Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use __________ to talk about past experiences when you don't say when something happened.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ with action verbs, to say that an action started in the past and is still happening now.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ with superlatives and the first, second, last time, etc.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ for repeated actions, especially with a time expression, e.g., all day, recently.



• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ with yet and already.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ for continuous actions that have just finished (but that have present results).

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ with nonaction verbs (= verbs not usually used in the continuous form, e.g., be, have, know, like, etc.) to say that something started in the past and is still true now.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use _______________ to talk about an unfinished action.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

__________ emphasizes the completion of an action.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

__________ emphasizes the duration of an action.

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

We use __________ to say or ask how much / many we have done or how often we have done something up to now..

• The Present Perfect Simple

• The Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

Have you ever studied arts?

• past experience

• continuous action

• unfinished action

Multiple Choice

They’ve travelled to Africa three times this year.

• continuous action

• frequency of a past experience

• unfinished action

Multiple Choice

How long have you been washing your car?

• For repeated actions

• frequency of a past experience

• an action started in the past and is still happening now.

Multiple Choice

–She’s been crying all day.

• For repeated actions

• frequency of a past experience

• an action started in the past and is still happening now.

Multiple Choice

I’ve been painting the wall since 10:00 pm. I’m exhausted.

• with nonaction verbs to say that something started in the past and is still true now.

• for continuous actions that have just finished (but that have present results).

• an action started in the past and is still happening now.

Multiple Choice

I’ve known this restaurant for ten years.

• with nonaction verbs to say that something started in the past and is still true now.

• for continuous actions that have just finished (but that have present results).

• an action started in the past and is still happening now.

Multiple Choice

My Mother has been learning Spanish since September.

• with nonaction verbs to say that something started in the past and is still true now.

• for continuous actions that have just finished (but that have present results).

• to talk about an unfinished action

Multiple Choice

I’ve written three emails.

• completion of an action

• duration of an action

Multiple Choice

I’ve been writing a long email.

• completion of an action

• duration of an action

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

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

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

"I haven't eaten anything since I arrived. "

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

"Let's stop for a while. You've driven all morning."

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

"Have you ever been sleeping in a tent? "

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

"He's been sleeping too long. Wake him up!"

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

I'm sorry. How long have you been waiting?

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

I've been meeting your sister several times.

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

I've been knowing him since he was born.

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

Help yourself. Mum has been making delicious toasts.

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

He is sunburnt. He's been lying on the beach all day.

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

I've gone to France for five years now.

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

I've gone to France for five years now.

Open Ended

Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistake(s) if there are any.

Don't give up. You haven't been trying this way yet.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

The Garibaldi family (perform)

………………………………Mariachi, a Mexican musical style, for generations.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

Since the mid-1980s, Afghan drug smugglers

(use)………………………the Central Asian republics as smuggling routes, but the United Nations Drug Control Programme (still, not, shift)……………………its focus from Iran.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

Dad: Hello sweetheart. Your sleeves are all wet.

Daughter: Yes, I (help)………………….mummy with the washing up.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

We (want)…………………………..to move into a new house

since the earthquake and we (try)………………………………..to save enough money for just as long.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

We (just, catch)…………………………..the boys responsible

for the damage and they (admit)………………………………..their crime. Since then we

(consider)…………………………….the appropriate punishment. (try)………………………………..to save enough money for just as long.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

Sarah (want)………………………….a pony for ages, but so

far, her parents (refuse)…………………………her requests.

Open Ended

Five different actors (play)…………………………James Bond

and Pierce Brosman (play)…………………………………the hero several times.

Open Ended

My grandmother (become)………………………….frightened in

her own home because a number of youths

(cause)………………………………………..disturbances at night for the last two months.

Open Ended

The council (put)………………………………….the livestock market up for sale because business(decline)………………………………….since the disease broke out

Open Ended

Ever since the terrorists attack on their

capital, they (bomb)……………………..their enemies.

Open Ended

The William family (gather)………………………….shellfish

on the Gower Coast in Wales for five generations, but a strange red

bacteria (contaminate)………………………….the sea in the area and the EU

(ban)……………………………………...sales recently.

Open Ended

For the last six months, Heather

(visit)……………………………an acupuncturist and she says the pain in her back

(ease)………………………..already.

Open Ended

I (mark)…………………………exam papers since breakfast time,

and I (not, even, finish)……………………………….half of them.

Open Ended

The Australian bush fires

(burn)………………………………………………for three days now and the authorities are worried

as the flames (reach)…………………………….within a mile of a major urban area.

Open Ended

Israelis and Palestinians (kill)…………………………….each

other for decades, and so far, any peace treaty ( not,

last)……………………………..for long.

Open Ended

For months now, smugglers (try)……………………………….to

load immigrants on to the cross channel train into the UK, and on several

occasion, they (cause)…………………………………security problems.

Open Ended

The rail worker (just, call)………………………a strike, but the operators (run)……………………………………….as many trains as possible with those workers not on strike.

Open Ended

Cheltenham Football Club (reach)

……………………………………the fifth round of the Football Association Cup for the

first time in its history.

Open Ended

Jasmine:

Let’s get a taxi home, darling.

Steve: why?

Jasmine: It is obvious. You (drink)………………………………

Steve: I’m fine. I (only, drink)………………………..two cans of beer.

Open Ended

Three police (chase) ……………………………….the suspect for

over an hour, but so far, he (escape)…………………………arrest.