Perfect Tenses Introduction

Where is my bag? I left it under this chair.

Somebody /take/it.

• Somebody has taken it.

• Somebody has been taking it.

• Somebody had taken it.

• Somebody had been taking it.

We were all surprised when Jenny and Andy got married last year. They/ know/ each other/ a few weeks.

• They have known each other a few weeks only.

• They have been knowing each other a few weeks only.

• They had known each other a few weeks only.

• They had been knowing each other a few weeks only.

It´s still raining. I wish it would stop. It/ rain/ all day.

• It has rained all day.

• It has been raining all day.

• It had rained all day.

• It had been raining all day.

Suddenly I woke up. I was confused and didn´t know where I was. I / dream.

• I have dreamt.

• I have been dreaming.

• I had dreamt.

• I had been dreaming.

I wasn´t hungry at lunchtime so I didn´t have anything to eat. I /have/ a big breakfast.

• I have had a big breakfast.

• I have been having a big breakfast.

• I had had a big breakfast.

• I had been having a big breakfast.

I have got a headache. I / have/ it/ since I got up.

• I have had it since I got up.

• I have been having it since I got up.

• I had had it since I got up.

• I had been having since I got up.

Next week Gerry is going to run in a marathon. He / train / very hard for it.

• He has trained very hard for it.

• He has been training very hard for it.

• He had trained very hard for it.

• He had been training very hard for it.

Jill is an experienced teacher. She/teach/ for 15 years.

• She has taught for 15 years.

• She has been teaching for 15 years.

• She had taught for 15 years.

• She had been teaching for 15 years.

Angela asked me how to use the photocopier. She / never /use/ it before.

• She has never used it before.

• She has never been using it before.

• She had never used it before.

• She had never been using it before.

We were good friends. We / know/ each other for a long time.

• We have known each other for a long time.

• We have been knowing each other for a long time.

• We had known each other for a long time.

• We had been knowing each other for a long time.