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Present perfect-present perfect continuous. Exercises

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Exercise ane The present perfect uncomplicated and continuous. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.

1 Peter: You lot (phone) for ages. Y'all not most (finish)?

Jack: I (not get) through yet. I (try) to get our Paris office just the line (be) engaged all morning.

ii Ann (fail) her driving test three times considering she's and so bad at reversing. Simply she (exercise) reversing for the last calendar week and I think she (go) a bit better at it.

three Tom: I frequently (wonder) why Bill left the land so all of a sudden.

Peter: Actually, I simply (observe) out.

iv He (play) the bagpipes since vi o'clock this morning time. He only only (finish).

v Why you lot (non bring) me the letters for signature? You (not blazon) them notwithstanding?

6 Tom (looking up absent-mindedly as Mary comes in): You lot (sunbathe)?

Mary (crossly): Don't be ridiculous! It (pelting) all day!

vii A pair of robins (build) a nest in the porch since final week. I (watch) them from my window since they began.

viii The police force (non observe) the murderer yet, but the dead homo'southward blood brother (be) in the station all day. The law say that he (assist) them with their enquiries.

9 They (pull) down almost of the houses in this street, but they (not touch) the former store at the corner withal.

ten Tom is convinced that in that location is gold in these hills only nosotros (search) for six months and (not see) any sign of information technology.

11 I (await) for the prices of the houses to come down before buying a house, but I retrieve I (await) besides long and the prices are beginning to go upwards again.

12 Peter (exist) a junior clerk for iii years. Lately he (look) for a better post but and then far he (not detect) anything.

xiii I (do) housework all morning and I (not terminate) yet.

- I (exercise) mine already. I always start at 6 a.m.

14 I just (pick) x pounds of strawberries! I (grow) strawberries for years merely I never (have) such a expert crop before.

15 What you (do) with the corkscrew? The point is cleaved off.

- I'm afraid I (use) it to make holes in this tin can.

16 She just (sell) two of her own paintings.

- She's lucky. I (paint) for five years and I (not sell) a single film still.

17 They are throwing crockery at each other in the next apartment.

- This (happen) before?

- Well, they (have) a good many rows just this is the first time they (throw) crockery.

xviii What you (do) with my typewriter? I can't find it anywhere.

- Tom just (go) off with it. He says he'll bring it back when he (finish).

19 He (work) for Crow Brothers for 40 years and never one time (be) late. The firm just (present) him with a gold watch as .a sign of their appreciation.

20 We (mend) sheets all morning just nosotros only (practise) 3, and now the sewing machine (intermission) downwards then we'll be even slower with the next one.

21 George (collect) matchboxes always since he left schoolhouse. At present he (collect) so many that he doesn't know where to put them.

22 I (look) through my former photograph anthology. Information technology's full of photographs of people whose names I completely (forget). I wonder what (happen) to them all.

23 Information technology was lovely at xi o'clock, but since then the sky (get) steadily darker and the wind (rise). I'm agape the fine spell (come) to an end.

24 Since he became Mayor, my brother reckons that he (consume) 30 official lunches and 22 official dinners, and he (lose) count of the number of receptions and parties that he (attend).

- He (put) on a lot of weight?

25 Secretary: Customers (ring) up all morning complaining about getting incorrect bills.

Director: I know, something (go) incorrect with our estimator. The mechanic (piece of work) on it. I hope he (observe) out what'due south wrong.

26 Someone (apply) my umbrella! It'southward all moisture! And information technology was moisture yesterday and the day earlier!

- Well, information technology wasn't me. I (non be) out of the house for a week!

27 I (stand) in this queue for ages. It (not motility) at all in the last five minutes. I think the man in the ticket office just (shut) his window and (go) off for lunch.

28 The Town Council (consider) my application for permission to build a garage for three months. They just (requite) my neighbor permission to build one, so I hope they (make up one's mind) to let me accept one too.'

29 Yous look exhausted!

- Yes, I (play) lawn tennis and I (not play) for years, and so I'grand not used to information technology.

thirty They began widening this road three weeks ago; only the workmen (be) on strike for the concluding fortnight so they (not get) very far with information technology.

31 That man (stand) at the bus terminate for the last half hour. Shall I tell him that the concluding charabanc already (go)?

