Choose the correct Present Tenses: 1. -You (smoke)? -Yes, I do. -How long you (smoke)? -Well, let me see. I (smoke) since I (be) seventeen. So I (smoke) for almost four years. -You (want) to give it up? -Yes, I (plan) to stop it very soon. In fact, I (decide) to do it on my next birthday. 2. -Where is Irina? She (be) absent from class for the last three days. Anyone (see) her lately? -I have. I (see) her yesterday. She has a bad cold, so she (be) in bed since the weekend. 3. -Shhh. Alexander (talk) on the phone. It is a long distance call. -Who he (talk) to? -His brother. They (talk) for almost an hour. I think his brother (have) some kind of trouble. 4. -You (have) any plans for vacation? -Yes, I do. I (plan) to go to Sochi. -You ever (be) there before? -Yes, I have. I (be) in Sochi two months ago. My sister (live) there, so I often (go) there. 5. -Where is Bonald? -He (study) at the library. - How long he (study) there? -Since two o'clock this afternoon. -He (study) at the library every day? -Not every day, but often.

Correct forms:

• 1. Do you smoke? How long have you been smoking? I have been smoking since I was seventeen. So I have been smoking for almost four years. Do you want to give it up? Yes, I am planning to stop it very soon. In fact, I have decided to do it on my next birthday.
• 2. She has been absent from class for the last three days. Has anyone seen her lately? I saw her yesterday. She has a bad cold, so she has been in bed since the weekend.
• 3. Alexander is talking on the phone. Who is he talking to? They have been talking for almost an hour. I think his brother has some kind of trouble.
• 4. Do you have any plans for vacation? I am planning to go to Sochi. Have you ever been there before? I was in Sochi two months ago. My sister lives there, so I often go there.
• 5. He is studying at the library. How long has he been studying there? Does he study at the library every day?

Use Present Simple for habits and states, Present Continuous for actions happening now or planned arrangements, and Present Perfect Continuous for actions that started in the past and continue now.

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