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Let's solve the problem step by step, filling in the blanks with the correct verb tenses as requested. I'll explain each choice based on the context and grammar rules.

1) My parents never be to China before.

- Correct Tense: Present Perfect
- Explanation: The phrase "before" indicates a past action that has relevance to the present. The correct form is "have never been."
- Answer: have never been

2) Patrick and Mary usually drive to work in the morning.

- Correct Tense: Present Simple
- Explanation: The word "usually" indicates a habitual action in the present.
- Answer: drive

3) My dog eat a bone right now.

- Correct Tense: Present Progressive
- Explanation: The phrase "right now" indicates an action happening at the moment, so we use the present progressive tense.
- Answer: is eating

4) He be in prison since he try to set a fire in a neighbor’s house.

- Correct Tense: Present Perfect for "be" and Past Simple for "try"
- Explanation: The phrase "since" indicates a time reference from the past to the present, so we use the present perfect for "be." The action of trying to set a fire is a completed past action, so we use the past simple for "try."
- Answer: has been, tried

5) Sheila often listen to rock music. She not like pop music.

- Correct Tense: Present Simple for both sentences
- Explanation: Both sentences describe habitual actions in the present.
- Answer: listens, doesn't like

6) Finally, last week we find a cheap flat. We move next Saturday.

- Correct Tense: Past Simple for "find" and Future Simple for "move"
- Explanation: "Last week" indicates a completed past action, so we use the past simple for "find." "Next Saturday" indicates a future action, so we use the future simple for "move."
- Answer: found, will move

7) It usually snow a lot in Ankara in winter.

- Correct Tense: Present Simple
- Explanation: The word "usually" indicates a habitual action in the present.
- Answer: snows

8) They visit their relatives in Manchester next month.

- Correct Tense: Future Simple
- Explanation: "Next month" indicates a future action.
- Answer: will visit

9) How long it take to arrive there?

- Correct Tense: Present Simple
- Explanation: This is a general question about how long it takes, so we use the present simple.
- Answer: does, take

10) I know Peter since we be in high school.

- Correct Tense: Present Perfect for "know" and Past Simple for "be"
- Explanation: The phrase "since" indicates a time reference from the past to the present, so we use the present perfect for "know." The action of being in high school is a completed past action, so we use the past simple for "be."
- Answer: have known, were

11) Martha be from Portugal. She speak Portuguese.

- Correct Tense: Present Simple for both sentences
- Explanation: Both sentences describe factual information in the present.
- Answer: is, speaks

12) My sister and her husband go to Madrid for their holiday last year. They really have good time there.

- Correct Tense: Past Simple for "go" and Present Perfect for "have"
- Explanation: "Last year" indicates a completed past action, so we use the past simple for "go." The second sentence describes an experience that has relevance to the present, so we use the present perfect for "have."
- Answer: went, have had

Final Answer:

1. have never been
2. drive
3. is eating
4. has been, tried
5. listens, doesn't like
6. found, will move
7. snows
8. will visit
9. does, take
10. have known, were
11. is, speaks
12. went, have had

Boxed Final Answer:
\boxed{
\begin{array}{l}
1. \text{have never been} \\
2. \text{drive} \\
3. \text{is eating} \\
4. \text{has been}, \text{tried} \\
5. \text{listens}, \text{doesn't like} \\
6. \text{found}, \text{will move} \\
7. \text{snows} \\
8. \text{will visit} \\
9. \text{does}, \text{take} \\
10. \text{have known}, \text{were} \\
11. \text{is}, \text{speaks} \\
12. \text{went}, \text{have had}
\end{array}
}