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Choose the best present tense to complete these sentences


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**PRESENT TENSES**

**Present Simple**
- facts
The moon revolves round the Earth.
- habits and routines
I usually have breakfast before I go to work.

**Present Continuous**
- action happening at the time of speaking
Look! She's trying.
- temporary action
I'm working as a waitress this summer.
- ongoing changes
The Earth is getting warmer.

**Present Perfect**
- one's experiences /
I've never swum in the ocean.
- action that has an effect in the present
He can't drive. He's broken his toe.
- action started in the past lasting up to now
She's lived in London since last year.

**Choose the best present tense to complete these sentences**
1. They ___ (go) to the seaside every year but this year they ___ (go) to the mountains.
2. I can't open the door. I ___ (lose) my key.
3. Who ___ (know) what she ___ (talk) about? She never ___ (make) any sense.
4. Everybody ___ (know) the world's rainforests ___ (disappear).
5. My dress is ruined. What ___ (do) you ___ (do)?
6. ___ (see) Laura yet? She ___ (stay) with us this week while her house ___ (be) redecorated.
7. More and more people ___ (become) redundant.
8. I'm sorry, but she ___ (not, work) today. She ___ (take) a day off.
9. The sun ___ (rise) in the east and ___ (set) in the west.
10. Our math teacher usually ___ (give) us a lot of homework - but not today!
11. People ___ (eat) frustrated with the prices going up every day.
12. Look how well he ___ (play) today! I ___ (never, see) him move so fast.
13. This season he ___ (play) for Liverpool. Who ___ (know) whether he will stay or not?
14. What ___ (you, do)? Why ___ (I, not tell) you to tidy up your room?
15. Tom ___ (sell) his car.
16. ___ (know) how much he ___ (want) for it?
17. I can't stand here in the rain. I ___ (get) wet.
18. Listen! Somebody ___ (play) my favourite song. I'm ___ (not, hear) it for such a long time.
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