Ex. 113. Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

Robin: I think the waiter (forget) ………………… us. We (wait) ………………. here for over half an hour and nobody (take) …………………. our order yet.

Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) …………………. by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already)………………………. .

Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) ………………………. here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.

Michele: He must realize we (order, not) …………………. yet! We (sit) ………………. here for over half an hour staring at him.

Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) ………………… us. He (run) ……………… from table to table taking orders and serving food.

Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) …………………… in our direction once.

Ex. 114. Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. Judy: How long (be) ………………… in Canada?

Claude: I (study)………………… here for more than three years.

2. I (have) …………….. the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one. 3. I (love) ……………………. chocolate since I was a child. You might even call me a "chocoholic."

4. Matt and Sarah (have) ……………………. some difficulties in their relationship lately, so they (go) …………………….. to a marriage counselor. I hope they work everything out. 5. John (work) ……………………… for the government since he graduated from Harvard University. Until recently, he (enjoy) ……………………. his work, but now he is talking about retiring. 6. Lately, I (think) ………………….. about changing my career because I (become) …………………….. dissatisfied with the conditions at my company.

7. I (see) ……………… Judy for more than five years and during that time I have (see) ……………… many changes in her personality.

Ex. 115. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous).

A: (you / take) ……………………….. the dog for a walk yet?

B: I (work) ………………………….all day. I (come / just) ………………. home from work and I (have / not) ……………………the time yet to walk the dog.

A: How long (the dog / be) ………………………… home alone?

B: For about 6 hours. You (walk / not) ………………………... the dog for a long time. Don't you want to go?

A: Well, I (laze / not) ……………………..about all day either, you know. I have a very important meeting tomorrow and I still (finish / not) ……………………. my presentation.

B: Okay, I will go then. Where (you / put) ………………….collar and leash?

A: They are in the kitchen. By the way, (you / eat) ………………….anything yet? If not, could you get us something from the supermarket?

Ex. 116. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous).

A: I (call) …………………….for you for half an hour. Where (be) …………….? And why are your clothes so dirty?

B: I (tidy) ……………………up the shed in the garden.

A: (you/find) ……………………. a box with old photos there? I (look) ……………….for it for ages.

B: I (discover / not) …………………..it yet, but I (work / not) ………………… for a long time yet. I (come / just) …………………… in to eat something.

A: I (cook/ not)……………………..anything yet because I (talk) …………………to our neighbour.

Ex. 117. Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous).

Tom: Hi Ana. I (try)……………… to ring you several times today. Where (you / be) …………………?

Ana: I (be) …………………… at home all the time. But I (clean)…………….. the house all day, so maybe I didn't hear the phone ring.

Tom: (you / clean) …………………………. everything now?

Ana: No, not yet. I (tidy / not) …………………… up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?

Tom: Don't you remember? Jane (invited) …………………….. us to her birthday party and we (buy / not) ……………………………. a present for her yet.

Ana: Oh, that's right. (you / find out / already)…………………………… what she wants?

Tom: Well, she (learn)……………………. Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next holiday in Mexico. Maybe we could get her a guide book.

Ana: That's a good idea. There is a good bookshop in the big shopping centre. I (see) …………………… some nice books about Mexico there recently.

Ex.118. Put the verbs into Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

1. Ann______________________ (fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she ______________________ (practise) reversing for the last week and I think she __________________ (get) a bit better at it.

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

3. The police______________________ (not find) the murderer yet, but the dead man's brother ______________________ (be) in the station all day. The police say that he______________________ (help) them with their enquiries.

4.They ______________________ (pull) down most of the houses in this street, but they ______________________ (not touch) the old shop at the corner yet.

5. Tom is convinced that there is gold in these hills but we______________________ (search) for six months and______________________ (not see) any sign of it.

6. I ______________________ (wait) for the prices of the houses to come down before buying a house, but I think I ______________________ (wait) too long and the prices are beginning to go up again.

7. Peter ______________________ (be) a junior clerk for three years. Lately he ______________________ (look) for a better post but so far he (not find) anything.

8. I ______________________ (do) housework all morning and I ______________________ (not finish) yet. I ______________________ (do) mine already. I always start at 6 a.m.

9. I just ______________________ (pick) ten pounds of strawberries! I ____________________ (grow) strawberries for years but I never ______________________ (have) such a good crop before.

10. What you ______________________ (do) with the corkscrew? The point is broken off. I'm afraid I ______________________ (use) it to make holes in this tin.

11. She just ______________________ (sell) two of her own paintings.

She's lucky. I ______________________ (paint) for five years and I (not sell) a single picture yet.

12. They are throwing crockery at each other in the next flat. This ______________________ (happen) before? Well, they ______________________ (have) a good many rows but this is the fifth time they ______________________ (threw) crockery.

13. What you ______________________ (do) with my typewriter? I can't find it anywhere. Tom just______________________ (go) off with it. He says he'll bring it back when he ______________________ (finish).

14. He ______________________ (work) for Crow Brothers for forty years and never once______________________ (be) late. The firm just __________________ (present) him with a gold watch as a sign of their appreciation.

15. We ______________________ (mend) sheets all morning but we only ______________________ (do) three, and now the sewing machine ______________________ (break) down so we'll be even slower with the next one.

16. George ______________________ (collect) matchboxes ever since he left school. Now he ______________________ (collect) so many that he doesn't know where to put them.

17. I ______________________ (look) through my old photograph album. It's full of photographs of people whose names I completely _____________________ (forget). I wonder what ______________________ (happen) to them all.

18. It was lovely at eleven o'clock, but since then the sky __________________ (get) steadily darker and the wind ______________________ (rise).

I'm afraid the fine spell ______________________ (come) to an end.

19. Since he became Mayor, my brother reckons that he __________________ (eat) 30 official lunches and 22 official dinner, and he ___________________ (lose) count of the number of receptions and parties that he _____________ (attend). He______________________ (put) on a lot of weight?

20. I ______________________ (stand) in this queue for ages. It _______________ (not move) at all in the last five minutes. I think the man in the ticket office just ___________________ (shut) his window and________________ (go) off for lunch.

Ex.119 Circle the numbers of the correct sentences.

1. The child has been crying for such a long time. The mother doesn't know what to do.

2. The government closed down some video arcades because they found that the owners had been

breaking regulations.

3. We have been signing up for the basic computer course today.

4. Claire hasn't been sleeping well these last few weeks. She has been worried about the future.

5. He had been coming to see me about the house before I left for the office.

6. The report of the prince's marriage has been publishing in all the newspapers.

7. Mr. Kim has been blaming himself for the accident which wrecked his car.

8. Flood waters inundated the coastal villages because it had been raining continuously for two days.

9. The customs officials have been inspecting our baggage. We are free to go now.

l0. We had been expecting Mary to come but she had insisted on staying at home.

Ex.120 Read the following scenarios and write a sentence for each using the Present Perfect Continuous to explain why the situation has arisen/person feels like that. Use your imagination.

1. Rosa is exhausted. She has a very stressful job.

2. Mike is feeling great, and has a very healthy lifestyle.

3. The house is looking really clean after the children spent a whole day at home.

4. The cupboard is full of freshly baked cakes and bread.

5. The painting is finished.

6. There is some fresh fish in the fridge.

7. The garden looks great!

8. She is now really skilled at chess.