Grade 10 english grammar module 1: present tenses part a: theory part b: practice exercises

Exe 15. Look at the chart and complete the passage.
(not) write gives (not) read watch shows listen spend use

The bar chart shows how children (1)..................... their time during the day. The vertical axis (2) ....................time in minutes while the horizontal axis (3)..................... eight different activities. Children in the UK spend most time playing, at nearly two hours for each activity. They (4 ) ...................TV for over an hour and a half but (5 ) ...................much at just over half an hour. Children (6 )..................... to music for over half an hour but (7 ).....................as much as this at just twenty-one minutes. Finally, they (8)..................... a computer the least time.
Exe 16. Complete the passage using the verbs in the box. Not all the verbs are in the passive of present simple tense.
heat produce roast turn down harvest turn occur
Roasting Coffee
After the beans ( 1 )...................... and sorted, the green coffee beans ( 2 )........................in ovens. Roasting is where coffee's flavour comes from. The green coffee beans ( 3 )......................to temperatures of about 288°C. The beans first ( 4 )........................ a yellow colour and smell a little like popcorn. The beans are heated for another eight minutes until the beans 'pop’ and double in size. Then the temperature (5 )...................... to 204°C and the beans go brown. They are roasted for a further three to five minutes until the second 'pop' (6) ......................This means that the beans are ready. The length of the roasting time depends on the type of coffee which ( 7 ) ........................- shorter for American coffee, longer for espresso.

Use it for IELTS! You can use the present perfect to write about charts and graphs that show changes which have happened up to now. You can also use it to give examples of recent news stories to support your arguments in Writing task 2, and to talk about your experiences in the Speaking test.