7.14 Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
1) ... you ... (to go) to the concert next Sunday, Julia? — Yes. Actually I ... (already to buy) a
ticket. I never ... (to miss) an opportunity to visit concerts of famous singers and music bands. 2) ... Alan ... (to check) his e-mail yet? — Yes, he ... . He always ... (to read) his mail in the morning. 3)... you ... (to wait) for a bus? How long ... you ... (to wait) for it? — I ... (to wait) for half an hour already.— How strange. It usually ... (to arrive) on time. 4) ... Jessica still ... (to be) in the fitting
room? She ... (to try) clothes on for hours! — Well, she seldom ... (to go) shopping for clothes, but
if she does, she ... (to spend) hours choosing dresses and blouses. Look! She ... (finally to choose) what to buy.
5)... you still... (to work) on the computer, Mark? You ... (to work) since 8 o’clock.— I... (to look) for some information for my Biology project for three hours already but I can’t find anything interesting. It always ... (to take) a lot of time to find necessary information on the Net.
6)... Mr Peters still ... (to work) at school? — Yes, he ... (to teach) Maths for twenty years. He ... (to be) a very good teacher, you know.
7) What ... Tina ... (usually to do) in the evenings? I never ... (to see) her walking with her friends.— She ... (toprepare) for her final tests these days. She ... (to want) to enter University and she really ... (to study) hard since the beginning of the school year.
8) Where ... you ... (to hurry) now, Sue? — I... (to have) a seminar at the University today. It ... (to start) in half an hour.
9) Why ... Gordon ... (to read) the newspapers since morning? — He ... (to want) to find a part-time job for summer. You know, he ... (already to decide) to buy a new computer and he ... (to need) money for it.
10)... you already ... (toplan) your trip to France? — Yes,
we ... . We ... (to fly) to Paris tomorrow morning. Richard ... (already to buy) tickets and Helen ... (to pack) suitcases since 10 o’clock.