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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous: Exercise 1

The girl has been buying four dictionaries. I haven't eaten anything since I arrived. You've driven all morning. Let's stop for a while. Have you ever been sleeping in a tent? He's been sleeping too long. Wake him up! I'm sorry. How long have you been waiting? I've been meeting your sister several times. I've been knowing him since he was born. Mum has been making delicious toasts. He's been lying on the beach all day. He is sunburnt. I've gone to France for five years now. You haven't been trying this way yet. Don't give up.

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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous: Exercise 1

The girl has been buying four dictionaries. I haven't eaten anything since I arrived. You've driven all morning. Let's stop for a while. Have you ever been sleeping in a tent? He's been sleeping too long. Wake him up! I'm sorry. How long have you been waiting? I've been meeting your sister several times. I've been knowing him since he was born. Mum has been making delicious toasts. He's been lying on the beach all day. He is sunburnt. I've gone to France for five years now. You haven't been trying this way yet. Don't give up.

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Present perfect simple and continuous

Exercise 1
Tick the correct sentences. If a tense is not correct, underline it and write the correct form.
Example:
I have never been seeing a ghost. have never seen

Look. The girl has been buying four dictionaries. ........................................................................


I haven't eaten anything since I arrived. ........................................................................
Let's stop for a while. You've driven all morning. ........................................................................
Have you ever been sleeping in a tent? ........................................................................
He's been sleeping too long. Wake him up! ........................................................................
I'm sorry. How long have you been waiting? ........................................................................
I've been meeting your sister several times. ........................................................................
I've been knowing him since he was born. ........................................................................
Help yourself. Mum has been making delicious toasts. ........................................................................
He is sunburnt. He's been lying on the beach all day. ........................................................................
I've gone to France for five years now. ........................................................................
Don't give up. You haven't been trying this way yet. ........................................................................

Exercise 2
Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect
Continuous
1. ___________________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?
2. The kitchen is a complete mess! What ___________________ (the children /
do)?
3. Julie ___________________ (learn) to drive for six years!
4. Amanda ___________________ (already / have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later.
5. How much coffee ___________________ (she / drink) this morning?
6. Simon ___________________ (write) three books.
7. I ___________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray!
8. It ___________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead.
9. I ___________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.
10. She ___________________ (forget) how to get to my house.
11. I ___________________ (work) in the garden all day and I need a rest.
12. She ___________________ (make) three cakes. They look delicious!
13. David feels great these days. He ___________________ (get) up early lately.
14. We ___________________ (always / hate) rush hour traffic.
15. Recently, I ___________________ (study) a lot. My exams are in a few weeks.
16. We ___________________ (write) this book for months and months.
17. I ___________________ (always / love) chocolate.
18. I ___________________ (want) to go back to university for a long time.
19. What’s that delicious smell? ___________________ (you / cook)?
20. I ___________________ (watch) seven films this week.

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