Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Contonuous).

1. Tom: Hi Ana. I (try) to ring you several times today. Where (you / be) ?

2. Ana: I (be) at home all the time. But I (clean) the house all day, so maybe I didn't hear the phone ring.

3. Tom: (you / clean) everything now?

4. Ana: No, not yet. I (tidy / not) up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?

5. Tom: Don't you remember? Jane (invited) us to her birthday party and we (buy / not) a present for her yet.

6. Ana: Oh, that's right. (you / find out / already) what she wants?

7. Tom: Well, she (learn) Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next holiday in Mexico. Maybe we could get her a guide book.

8. Ana: That's a good idea. There is a good bookshop in the big shopping centre. I (see) some nice books about Mexico there recently.

2. Complete the sentences with the words from the box:

been cutting up

learnt

been learning

been smoking

cut up

smoked

been losing

waited

been waitning

lost

1. I’ve ____ all the meat. What shall I do now?

2. She’s ____ magazines for a collage all morning.

3. He’s ____ in your office since he arrived.

4. I’m pleased he’s got his promotion. He has ____ a long time for it.

5. He hasn’t got much hair. He’s ____ it since he was only thirty.

6. She’s ____ her keys. She can’t find them anywhere.

7. He’s ____ since he was only ten.

8. I’ve never ____ a cigar.

9. They have never ____ to swim.

10. They have ____ to drive for a couple of months.

 

3.Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous or the present perfect simple:

A. …I’m planning to buy a new house. I 1) ____ (look) for one for two months now. So far I 2) ____ (look) at ten houses, but I 3) ____ (not/find) one I like.

B. … My Spanish lessons are going very well. I 4) ____ (learn) Spanish for five months now and I love it. I 5) ____ (already/learn) a lot.

C. …John 6) ____ (be) very busy recently. He 7) ____ (paint) the living-room and the bedrooms, but he 8) ____ (not/start) painting the kitchen yet.

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4. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous or the present perfect simple:

a) A: Amanda ____ (open) a shop which sells newspapers and magazines.

B: Really? Where is it?

b) A: Where’s Dan?

B: He ____ (just/go) to the post office. He’ll be back soon.

c) A: Dave ____ (learn) to drive for six months.

B: I know. He hasn’t passed his test yet, though.

d) A: I ____ (know) Alison for ten years.

B: Well, I only met her last week.

e) A: My uncle is painting his house again.

B: Again? He ____ (paint) it three times this year already.

f) A: Is Paul sleeping?

B: Yes. He ____ (sleep) since 10 o’clock last night.