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Identify Present tenses and match them to the correct description.
A
1. The plane to Sydney leaves at ten o’clock. 2. I have written two letters this morning.
3. They are leaving for Paris on Friday.
4. He has known David for ages.
5. You are always leaving the door open!
6. We are preparing for a concert at the moment. 7. George has bought a new car.
8. Lisa has been cleaning the house all morning. 9. Look! Mrs Jones has dyed her hair.
10. More and more people are using computers nowadays. actions which
B
a - started in the past and continue up to the present (a situation which is used with state verbs and answers a question ‘how long?’);
b - recently finished and whose result is visible in the present;
c - put emphasis on the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present;
d - express irritation;
e - tell about programmes and timetables;
f - have been arranged for the near future;
g - happened within a specific time which is not over at the moment of speaking (answers a question ‘how many / how much?’);

h - happened at an unstated time in the past (an action is more important than the time); i - describe changing or developing situations;
j - are temporary, they are going on around now.

Answer 1

1. Present simple - e - This sentence tells us about a timetable.
2. Present perfect - b - This sentence tells us about a recent past action and its result that is visible now.
3. Present continuous - f - This sentence tells us about a future plan.
4. Present perfect - a - This sentence tells us about an action that started in the past and still going on up to the present time.
5. Present continuous - d - This sentence expresses irritation at a repeated action.
6. Present continuous - i - This sentence tells us about an ongoing action and its development.
7. Present perfect - g - This sentence tells us about a past action within a specific time.
8. Present perfect continuous - h - This sentence tells us about an action which is more important than the time it happened.
9. Present perfect - b - This sentence tells us about a past action and its result that is visible now.
10. Present continuous - j - This sentence tells us about