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Category: English tenses

Present perfect, present simple, present continuous or past simple?

Read the questions below and decide which answer best fits each space.

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Question 1

Betthoven ... a great artist. He ... many popular pieces of music.

Question 2

I ... myself. How ... that?

Question 3

How are you? Well, I ... a sore throat, but know I ... good.

Question 4

How long ... their own flat?

Question 5

Since I ... you, I found the world so new.

Question 6

OK, I ... the car. We can go.

Question 7

I ... 3 essays today and it's just 1 p.m.

Question 8

Last news now. Tom Smith ... in his home in London. He ... 88.

Question 9

... the holidays? Of course, we ... such wonderful time.

Question 10

He ... the best singer the world ...

Question 11

... their own flat or ... one?

Question 12

It's the second time I ... here.

Question 13

Thomas Edison ... the lightbulb. Well, I ...

Question 14

Kate and Paul ... each other for a long time.

Question 15

When his mother ..., he ... completely.

Question 16

I ... you ... a teacher.

Question 17

How long ... this headache?

Question 18

I can't stand her. She ... talking for a while but now she ... again.

Question 19

He ... in Spain since Friday.

Question 20

When ... her