorrow. ( leave )

5. Aida ______ her room for the past hour. ( paint )

6. The breadman ______ to our housing estate every evening. ( come )

7. Warren ______ badminton since primary school. ( play )

8. The meeting ______ due to lack of quorum. ( postpone )

9. You are late. The bus ______ already. ( leave )

10. Everyone ______ about Lin Dan's achievement in the Beijing Olympics. ( talk )

11. When in season, we ______ durians almost every other day. ( eat )

12. Be patient. The circus ______ in a few minutes' time. ( start )

13. Jessie is not in. She ______ a seminar in Kansas City. ( attend )

14. I ______ the orphan a number of times since I first met him. ( help )

15. The eldest brother _______ the family since his father passed away. ( support ).

1. 

When I went back to my hometown three years ago, I found that a lot of changes ______.

                 (A) are taken place  

(B) were taken place   (C) have taken place     (D) had taken place                

2.  Look ! A hamster ______ by a cat.                 (A) is chased  

(B) is being chased   (C) was being chased     (D) has been chased                

3. 

I’m sorry the house is not available any longer. It ______ to a timber tycoon.

                (A) is sold  

(B) was being sold   (C) has been sold     (D) will be sold                

4.  Ai Ling ______ to Manhattan is 1997.                 (A) is transferred  

(B) was transferred   (C) has been transferred     (D) should be transferred                

5.  Passengers ______ to smoke in the train.                 (A) are not allowed  

(B) was not allowed   (C) had not allowed     (D) will not allow                

6. 

Firemen who battled the fire reported that is ______ under control after forty minutes.

                 (A) is brought     (B) was brought   (C) can be brought     (D) has been brought                

7.  The students ______ to leave the building immediately.                 (A) ordered     (B) will order   (C) have ordered     (D) have been ordered          

8.  In future, famous singers ______ to perform at charity concerts.           (A) are invited     (B) were invited     (C) has been invited     (D) will be invited          

9. 

The roof may have been leaking for the past few weeks but you do not have to worry about it any longer. It ______ now.

        

   (A) was repaired     (B) is repairing     (C) has repaired  

(D) is being repaired        

10.  The price ______, but I doubt whether it will remain so.             (A) went down     (B) will go down     (C) has gone down     (D) was going down

11. 

Hey, look where you are going !

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, ______.                 (A) I'm not noticing  

(B) I wasn't noticing   (C) I haven't noticed     (D) I don't notice                

12.  Nancy is not coming tonight. But she ______ !                 (A) promises  

(B) promised   (C) will promise     (D) had promised                

13. 

Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.

                 (A) has written  

(B) wrote   (C) had written     (D) was writing                

14. 

Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

I am tired. I ______ the living room all day.                 (A) painted  

(B) had painted   (C) have been painting     (D) have painted        

Answers

1. Janet attends karate class every Saturday.

2. The market is usually noisy in the morning.

3. The delivery man has delivered the parcel already.

4. The athletes are leaving for Canada tomorrow.

5. Aida has been painting her room for the past hour.

6. The breadman comes to our housing estate every evening.

7. Warren has been playing badminton since primary school.

8. The meeting has been postponed due to lack of quorum.

9. You are late. The bus has left already.

10. Everyone is talking about Lin Dan's achievement in the Beijing Olympics.

11. When in season, we eat durians almost every other day.

12. Be patient. The circus starts in a few minutes' time.

13. Jessie is not in. She is attending a seminar in Kansas City.

14. I have helped the orphan a number of times since I first met him.

15. The eldest brother has been supporting the family since his father passed away. .

Answers               1D   2B   3C   4B   5A   6B   7D   8D   9D   10C         11B   12B    13D    14C