15 Examples:

   He has lived in Andorra for twenty years.

   I met an old friend of mine yesterday morning.

   The present perfect simple indicates that an action began

   in the past, and is still going on in the present, or has

   just stopped. The simple past must be used if we say when

   something happened. Consequently, the present perfect is

   connected with the present, but the simple past is not.

a  ‘He (draw) near her, and (shoot) her.’

   ‘Why he (use) his revolver on her?’

   ‘I don’t know, but probably she was seeing another man.’

b  It (not rain) much lately.

c  He (write) thirteen pages so far.

d  She (not clear) the table last night.

e  When he (tell) her that their relationship (be) over, she

   (burst) into tears.

VERB TENSES: USES

1 a boil; are b rises; sets c does not revolve d never take e usually works 2 a boil; is dripping b is getting c Are you watching d is your daughter getting e are they doing; are building 3 a is taking b am staying c are inviting d is taking e is leaving 4 a is lodging b do not fly c is having d is watering; generally waters e Do you usually leave f normally arrives g are making h is destroying i is smoking j is beginning k leads l is pouring m is not getting n is cooking o makes p never irons q expands; contracts r Are you going; is pouring s eat t Are they learning u always give v Don’t you ever pray; pray; go w gather x are having y is making z is marking 5 a are b dislikes c knows d seems e do not mind 6 a am expecting b expect c tastes d are you smelling; Does it smell e hurt/are hurting 7 a is being b is being c are being d is being e is being 8 a is constantly boasting b always arrive c are always cheating d are continually getting e is perpetually smoking 9 a are just sitting b is just winning c are just going d is just getting e is just having 10 a produce b am trying c want d aches/is aching e feel/am feeling f is she doing; is watching; loves g do you do h normally work; are being i am j live k makes l is; is looking m are inviting; n smells o is doing p consider q are all these people clapping; is r are the children doing; are playing; are all the time playing; Don’t you think; is s proves; am t are you tasting; am; like u are always telling; know; hate v is just arriving w feel/am feeling x does not often perspire y are being z is rotting 11 a are you carrying b do not generally wear; am wearing c is not joining d is not coming e are using 12 a leaves b stay; go; spend; leave; head; arrive; have; continue c thinks; sails; discovers d does the volleyball match finish e run 13 a was just going; tripped; tumbled b saw; was flying c was taking; put d was forever snatching; was e were gradually forgetting; caught; were 14 a don’t you bring b isn’t he wearing; always wears; do not know c didn’t you come d found e Do you suffer; am; am f think; are; make g was going; approached; shot; h was wondering1; don’t you ask your parents; don’t want; squander i was flying; came j are belching; gets k saw; treated; felt l was; was walking m arose; were; was; managed; saw; succeeded n rose; did not pay; simply followed; heard, remembered o dreamt/dreamed; were creeping; was; looked; was crawling p awoke; realised q hanged; accused; was; do you know; was; robbed r hung; stole s hit, ran t did not forgive; felt; had; is living u forgot v had; came; had/has; is considering; does not want; detests w think; is; dare; are x stabbed; were having; ran; are looking y did she get; made; signed; was working z are perpetually leaving 15 a drew; shot; did he use b has not rained c has written d did not clear e told; was; burst