Put the verb in the most suitable form, present perfect simple or continuous
1. You look tired. _______________ (you/study) hard?
2. Mr Brown is new here, isn't he? How 1ong _______________ (he/work) for the
company?
3. I _______________ (lose) my wallet. Have you seen it anywhere?
4. I _______________ (read) the magazine you lent me, but I _______________
(not/finish) yet.
5. _______________ (you/hear) the bad news? Simon _______________ (break) his leg!
6. How many articles _______________ (you/write)?
7. What _______________ (you/do)? I _______________ (wait) for you for an hour!
8. Bob and his friends _______________ (play) golf since this morning.
9. I _______________ (know) Louise for ten years.
10. Mr Brown _______________ (mark) the exams all morning, but he
_______________ (not/read) them all.
Answers
Answer:
1) Studying
2)working
3)have lost
4)have read
5)Have heard, broken
6)written
7)done, have waited
8)had played
9)have knew
10)had marked, read
Answer:
1. You look tired. Have you been studying hard?
2. Mr Brown is new here, isn't he? How long has he been working for the company?
3. I have lost my wallet. Have you seen it anywhere?
4. I have been reading the magazine you lent me, but I haven’t finished yet.
5. Have you heard the bad news? Simon has broken his leg!
6. How many articles have you written?
7. What have you been doing? I've been waiting for you for an hour!
8. Bob and his friends have been playing golf since this morning.
9. I have known Louise for ten years.
10. Mr Brown has been marking the exams all morning, but he
hasn’t read them all.
Explanation:
- Tense is an English grammar concept.
- It represents the form taken by the verb to comprehend the situation referred to in the time frame/reference.
- We prefer the present perfect simple tense (past to past) with action verbs to emphasise on the completion of an event in the recent past.
- We use the present perfect continuous to talk about ongoing events which started at a time in the past and are still continuing up until now.
- Both forms i.e. present perfect simple (have or has + past participle) and the present perfect continuous (have or has + been + -ing form) talk about past actions or states which are still connected to the present.
- The present perfect continuous depicts an activity or circumstance that began before (typically in the recent past) and goes on in the present. The actions are normally temporary situations.
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