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English Tenses Exercise (B2): Present Simple, Continuous, and Perfect
Practise choosing the correct present tense in real-life situations: routines, current changes, recent results, and ongoing actions. The exercise focuses on clear context clues (just, for, since, now) and helps you understand when to use each tense accurately.

Present Tenses Review: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous

Focused B2 exercise: choose the correct tense for everyday contexts — festivals, neighbours, routines, news, and arrangements.

Covers: Present Simple (timetables, facts, stative verbs, instructions), Present Continuous (temporary actions, gradual changes, future plans), Present Perfect (results, news, completed actions), Present Perfect Continuous (duration, recent activity).

Choose the best word or phrase:

1. The local festival ends / has ended at nine o'clock tonight. We should leave now to find a parking spot.

2. The cost of a "Prom" night gets / is getting more and more expensive every year.

3. Have you seen the gardener? I have been looking / am looking for him for almost an hour to discuss these tree branches.

4. My neighbor is a real expert on gardening. He knows / has known all kinds of facts about rare roses.

5. First, you are scanning / scan your room with the AI app, and then it generates a cleaning schedule for you.

6. Have you heard the news? The police have just started / have been starting a new campaign against reckless e-bike riders!

7. Martha is finding / has found a new job that allows "chronoworking." She is starting next week.

8. The committee members have been correcting / have corrected the festival's safety rules for three hours and they are still not done.

9. My car is at the mechanic's, so I use / am using an electric scooter for the time being to get to work.

10. It rarely snows / is snowing in this part of the state in May, but the weather is very unpredictable today.