PRESENT PERFECT / PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT / PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Complete the sentences using Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous:

1. I (to count bicycles). One is missing.
2. The doctor (to examine) my injured arm. Thanks God, it isn’t broken.
3. Her phone (to ring) for ten minutes. It annoys me.
4. They (to build) this bridge for two years. There’s mud and mess around.
5. We (to walk) ten kilometers. We are so exhausted!
6. That boy (to eat) four ice-creams. Don’t give him more.
7. I (not to talk) with him yet.
8. He (to sleep) since ten o’clock, it’s time he woke up.
9. It (to rain) for two days now, there will be flood soon.
10. Ann (not to do) anything to stop her friends gossiping.
11. We (to live) here since 1997.
12. I (to drive) for ten years.
13. He (to teach) in this school for five years.
14. I (to teach) hundreds of students but I never (to meet) such a hopeless group.
15. John and Jack (to argue) since the early morning.
16. We (to hear) the news: Tom and Jill are engaged!
17. Stop babbling, I (to try) to finish this letter for the last half-hour.
18. I (to tidy up) my room all the morning, but Mum isn’t satisfied yet.
19. My aunt (to work) as an accountant since I remember.
20. They (to live) in France since 1990.
21. I (to buy) a new carpet. Come and look at it.
22. Someone (to take) my phone.
23. Frank and Sally (to discuss) these matters for an hour or so. They can’t stop.
24. We (to miss) the bus. Now we’ll have to walk.
25. Don’t come in. I just (to wash) this floor.
26. He (not to stop) eating since he arrived.
27. Scientists (to work out) on the solution to the problem of pollution since early 70’s.
28. He (to be) Minister of Education since 1983.
29. I (to shop) all day and I haven’t a cent left.
30. I (to wait) for an hour.  Where is she?

THE KEY

1. have counted
2. has examined
3. has been ringing
4. have been building
5. have walked
6. has eaten
7. have not talked
8. has been sleeping
9. has been raining
10. has not done
11. have been living
12. have been driving
13. has been teaching
14. have taught, have met
15. have been arguing
16. have heard
17. have been trying
18. have been tiding up
19. has been working
20. have been living
21. have bought
22. has taken
23. have been discussing
24. have missed
25. have washed
26. has not stopped
27. have been working
28. has been
29. have been shopping
30. have been waiting