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Present Perfect vs. Continuous

The document provides examples of sentences to be completed with the correct tense of either the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous form. It includes 20 sentences testing use of the present perfect tenses with various verbs like "read", "write", "work", etc. It then provides 23 additional sentences for the user to practice completing with the verbs in parentheses in the appropriate present perfect tense. The document is a worksheet for learners to practice forming and using the present perfect simple and continuous tenses in English.

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Present Perfect vs. Continuous

The document provides examples of sentences to be completed with the correct tense of either the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous form. It includes 20 sentences testing use of the present perfect tenses with various verbs like "read", "write", "work", etc. It then provides 23 additional sentences for the user to practice completing with the verbs in parentheses in the appropriate present perfect tense. The document is a worksheet for learners to practice forming and using the present perfect simple and continuous tenses in English.

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Complete the sentences with the correct tense: present perfect simple or present perfect

continuous.

1. Beatrice ___________________ for half an hour.


a. Has read
b. Has been reading.
2. Laura _____________________ five letters.
a. Has written
b. Has been writing.
3. I __________________ on this project for less tan an hour.
a. Have worked
b. Have been working.
4. So I still ______________________ all the documents.
a. Have not prepared.
b. Have not been preparing.
5. Ralph is so tired because he __________________ for 26 hours.
a. Has not slept
b. Has not been sleeping.

Complete the sentences with the correct tense (present perfect or present perfect
continuous) using the verbs between brackets.

1. I (study) ______________________ all day, but I am afraid I (learn/not)


________________ much.
2. Andrew (eat) ________________________________ two bars of chocolate today.
3. The boy’s clothes are dirty because he (play) ______________________ in the mud.
4. I (arrive/just) _______________________ at the station.
5. We are exhausted because we (do) ______________________ exercise all morning.
6. Edward feels a bit unsteady because he (cycle/not) __________________ for five
years.
7. How long (you/work) _____________________ for this company?
8. The kids (finish/not) __________________________ their homework yet.
9. Niall (watch) ___________________________ the film seven times.

Complete the sentences using the verb between brackets in the correct tense: present
perfect simple or continuous.

1) This evening I   two letters to my parents (to write)


2) My daughter   letters to her friends for hours (to write)
3) This morning I   breakfast for my wife (to prepare)
4) Today Lucy   her boyfriend three times (to phone)
5) My friends   around Italy for five months (to travel)
6) I   to music all evening (to listen)
7) I   English since I was a child (to learn)
8) We are coming from the beach where my kids   a sandcastle (to make)
9) Why are you so dirty? I   in the garden (to work)
10) I   to Malaga for three days with my in-laws (to be)
11) I   my homework. Now I am going to rest (to finish)
12) My brother   TV for three hours (to watch)
13) John   since 3 o'clock (to study)
14) The fatal accident just  . The police haven't arrived yet (to happen)
15)  my watch? I have just lost it (to see)
16) Emma is very tired; she   all day (to work)
17) My son   two pages so far (to translate)
18) What weather! It   since yesterday (to rain)
19) This week my team   one match (to win)
20) Today I   my room (to paint)
21) My kids   at the beach all morning (to play)
22) I   in this town since last February (to live)
23) The police   the murderer (to arrest)
24) What has happened to the neighbours? They   for hours (to shout)

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