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14. For each sentence, choose the best form, either Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. I've been cleaning/cleaned this room all morning and now I'm exhausted!

2. Hurry up Jane! You've only finished/been finishing two questions and we have to write the answers to five.

3. Tony has lived/been living with his uncle recently while he looks for a new apartment.

4. I've been learning/learnt English for over twelve years now.

5. That's a really nice watch you have, Greg. How long have you had it/been having it?

6. My local hockey team are an embarrassment to everyone. The season finishes in two weeks and they haven't won/haven't been winning a single game!!

7. Ouch! I've cut/been cutting my finger with that terrible knife again!

8. Sorry to arrive looking so untidy. I've been running/run as I missed the bus.

9. You know your dinner is in half an hour. How many of those chocolates have you eaten/been eating?

10. I've been finishing/finished writing my first novel at last. It should be published in the summer.

11. John has been phoning/phoned all morning. He really needs to speak to you!

12. I've visited/been visiting Russia every year since I was six. It's such a beautiful country.

13. I've visited/been visiting Russia twice in my life.

15. Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

  1. Sorry for being late. I hope you ________ (wait / not) long.

  2. My grandparents are coming to see us next weekend. They ________ (visit / not) us for two years.

  3. She ________ (be / not) on holiday for 3 years.

  4. I don't want you to drive my car. You ________ (drive / not) a car for ages.

  5. He ________ (watch / not) TV all afternoon, he only switched the telly on 10 minutes ago.

  6. How much money ________ (Jack / spend) in the casino?

  7. How long ________ (she / sit) there?

  8. How many short messages ________ (send / you) this month?

  9. ________ (you / empty) the bin yet?

  10. Lucy, ________ (you / bathe) your dolls? The bathroom floor is absolutely wet.

  11. Sandy ________ (cook) dinner four times this week.

  12. We ________ (travel) around Scotland for 8 days.

  13. Why are your hands so dirty? - I ________ (repair) my bike.

  14. I ________ (read) the book, you can have it back.

  15. Paul ________ (believe) in God since he was a child.

  16. How long ________ (wait / she) for us?

  17. How many times ________ (tell / I) you?

  18. How often ________ (clean / you) the windows this year?

  19. How many months ________ (take / you) piano lessons?

  20. ________ (stay / you / ever) in a castle?

16. Get

Meaning/use

Example

Receive, experience, etc. sth

Sharon always seems to get loads of mail.

He'll get a shock when he sees the bill.

Obtain sth

Where did you get that painting?

He's gone to get help.

Buy sth

I got the plant from Columbia Road market.

I got a pullover for ten pounds.

Receive money

I only got a fiver for my old bike.

She gets £100 a week.

Catch an illness

It's fairly unusual for adults to get measles.

When I was five, I got the mumps.

Arrive

What time will we get there?

Move

I can't get the car out of the garage on my own.

X Leave from my house!

v Get out of my house!

get + adjective / past participle = 'become'

When I tried to talk to him about it, he just got really angry.

Get dressed and come downstairs immediately!

get + sb + to-infinitive = make someone do something

Why don't you get Chris to wash his jeans occasionally?

get + sth + to-infinitive = make something do something

I wonder if Frank can get this video to work.

start doing sth more quickly

Let's get moving - what are we waiting for?

understand

Oh, I get it. You put the paper in here and then press the button.

bring

Run upstairs and get a pillow.

get to + noun phrase = reach

We got to the end of the book.

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