Present/Present Progressive
I (hear/am hearing) footsteps. I (think/am thinking) someone (comes/is coming).
I hear footsteps. I think someone is coming.
Edit for simple past and past progressive errors:
Five years, I finished high school. After that, I was starting in a university.
Five years ago, I finished high school. After that, I started in a university.
Mohammad ___________________ (prepare) to start the Creperia for 3 years. It will open next week.
has been preparing
Chris _____________ at Agape for 10 years when Stephanie started teaching here.
a. taught
b. had taught
c. had been teaching
had been teaching
By the time we arrived at the theater, the movie _____________ (start, already).
had already started (Past Perfect)
had started already
Every session, Agape students (go/are going) on a field trip. These trips (are/are being) great ways to practice English.
Every session, Agape students go on a field trip. These trips are great ways to practice English.
Edit for simple past and past progressive errors:
Yesterday, I walk to my mom's house and she cooks dinner for me.
Yesterday, I walked to my mom's house and she cooked dinner for me.
Miguel _____________ (play) basketball _________ (since/for) he was a young boy, and he ___________ (make) approximately 2,500 points already.
Miguel has been playing basketball since he was a young boy and he has made approximately 2,500 points already.
____________ (by/by the time) Veronica arrived at work, Chris _______________ (already, be) there for an hour and a half.
By the time
had already been
She ________(live) in Chicago for five years, and she has no plans to move.
has lived / has been living
(Present Perfect / Present Perfect Progressive)
Andres (bakes/is baking) cookies today. I (smell/am smelling) the delicious aroma.
Andres is baking cookies today. I smell the delicious aroma.
Edit for simple past and past progressive errors:
Alena's daughter was singing while she playing the piano, and Alena was smile.
Alena's daughter was singing while she was playing the piano, and Alena was smiling.
Six months ago, Ryuma ____________ (buy) a Jaguar and he ______________ (drive) it around town ever since then.
bought
has been driving
___________(Since, By, For) 1:45 yesterday, we still _________ (not, finish, yet) the chapter.
By
had not yet finished the chapter.
OR
had not finished the chapter yet.
Columbus ______ (reach) the Americas in 1492.
reached (simple past)
What movie (want/see) this weekend?
What movie do you want to see this weekend?
Edit for simple past and past progressive errors:
I want to tell you my idea when I saw you earlier, but I was so excited that I forget.
I wanted to tell you my idea when I saw you earlier, but I was so excited that I forgot.
Sara and Alena ______________ Miguel, Mohammad and Andres already.
a. were meeting
b. have met
c. have been meeting
have met
I ____________ mushrooms until a few years ago.
a. never had eaten
b. had never eaten
c. had eaten never
had never eaten
We _________(not / see) each other since we graduated from high school.
haven't seen (Present Perfect)
______ Sara ___________ (be/draw) on Ryuma's paper? She ______ (be) a talented artist!
Is Sara drawing on Ryuma's paper? She is a talented artist!
When I was in Belgium, I _____________ my parents because email didn't exist.
a. never emailed
b. was never emailing
c. have never emailed
never emailed
Your face is red an blotchy. ________________?
a. Were you cry?
b. Have you cried?
c. Have you been crying?
Have you been crying?
By the time Obama finished his presidency, his hair ___________ gray.
a. turned
b. had been turning
c. had turned
had turned
Yesterday, he was out of breath because he __________(run) a marathon all day.
had been running (Past Perfect Progressive)