✍️Mixed Tenses Fill in the Blanks

🎯B2 Level ESL Exercise

💡Complete the story about Carla by filling in the blanks with the correct tense: Present Simple (PS), Present Continuous (PC), or Present Perfect Continuous (PPC).

💭Remember:
  • Present Simple: habits, routines, facts (verb / verb+s)
  • Present Continuous: actions happening now (am/is/are + verb-ing)
  • Present Perfect Continuous: actions that started in the past and continue to now, or show recent results (has/have + been + verb-ing)
📖Carla's Exam Preparation
Carla is a university student. She usually (study) in the mornings, but this week she (prepare) for a very important exam, so she's spending extra hours in the library. Right now, she (read) articles on her laptop, and she (take) notes carefully.
Her friends are surprised because she (not go) out with them lately. They ask her, "Why you (spend) so much time in the library?" She laughs and says, "Because I (want) to pass this exam!"
She really looks tired. Her eyes are red because she (study) late at night every day this week. Even her professor said, "Carla, you (work) very hard recently."

Review the answers in the blanks above!