32 I wonder if anything (happen) to Tom. I (wait) an hour now. He frequently (keep) me waiting only he never (exist) quite so late every bit this.

33 Mrs Brownish (live) adjacent door for quite a long time now only she never (say) more than than 'Good morning' to me.

34 I just (recollect) that I (not pay) the rent yet. I am surprised that the landlord (not ring) me upward to remind me.

- It is the first fourth dimension y'all (be) belatedly with the hire in 25 years. He probably thinks that you (pay) and he (lose) the cheque.

35 Shop assistant; Could you give me some proof of your identity, madam?

Customer: But I (store) here for fifteen years!

Shop assistant: I know, madam, but apparently the visitor (lose) a lot of money lately through dud cheques and they (make) new regulations which we (exist told) to use to all customers no thing how long we (know) them.

36 What yous (do)? I (look) for you for ages.

- I (build) a barbecue in the garden.

Pupil

Exercise 2 The uncomplicated past and the past perfect, elementary and continuous. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

one He (give) me back the volume, (thank) me for lending it to him and he (say) that he (savor) it very much; but I (know) that he (not read) information technology considering about of the pages (exist) nevertheless uncut.

two When he (see) his wife off at the station he (render) domicile every bit he (not have) to be at the airport till 9.30.

3 He (not have) to pack, for his wife already (do) that for him and ms case (be) ready in the hall.

four He (non have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife ever (do) that before she (go out) the firm.

5 All he (have) to do (be) to determine whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the cease he (decide) not to.

half dozen At 8.30 he (pick) upwardly his case, (go) out of business firm and (slam) the door behind him.

vii So he (feel) in his jpodrets for the primal, for his married woman (remind) him to double-lock the irast door.

eight When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no cardinal he Recall) where it (be).

9 He (leave) it in his overcoat pocket.

10 And so he (remember) something else; his passport and tickets (be) chiliad his overcoat pocket likewise.

11 I (go far) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year circular, and then I (be) quite surprised to find that information technology was merely raining.

12 I (inquire) another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not be) whatever since the previous February.

13 If I (want) fog, he said, I (come up) at quite the wrong time.

14 All the same, he (tell) me that I could purchase tinned fog at a store in Shaftesbury Avenue.

xv He (admit) that he never (buy) fog there himself but (assure) me that they (sell) skillful quality fog and that information technology (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.

16 When the old lady (return) to her apartment she (see) at once that burglars (break) in during her absenteeism, because the front door (be) open and everything in the apartment (be) upside downward.

17 The burglars themselves (be) no longer there, but they probably only just (exit) because a cigarette was still called-for on an ornamental table.

eighteen Probably they (hear) the lift coming up and (run) downward the fire escape.

19 They (help) themselves to her whisky too only there (be) a niggling left, so she (cascade) herself out a drink.

twenty She (wonder) if they (find) her jewellery and rather (hope) that they had.

21 The jewellery (be given) her past her husband, who (die) some years before.

22 Since his decease she (non accept) the heart to article of clothing information technology, yet she (non similar) to sell it.

23 At present it (seem) that fate (have) the matter out of her hands; and certainly the insurance coin would come in handy.

24 I (put) the £5 note into 1 of my books; simply next day it (take) me ages to find it because I (forget) which book I (put) it into.

25 A woman (come) in with a baby, who she (say) just (swallow) a safe pin.

26 I (think) my train (exit) at 14.33, and (be) very disappointed when I (arrive) at 14.30 and (learn) that information technology just (leave).

27 I (discover) subsequently that I (use) an out-of-date timetable.

28 He (park) his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) into the shop. When he (come) out of the store ten minutes later the car (exist) no longer there.

29 He (wonder) if someone (steal) it or if the police (bulldoze) it away.

thirty It (exist) now 6 p.m.; and Jack (be) tired considering he (work) hard all day.

31 He (be) besides hungry because he (have) nothing to eat since breakfast.

32 His wife usually (bring) him sandwiches at tiffin fourth dimension, but today for some reason she (not come up).

33 He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (run across) her before.

34 I (look) out before I (go) to bed and (see) a homo standing on the opposite pavement watching the house.

35 When I (get up) the post-obit morning he (be) nevertheless there, and I (wonder) whether he (stay) there all dark or if he (go) abroad and (come) back.

