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The document provides examples of sentences using the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses. It contains multiple exercises with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The exercises focus on using context clues to determine whether the simple present perfect or present perfect continuous is the appropriate verb form based on time frames and actions that have ongoing duration or a single action that has been completed.

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Choose Present Perfect Simple or Continuous 1

The document provides examples of sentences using the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses. It contains multiple exercises with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The exercises focus on using context clues to determine whether the simple present perfect or present perfect continuous is the appropriate verb form based on time frames and actions that have ongoing duration or a single action that has been completed.

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 PRESENT PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS PRACTICE

Ex. 1. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets

1. I've………. to the bank twice, but I haven't had a reply. (write)


2. We've………….the bedroom. We've nearly finished. (paint)
3. They've………… each other for ten years. (know)
4. Have you……………the new James Bond film yet? (see)
5. I've…………… to call you all morning! (try)
6. How long have you…………for the bus? (wait)
7. We've………….. a dog for ten years. (have)
8. I haven't………. hard recently. (work)

9.How long ………….. Gerry? (you/to know)


10.You look dirty. What ………. all day? (you/to do)
11.How many times …………. New York? (Charles/to visit)
12.She …..  French words for hours, but she still doesn't remember all of them. (to learn)
13.The children ……………… videos for two hours. (to watch)
14.……………. hard today? (he/to study)
15.My father ……………….  (never/to smoke)
16.Sorry, I'm late. …………….. for long? (you/to wait)
17.We ………………… Lisa recently. (not/to see)
18.He ……………..his essay all day, but he ……………. yet. (to write) (not/to finish)

Ex 2.

1) (they/arrive) already?
2) Lucy (run) 2000 metres today.

3) I (clean) all morning - I'm fed up!

4) How long (you/know) Simon?


5) I (drink) more water recently, and I feel better.
6) Sorry about the mess! I  (bake).
7) How many times (you/take) this exam?

8) He (eat) six bars of chocolate today.


9) Julie (cook) dinner. Let's go and eat!
10) The students (finish) their exams. They're very happy.
11) The baby's face is really dirty. What (he/eat)?
12) Iona is exhausted these days. She (work) too hard recently.
13) Luke (never/be) abroad.
14) I (wait) three hours already!
15) (you/finish) your homework yet?
16) How long (you/be) a lawyer?
17) I (read) your book all day. It's very interesting, but I'm only on chapter 2.
18) She (drink) ten glasses of water!
19) I (have) my dog for sixteen years.
20) Help, I (lose) my wallet. How can I get home?

Ex 3.
1.Judy: How long (be) …….. in Canada?
Claude: I (study) ………….. here for more than three years.

2. I (have) …… the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.

3. I (love) ………chocolate since I was a child. You might even call me a "chocoholic."

4. Matt and Sarah (have) ……… some difficulties in their relationship lately, so they
(go) ….. to a marriage counsellor. I hope they work everything out.

5. John (work) ………… for the government since he graduated from Harvard University.
Until recently, he (enjoy) ………. his work, but now he is talking about retiring.

6. Lately, I (think) …………  about changing my career because I


(become) ……..dissatisfied with the conditions at my company.

7. I (see) ………Judy for more than five years and during that time I (see) ……….many
changes in her personality.

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