Texts for Present Tenses

·    These are some texts contain Present Tense. 
   Check and underline the sentence with present tense.
   Answer also the questions that follow the texts..






 Text 1    

It is raining now. Mrs Smith is sitting in a car. The car is not going quickly. It is going very slowly. The car is on the road to New town. The road is flooded.

Mr Smith is Mrs Smith’s husband. He is pushing  the car. His sons, John and Peter, are helping him. The water on the road is deep. The car cannot go fast. Mrs Smith is not wet. The boys and their father are wet.

Answer these questions.

1.    What is Mrs Smith doing ?

a.    She is sitting in the water.

b.    She is pushing the car.

c.    She is sitting in a car.

d.    She is going very quickly.

2.    What is Peter doing ?

a.    He is sitting in a car.

b.    He is pushing the car.

c.    He is helping his mother.

3.    Is Mr Smith  in the car ?

a.    Yes, he is.

b.    No, he isn’t.

c.    I don’t  know.

4.    Is John helping his father ?

a.    Yes, he is.

b.    No, he isn’t.

c.    I don’t  know.

5.    Where is the car now? Its is … the road.

a.    Near .

b.    In.

c.    At.

d.    On.

6.    Peter is John’s …

a.    Son.

b.    Father.

c.    Husband.

d.    Brother.

7.    Mrs Smith is John’s …

a.    Sister.

b.    Mother.

c.    Father.

8.    Is Peter wet ?

a.    No, he isn’t.

b.    Yes, he is.

c.    I don’t  know.

9.    The opposite of ‘quickly’ is …

a.    Slowly

b.    Deep

c.    Slow

10. The opposite of ‘wet’ is …

a.    Try

b.    Dry

c.    Fry

·        Text 2

Now it is six o’clock in the evening. Tom is in his house. He is writing a letter to his friend, John. He is writing with a pen. It is not his pen. It is his sister’s pen. Her name is Susan. Tom is sitting at a table near a window. He can see his father. His father is in the garden. He is cutting some red flowers.

Tom’s mother is in the house. She is mending her husband’s shirt. The shirt is white. There is a hole in it.

Susan has a bird. She is giving the bird some food and water. The bird is green. Susan is talking to it.

Answer these questions.

1.    Who is writing a letter now ?

a.    John

b.    Susan

c.    Tom’s mother

d.    Tom

2.    Who is in the garden ?

a.    Susan

b.    Susan’s father

c.    Tom’s mother

d.    Tom

3.    Where is Tom now ?

a.    He is sitting at a table in the garden.

b.    He is in the garden near a window.

c.    He is in his house.

d.    He is writing a letter to Susan.

4.    Where is Tom’s mother ?

a.    She is in the garden.

b.    She is in the house.

c.    She is near the window.

d.    She is sitting at the table.

5.    What is Susan’s father doing now ?

a.    I don’t know.

b.    He is mending a shirt.

c.    He is cutting some flowers.

d.    He is giving the bird some food and water.

6.    Tom’s mother is mending … shirt.

a.    Her son’s

b.    Tom’s

c.    Her father’s

d.    Her husband’s

7.    Susan has a … bird.

a.    White

b.    Red

c.    Big

d.    Green

          Text 3

An oil tanker is a long, flat ship. It is very large tanks. They are like iron boxes. Men can fill the tanks with oil. A tanker can carry oil many miles aross the sea.

There are not many men on an oil tanker. Machines can do most of the work. Asually there are no passengers. People do not like to travel on an oil tanker. Oil burns very easily, so it is dangerous.

Sometimes an oil tanker catches fire at sea. Then the men are burnt or killed. Sometimes a tanker hits a rock and breaks. Then oil comes out of the tanks. It does not sink to the bottom of the sea. It floats on the water like a thick, black sheet. It kills fish  and sea birds. The oil floats to the shore. It sticks to the sand and stones. People cannot play on the beach then. They cannot swim in the sea.

Choose the best words.

1.    On an oil tanker there are often …

a.    Long, flat boxes

b.    Many passengers

c.    Many men

d.    Tanks full of oil

2.    There are only a few men on a tanker because …

a.    A tanker is dangerous

b.    A lot of the work is done by machines

c.     there are many passenger

3.    Sometimes people are killed because …

a.    There ship is at sea

b.    The tanker is on fie

c.    There are to many passenger

4.    Sometimes oil comes out of the tank at sea. Then it …

a.    Does not sink quickly

b.    Does not float on the sea

c.    Goes to the bottom of the sea

5.    Sometimes … kills fish at sea.

a.    The people

b.    The fire

c.    The oil

d.    The sea birds

6.    People on the beach …

a.    Play with the oil

b.    Stick to the sand

c.    Float to the shore

d.    Do not like the oil

7.    Sometimes oil comes out of the ship. This …

a.    Stops people from swimming

b.    Helps people to swim

c.    Is food for the fish and the bird

8.    Sometimes a man is killed while swimming in the sea. Then …

a.    He is burnt and so he dies

b.    Water goes into his body and he cannot breathe

c.    A lion attacks him

9.    The oil floats on the water means:

a.    It sink to the bottom of the sea

b.    It mixes with the water

c.    It stays on the top of the water

d.    It disappears

10. … usually floats in water.

a.    A store

b.    A rock

c.    A piece of wood

d.    Iron

[Etherton, A.R.B (1975), Objective English Test, Yogyakarta, Kanisius]