36 When I (open) the door I (come across) a human being on his knees.

37 He conspicuously (listen) to our chat and I (wonder) how much he (hear).

38 When I (ask) him what he (exercise), he (say) that he (drop) a 50p piece outside the door and (wait) for information technology.

39 I (not see) any sign of the money, only I (find) a small notebook and pencil which he probably (drop) when the door (open) suddenly.

40 Then he (take) notes of our conversation!

41 The notes (be) written in a foreign language, so I (plow) to the stranger and (enquire) him to translate.

42 But he (pull) my lid over my optics and (run) off downwards the corridor.

43 By the fourth dimension I (recover) from the stupor he (disappear) round the corner.

44 Curiously enough, when I (move) my foot I (notice) that I (stand up) on a 50p piece.

45 Perhaps he (tell) the truth after all!'

Student

Answers

Exercise 1 ane accept been telephoning; Oasis't you nigh finished; oasis't got; have been trying, has been 2 has failed; has been practising, has got 3 take often wondered; accept simply found out four has been playing; has only just stopped five oasis't you lot brought; Oasis't you typed 6 Have you lot been sunbathing; has been raining/ has rained vii have been building; accept been watching/take watched 8 haven't establish, has been; has been helping ix accept pulled down, haven't touched 10 accept searched/accept been searching, haven't seen 11 take been waiting, take waited 12 has been; has been looking, hasn't institute 13 accept been doing, haven't finished; have washed 14 take just picked; take grown/have been growing, have never had 15 have you been doing; have been using 16 has just sold; take been painting, haven't sold 17 has this happened; have had, have thrown xviii have you done; has just gone; has finished 19 has worked/has been working, has never once been; have/has just presented 20 take been mending/take mended, have only done, has broken downwardly 21 has collected/has been collecting; has collected 22 have been looking, take completely forgotten; has happened 23 has been getting/has got, has been ascension/has risen; has come 24 has eaten, has lost count, has attended; Has he put on 25 have been ringing up; has gone; has been working; has plant out 26 has been using; haven't been 27 have been standing; hasn't moved; has just close... and gone off 28 has/have been considering; have but given, have decided 29 have been playing, haven't played 30 have been, haven't got 31 has been standing; has already gone 32 has happened; have been waiting/have waited; has often kept, has never been 33 has been living/has lived, has never said 34 have only , remembered, haven't paid; hasn't rung; accept been; accept paid; has lost 35 take been shopping/have shopped; has been losing/has lost, take made, have been told, have known 36 take you been doing; take been looking; have been building Exercise 2 1 gave, thanked, said, had enjoyed, knew, hadn't read, were ii had seen, returned, didn't have/hadn't 3 didn't have, had already done, was 4 didn't have, did, left 5 had, was; decided 6 picked, went, slammed 7 felt, had reminded eight had searched and establish, remembered, was ix had left x remembered, were 11 arrived; had been told, was, was 12 asked, said, hadn't been 13 wanted, had come 14 told 15 admitted, never bought/had never bought, assured, sold, wasn't 16 returned, saw, had broken in, was, was 17 were, had simply simply left 18 Probably they (had) heard/They (had) probably heard, had run/ran 19 had helped, was, poured 20 wondered, had establish, hoped 21 had been given, had died 22 hadn't had, hadn't liked 23 seemed, had taken 24 put, took, had forgotten/forgot, had put 25 came, said, had just swallowed 26 idea, left, was, arrived, learnt, had simply left 27 found, had been using/had used 28 parked, rushed; came, was 29 wondered, had stolen, had driven 30 was, was, had been working/had worked 31 was, had had 32 brought, hadn't come 33 kept, had seen 34 looked, went, saw 35 got up, was, wondered, had stayed, had gone abroad and come dorsum 36 opened, saw 37 had conspicuously been listening, wondered, had heard 38 asked, had been doing/was doing, said, had dropped, had been looking for/was looking for 39 didn't run across, found, had probably dropped, opened xl had been taking 41 were, turned, asked 42 pulled, ran off 43 (had) recovered, had disappeared 44 moved, constitute, had been continuing 45 had been telling/was telling

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