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Present perfect-present perfect continuous. Exercises

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Exercise 1 The present perfect unproblematic and continuous. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect unproblematic or nowadays perfect continuous.

ane Peter: You (telephone) for ages. You lot not nearly (terminate)?

Jack: I (not get) through yet. I (try) to go our Paris part but the line (be) engaged all morning.

2 Ann (fail) her driving examination iii times because she's and so bad at reversing. Just she (practise) reversing for the last week and I retrieve she (go) a chip better at information technology.

three Tom: I oftentimes (wonder) why Bill left the country and so suddenly.

Peter: Actually, I but (observe) out.

iv He (play) the bagpipes since half-dozen o'clock this morning. He only simply (terminate).

v Why yous (not bring) me the letters for signature? Yous (not type) them yet?

6 Tom (looking upwardly absent-mindedly as Mary comes in): Yous (sunbathe)?

Mary (crossly): Don't be ridiculous! It (rain) all day!

7 A pair of robins (build) a nest in the porch since last week. I (watch) them from my window since they began.

8 The police (not find) the murderer notwithstanding, simply the expressionless man's brother (be) in the station all mean solar day. The police say that he (help) them with their enquiries.

9 They (pull) downwards almost of the houses in this street, only they (not touch) the old store at the corner withal.

ten Tom is convinced that there is gold in these hills just we (search) for half dozen months and (not meet) any sign of information technology.

xi I (wait) for the prices of the houses to come down earlier buying a house, only I think I (wait) besides long and the prices are beginning to become up again.

12 Peter (be) a junior clerk for 3 years. Lately he (expect) for a better post simply so far he (not find) anything.

13 I (do) housework all morning time and I (not finish) nonetheless.

- I (do) mine already. I always offset at 6 a.m.

xiv I just (pick) 10 pounds of strawberries! I (grow) strawberries for years but I never (accept) such a skilful crop before.

15 What you (exercise) with the corkscrew? The signal is broken off.

- I'm agape I (use) it to brand holes in this tin.

xvi She just (sell) two of her own paintings.

- She'southward lucky. I (paint) for 5 years and I (not sell) a single flick yet.

17 They are throwing crockery at each other in the next flat.

- This (happen) before?

- Well, they (have) a good many rows just this is the first time they (throw) crockery.

18 What yous (do) with my typewriter? I can't find it anywhere.

- Tom only (get) off with information technology. He says he'll bring it dorsum when he (stop).

xix He (work) for Crow Brothers for xl years and never once (exist) late. The firm just (nowadays) him with a gold watch as .a sign of their appreciation.

20 We (mend) sheets all morning merely nosotros only (do) three, and now the sewing motorcar (break) down so we'll be fifty-fifty slower with the adjacent one.

21 George (collect) matchboxes always since he left school. At present he (collect) so many that he doesn't know where to put them.

22 I (wait) through my old photograph album. Information technology'due south total of photographs of people whose names I completely (forget). I wonder what (happen) to them all.

23 It was lovely at eleven o'clock, but since and so the heaven (go) steadily darker and the current of air (ascent). I'chiliad agape the fine spell (come) to an end.

24 Since he became Mayor, my brother reckons that he (eat) 30 official lunches and 22 official dinners, and he (lose) count of the number of receptions and parties that he (nourish).

- He (put) on a lot of weight?

25 Secretary: Customers (ring) up all forenoon complaining near getting incorrect bills.

Manager: I know, something (go) wrong with our figurer. The mechanic (work) on information technology. I hope he (find) out what's wrong.

26 Someone (employ) my umbrella! Information technology's all wet! And it was wet yesterday and the day before!

- Well, it wasn't me. I (not be) out of the business firm for a week!

27 I (stand) in this queue for ages. Information technology (non move) at all in the last five minutes. I think the man in the ticket office just (shut) his window and (get) off for lunch.

28 The Boondocks Council (consider) my awarding for permission to build a garage for three months. They just (give) my neighbor permission to build one, then I hope they (decide) to allow me have 1 as well.'

29 You lot expect exhausted!

- Aye, I (play) tennis and I (non play) for years, so I'yard not used to information technology.

30 They began widening this route iii weeks ago; just the workmen (exist) on strike for the last fortnight so they (not get) very far with it.

31 That human being (stand) at the bus stop for the last half 60 minutes. Shall I tell him that the last motorcoach already (go)?

32 I wonder if anything (happen) to Tom. I (wait) an hour at present. He often (go on) me waiting but he never (be) quite and so tardily every bit this.

