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Pres Perfect Vs Pres Perfect Cont

This document provides examples of sentences using the present perfect simple and present perfect progressive tenses to practice the difference between them. It includes positive and negative sentences as well as questions using both tenses. There are also examples of a conversation between two people, Tom and Ana, where they use the tenses to discuss plans for a birthday party and gift.

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Pres Perfect Vs Pres Perfect Cont

This document provides examples of sentences using the present perfect simple and present perfect progressive tenses to practice the difference between them. It includes positive and negative sentences as well as questions using both tenses. There are also examples of a conversation between two people, Tom and Ana, where they use the tenses to discuss plans for a birthday party and gift.

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Present Perfect vs.

Present Perfect
Progressive EXTRA PRACTICE
Positive Sentences
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
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I (practise) __________________ the piano for 30 minutes.


Bob (run) _____________________ 10 km.
The children (be) _________________ on holiday for six days.
The dog (bark) ____________________ since midnight.
We (miss) _______________________ the bus twice this week.

Negative Sentences
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
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You (eat / not) ___________________________ up yet.


He (speak / not) __________________________ on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes.
They (work / not) _______________________ since 5 o'clock. They just started an hour ago.
We (know / not) __________________________ them for a long time.
She (hang / not) ___________________________ up all the pictures yet.

Questions
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
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How long (wait / she) ________________________ for us?


How many times (tell / I) ___________________________ you?
How often (clean / you) __________________________ the windows this year?
How many months (take / you) ______________________ piano lessons?
(stay / you / ever) ___________________________in a castle?

Text
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
1. Tom: Hi Ana. I (try) ____________________ to ring you several times today. Where (you / be)
__________________________?
2. Ana: I (be) ___________________ at home all the time. But I (clean) _____________________ the
house all day, so maybe I didn't hear the phone ring.
3. Tom: (you / clean) ________________________ everything now?
4. Ana: No, not yet. I (tidy / not) _________________________ up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?
5. Tom: Don't you remember? Jane (invited) _________________________ us to her birthday party and
we (buy / not) ________________________ a present for her yet.
6. Ana: Oh, that's right. (you / find out / already) _________________________ what she wants?
7. Tom: Well, she (learn) ____________________________ Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next
holiday in Mexico. Maybe we could get her a guide book.
8. Ana: That's a good idea. There is a good bookshop in the big shopping centre. I (see)
___________________________ some nice books about Mexico there recently.

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