Gramma Sheet 1 (Long)

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Escola Básica e Secundária da Calheta

GRAMMAR WORKSHEETS – Teacher – Joel Lima da Cunha

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 1 Module 1 – One World, Many Cultures

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE


A. Decide in which of these situations the focus is on…
1. the result of an action or event.
2. the length of an action; how long somebody has been doing something (for).
3. how many times something has been done or an event has occurred.
4. whether an action or event has started or finished or not.
5. duration of an event or process.
6. a recent happening with effects on the present.

a) She has been reading for two hours.


b) I have cooked dinner twice this week.
c) He has bought a car to replace the old one.
d) We haven’t started our project yet.
e) It has been raining since morning.
f) She has forgotten the Science book; she has left it at home.

B. Match the two halves to make sentences.


I have read 1 a been losing weight since I started my diet.

I have been reading 2 b had English lessons?

How long have you 3 c been learning English?

How many times have you 4 d Saramago since 12th year.

Oh, no. I have 5 e two of Saramago’s books so far.

You know, I have 6 f lost my key.

She has been writing emails 7 g to the same company.

She has written four emails 8 h all day.

C. Complete the sentences with the present perfect simple or continuous.

1. She __________________ (already, recover) from her surgery.


2. I __________________ (paint) this room for two days now; maintaining a big house is a never-ending
job.
3. They __________________ (never, be) to an Asian country.
4. Jenny __________________ (look) tired lately. Is she working too much?
5. I __________________ (wash) the car. It’s shining.
6. __________________ you __________________ (take) the dog for a walk yet?
7. I __________________ (talk) to Henry. He always has something interesting to say.

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