II. Put the verbs into the suitable form, the present perfect or the present perfect progressive.

1.A: I feel very tired.

B: It's because you.....................(do)too much.

A:Well , at least I.....................(finish)that report now, and I can relax.

2.A: Someone.....................(leave) the ladder outside,look.

B: I expect that's Mike. He.....................(clean) the windows.I don't think he .....................(finish) yet.

3.A: You've got mud on your shoes.

B: It's all right,I'll take them off.I.....................(work) in the garden.

A: Yes,it looks a lot tidier.Well done.You.....................(do) a good job.

4.A: I.....................(hear) that you and Harriet are building a garage.How long .....................(you/do)that?

B: Oh,for about a month now.We.....................(do) about half of it.

5.A: You're still reading that book,aren't you? How long.....................(you/read)it?

B: I.....................(read) it for three days, but I.....................(not/finish)it yet.

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets : present perfect or present perfect progressive. 

1. How long (you / know)............................. Gerry ?

2. You look dirty. What (you / do)..........all day ?

3. How many times (Charles / visit) ............. New York ?

4. The children (watch)................... videos for two hours .

5. (He / study)................... hardn today ?

6. Sorry , I'm late. (You / wait )................... for long ?

7. We (not / see) ...................... Lisa recently . 

8 . How long (he / wait) .......................... for her ?

I.  Put the verb in the bracket into Present perfect or Present perfect continuous.

1.     England (win) ………………… the World Cup only once since 1930.

2.     How long you (sit) ………………… here in the sun? You look like burnt toast.

3.     The chair in the president’s office is very special. Sixteen presidents (sit) ………………… in it.

4.     The children are at the park. They (play) ………………… ball for the last two hours, but they don’t seem tired yet.

5.     Jim (play) ………………… soccer only a couple of times, so he’s not very good at it. He’s much better at tennis.

6.     Karl (raise) ………………… three children to adulthood. Now they are educated and working in productive careers.

7.     Sally is falling asleep at her desk. Dr. Wu (lecture) ………………… since ten o’clock, and it’s now past noon.

8.     Jenna is a law student. Ever since she enrolled in law school, she (miss, never) ………………… a class due to illness.

9.     Janice (sleep) ………………… for almost ten hours. I think we should wake her up.

10.  Tim (sleep) ………………… in the downstairs bedroom only once. He usually sleeps upstairs in the bedroom he shares with his brother.

Put the verbs in brackest: Present perfect or present perfect progressive.(1)

1.How long (you/know) ..................... Gerry?

2.You look dirty. What (you/do) ..................... all day?

5.The children (watch) ........... videos for two hours .

6.(he/study) ............... hard today ?

7.Sorry, I'm late .(you/wait)................ for long ?

8.We (not/see) ..................... Lisa recently.

10.How long (he/wait) ................ for her?

Exercise 5. Put the verbs into the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE.

1. I (PLAY) ______ tennis all morning and I'm tired now.

2. I (LOSE) ______ weight recently.

3. John (WRITE) ______ to his aunt but he (NOT RECEIVE) ______ a reply yet.

4. Please drive to work carefully. It (SNOW) ______ and not all the roads are free.

5.How far (YOU TRAVEL) ______ this morning?

6. He (SAVE) ______ up to buy a new TV set.

7. Paula (LEAVE) ______ work early today to meet her uncle.

8. I (FIND) ______ my cheque book at last.

9. The young man is only 23, but he (ALREADY CLIMB) ______ eight peaks in the Himalayas

10. Kay and Bruno (LIVE) ______ in London for the past 5 years. Recently they (TRY) ______ to buy a house in the country, but they (NOT MANAGE) ______to sell their flat yet.

Exercise 5. Put the verbs into the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE.

1. I (PLAY) ______ tennis all morning and I'm tired now.

2. I (LOSE) ______ weight recently.

3. John (WRITE) ______ to his aunt but he (NOT RECEIVE) ______ a reply yet.

4. Please drive to work carefully. It (SNOW) ______ and not all the roads are free.

5.How far (YOU TRAVEL) ______ this morning?

6. He (SAVE) ______ up to buy a new TV set.

7. Paula (LEAVE) ______ work early today to meet her uncle.

8. I (FIND) ______ my cheque book at last.

9. The young man is only 23, but he (ALREADY CLIMB) ______ eight peaks in the Himalayas

10. Kay and Bruno (LIVE) ______ in London for the past 5 years. Recently they (TRY) ______ to buy a house in the country, but they (NOT MANAGE) ______to sell their flat yet.

Put the verbs in the present perfect tense:

1.I(work)................... with him since 1970.

2.She( study)................... English for three years now.

3.I ( not see ).................... you for ages.

4.They ( live)................... there for the whole life.

5.You (meet)................. him since we said goodbye?

6. The village (grow)............................ in to a small town for 10 years.

7. I (work) ......................with him since 1970.

8. She (study)............................. English for 3 years now.

9. I (not see) .........................................you for ages.

10. They (live)............................ there for the whole life.

11. Where .......you (be)......................... since 1999?

12. We (not get) .......................................in touch with him for years

Put the verbs in parentheses into the present perfect tense :

1. He ( practice ) ...... the piano since 8 o'clock

2. I ( not him ) ....... this movie since last week

3. Jorge ( read ) ....... the newspaper for an hour

4. ... Maria ( learn ) .......... English since grade 6 ?

5. He ( swim ) ...... for half an hour

6. How long ........ Mr.Johnson ( work ) ..... here ? - For 35 years

7. We ( begin ) ... to study for the test since this morning