33 Mrs Brown (live) next door for quite a long time now just she never (say) more than 'Proficient forenoon' to me.

34 I just (remember) that I (not pay) the rent yet. I am surprised that the landlord (non ring) me upward to remind me.

- Information technology is the beginning time you (be) late with the hire in 25 years. He probably thinks that you (pay) and he (lose) the bank check.

35 Store assistant; Could you requite me some proof of your identity, madam?

Customer: But I (store) here for fifteen years!

Shop banana: I know, madam, but apparently the visitor (lose) a lot of money lately through dud cheques and they (brand) new regulations which we (exist told) to employ to all customers no affair how long we (know) them.

36 What you (do)? I (look) for you for ages.

- I (build) a barbecue in the garden.

Student

Do 2 The simple past and the past perfect, simple and continuous. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1 He (give) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and he (say) that he (enjoy) it very much; merely I (know) that he (not read) information technology because most of the pages (be) still uncut.

2 When he (run across) his married woman off at the station he (return) domicile as he (not take) to exist at the airport till 9.thirty.

3 He (not accept) to pack, for his wife already (do) that for him and ms case (be) ready in the hall.

4 He (not have) to check the doors and windows either, for his wife always (do) that before she (go out) the business firm.

five All he (take) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end he (determine) non to.

6 At 8.30 he (pick) up his instance, (go) out of business firm and (slam) the door behind him.

vii Then he (feel) in his jpodrets for the fundamental, for his married woman (remind) him to double-lock the irast door.

8 When he (search) all his pockets and (find) no key he Remember) where it (be).

9 He (get out) it in his overcoat pocket.

ten Then he (think) something else; his passport and tickets (be) yard his overcoat pocket as well.

11 I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (exist) shrouded in fog all year circular, so I (be) quite surprised to observe that information technology was merely raining.

12 I (enquire) some other passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he (say) that there (not exist) any since the previous February.

thirteen If I (want) fog, he said, I (come) at quite the incorrect time.

fourteen However, he (tell) me that I could purchase tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Artery.

fifteen He (admit) that he never (purchase) fog there himself only (clinch) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.

sixteen When the old lady (return) to her flat she (run into) at once that burglars (break) in during her absenteeism, because the front door (be) open and everything in the flat (be) upside down.

17 The burglars themselves (be) no longer there, but they probably only simply (go out) because a cigarette was yet burning on an ornamental table.

18 Probably they (hear) the lift coming up and (run) down the fire escape.

nineteen They (aid) themselves to her whisky also just in that location (be) a little left, so she (pour) herself out a potable.

xx She (wonder) if they (find) her jewellery and rather (hope) that they had.

21 The jewellery (be given) her past her husband, who (die) some years before.

22 Since his death she (not have) the heart to wear it, yet she (not like) to sell information technology.

23 Now information technology (seem) that fate (accept) the thing out of her easily; and certainly the insurance coin would come in handy.

24 I (put) the £5 annotation into ane of my books; merely side by side twenty-four hours it (have) me ages to find it because I (forget) which book I (put) information technology into.

25 A woman (come up) in with a baby, who she (say) just (eat) a safety pin.

26 I (remember) my railroad train (leave) at fourteen.33, and (be) very disappointed when I (arrive) at 14.xxx and (learn) that it just (get out).

27 I (observe) later that I (use) an out-of-date timetable.

28 He (park) his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) into the shop. When he (come) out of the shop ten minutes later the car (be) no longer there.

29 He (wonder) if someone (steal) it or if the police (drive) it abroad.

thirty It (be) now 6 p.m.; and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all solar day.

31 He (be) also hungry because he (have) zippo to consume since breakfast.

32 His wife usually (bring) him sandwiches at lunch fourth dimension, but today for some reason she (not come).

33 He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (see) her before.

34 I (look) out earlier I (go) to bed and (see) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching the house.

35 When I (get up) the post-obit morning he (be) still at that place, and I (wonder) whether he (stay) there all dark or if he (get) abroad and (come up) dorsum.

36 When I (open) the door I (see) a man on his knees.

37 He clearly (mind) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear).

38 When I (ask) him what he (exercise), he (say) that he (drop) a 50p piece outside the door and (look) for it.

39 I (not come across) any sign of the money, but I (notice) a small notebook and pencil which he probably (drop) when the door (open) suddenly.

twoscore Then he (take) notes of our chat!

41 The notes (be) written in a foreign language, so I (turn) to the stranger and (enquire) him to translate.

42 But he (pull) my hat over my eyes and (run) off down the corridor.

43 Past the fourth dimension I (recover) from the shock he (disappear) circular the corner.

44 Curiously enough, when I (motion) my human foot I (find) that I (stand) on a 50p slice.

45 Peradventure he (tell) the truth afterwards all!'

Student

Answers

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