Present Perfect Essay
The present perfect simple and continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
1 Peter: You (telephone) for ages. You not nearly (finish)?
Jack: I (not get) through yet. I (try) to get our Paris office but the line (be) engaged all morning.
2 Ann (fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she (practise) reversing for the last week and I think she (get) a bit better at it.
3 Tom: I often (wonder) why Bill left the country so suddenly.
Peter: Actually, I just (find) out.
4 He (play) the bagpipes since six o'clock this morning. He only just (stop).
5 Why you (not bring) me the letters for signature? You (not type) them yet?
6 Tom (looking up absent-mindedly as Mary comes in): You (sunbathe)? Mary (crossly): Don't be ridiculous! It (rain) all day!
7 A pair of robins (build) a nest in the porch since last week. I (watch them from my window since they began.
8 The police (not find) the murderer yet, but the dead man's brother (be) in the station all day. The police say that he (help) them with their enquiries.
9 They (pull) down most of the houses in this street, but they (not touch) the old shop at the corner yet.
10 Tom is convinced that there is gold in these hills but we (search) for six months and (not see) any sign of it.
11 I (wait) for the prices of the houses to come down before buying a house, but I think I (wait) too long and the prices are beginning to go up again.
12 Peter (be) a junior clerk for three years. Lately he (look) for a better post but so far he (not find) anything.
13 I (do) housework all morning and I (not finish) yet. ~
I (do) mine already. I always start at 6 a.m.
14 I just (pick) ten pounds of strawberries! I (grow) strawberries for years but I never (have) such a good crop before.
15 What you (do) with the corkscrew? The point is broken off. ~
I'm afraid I (use) it
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
1 Peter: You (telephone) for ages. You not nearly (finish)?
Jack: I (not get) through yet. I (try) to get our Paris office but the line (be) engaged all morning.
2 Ann (fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she (practise) reversing for the last week and I think she (get) a bit better at it.
3 Tom: I often (wonder) why Bill left the country so suddenly.
Peter: Actually, I just (find) out.
4 He (play) the bagpipes since six o'clock this morning. He only just (stop).
5 Why you (not bring) me the letters for signature? You (not type) them yet?
6 Tom (looking up absent-mindedly as Mary comes in): You (sunbathe)? Mary (crossly): Don't be ridiculous! It (rain) all day!
7 A pair of robins (build) a nest in the porch since last week. I (watch them from my window since they began.
8 The police (not find) the murderer yet, but the dead man's brother (be) in the station all day. The police say that he (help) them with their enquiries.
9 They (pull) down most of the houses in this street, but they (not touch) the old shop at the corner yet.
10 Tom is convinced that there is gold in these hills but we (search) for six months and (not see) any sign of it.
11 I (wait) for the prices of the houses to come down before buying a house, but I think I (wait) too long and the prices are beginning to go up again.
12 Peter (be) a junior clerk for three years. Lately he (look) for a better post but so far he (not find) anything.
13 I (do) housework all morning and I (not finish) yet. ~
I (do) mine already. I always start at 6 a.m.
14 I just (pick) ten pounds of strawberries! I (grow) strawberries for years but I never (have) such a good crop before.
15 What you (do) with the corkscrew? The point is broken off. ~
I'm afraid I (use) it