Past Simple-Present Perfect
Ex. 72. Fill in Past Simple or Present Perfect.
My best friend is called Alison. We 1) nave known (know) each other since we 2)………….(be) five years old. We 3)…………..(always / share) our problems and our troubles, but we 4) ……………….(also / enjoy) good times together and 5) …………………(spend) many hours laughing together. We 6)……………… (live) next door to each other before Alison…………….7) (move) to London. I 8) ……………(visit) her many times since then. She 9) ………….(just / buy) a new house but I 10) …………………(not / see) it yet.
Ex. 73. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Present Perfect.
1. A: Last night I…saw…(see) "The Bodyguard" at the cinema.
B: Oh, I………………(already/see) it twice.
2. A: Do you know that Mrs Jones………….(work) here for sixteen years?
B: I thought she……………(start) working here ten years ago.
3. A: ………………..(you / ever / meet) anyone famous?
B: I…………….. (see) Jane Fonda.
A: Really? I………….(meet) her father, Henry Fonda, once. But he is dead now.
4. A: Yesterday I …………(leave) the house and (catch) the train. Then I …………(realize) that my keys………….(be) in the house.
B: Oh no! That………(happen) to me before. What ……...(you/do)?
A: I ………. (call) the locksmith.
5. A: I ……………….(already / make) the beds and I ………….(just/sweep) the floor, but I ……………(not / start) the ironing yet.
B: Don’t worry. I…………..(do) it yesterday.
6. A: How long ago……………….(you / begin) painting?
B: Ten years ago. I …………(recently/complete) a painting that the National Gallery…………. (ask) me to do a year ago.
7. A: Why are you so happy?
B: I……………(just/pass) my driving test!
8. A: ………….(you/always/have) long hair, Julie?
B: No, when I was young my hair …………….(be) very short.
Ex. 74. Put the verbs into Past Simple or Present Perfect
Mr Briggs is away on business and he is phoning his wife to see how she is.
Mr Briggs: Hello, darling. How are you? Is everything OK?
Mrs Briggs: I’m fine. I….’ve been .. very busy since you……..(leave).
Mr Briggs: What ………..(you/do)so far?
Mrs Briggs: I………..(do )the shopping, I…………(wash) and ………(iron) all the clothes, …………(clean ) the house and I …….(go) to the dentist’s. Oh, and yesterday I ………(speak) to a builder about the garage.
Mr Briggs: A builder? The garage? What………(happen) to the garage?
Mrs Briggs: Well, the garage wall……….(fall) down two days ago.
Mr Briggs: What???
Mrs Briggs: I..I ………(not/finish) yet. We, well, …………….(have) a little accident… But I …….(take) the car to the garage to be rapaired.
Mr Briggs: Accident? Car? Oh no! You……….(not/crash) my new car into the garage wall?
Mrs Briggs: Er, well, yes. I ………….(not/want) to tell you, but that’s exactly what ……….(happen).
Unit 9
Present Perfect Continuous
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Present Perfect Continuous is used:
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1.for actions which started in the past and continue up to the present. |
2.for continuous past actions which have visible results or effect in the present |
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I've been packing my case all morning. (I'm still packing.)
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They have been walking in the rain. (They are wet.) |
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3. to express irritation, anger, annoyance, explanation or criticism.
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4. to put emphasis on duration, usually with for, since or how long. I've been typing letters since 9 o'clock.
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Non-continuous verbs are not used in Present Perfect Cont. (know, believe, see, like, love, taste, understand, want etc.) I've known her since 1985. |
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Has the dog been chewing on my slippers? (showing anger) |
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With the verbs live, feel and work we can use either Present Perfect or Present Perf. Cont. with no difference in meaning.
I've been living in London for a year.
or I've lived in London for a year.
Time adverbs used with Present Perfect Continuous:
for, since, how long.
Ex. 75. Put the verbs into Present Perfect Cont.
Tim: Hello Joe. What 1)...have you been doing..(you/do)?