1. Choose the correct tense. Present Simple • Present Continuous • Present Perfect • Present Perfect Continuous. They play / are playing / have been playing basketball since four o'clock. My brother has already finished / already finishes / is already finishing his homework. Have you ever visited / Do you ever visit / Are you ever visiting London? Kate usually walks / is walking / has walked to school. We wait / have waited / have been waiting for the bus for twenty minutes. Look! Tom talks / is talking / has talked to the new student. I know / have known / have been knowing Emma for five years.

Перевод задания: Выберите правильное время: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous.

1. They have been playing basketball since four o'clock. (Они играют в баскетбол с четырёх часов.) Действие началось в прошлом и продолжается; указан момент начала с since.
2. My brother has already finished his homework. (Мой брат уже закончил домашнее задание.) Already указывает на завершённое действие с результатом в настоящем.
3. Have you ever visited London? (Ты когда-нибудь бывал в Лондоне?) Ever спрашивает об опыте.
4. Kate usually walks to school. (Кейт обычно ходит в школу пешком.) Для привычного действия используется Present Simple.
5. We have been waiting for the bus for twenty minutes. (Мы ждём автобус уже двадцать минут.) Действие продолжается; указан его промежуток времени.
6. Look! Tom is talking to the new student. (Посмотри! Том разговаривает с новым учеником.) Look! указывает на действие, происходящее сейчас.
7. I have known Emma for five years. (Я знаю Эмму пять лет.) Know — глагол состояния, обычно не употребляется в длительных временах.