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Verb Tense Tutorial Exercise 7
Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
1 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 wc. He (run)............. from table to table taking orders
and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not)......... ... in our direction once.
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Answer 1

Answer:

have forgot, have been waiting

has walked, have ordered

have come

haven't ordered yet,have been sitting

has noticed,is running

isn't looking

Answer 2

Robin: I think the waiter has forgotten us. We have been waiting here for over half an hour and nobody has taken our order yet.

Michele: I think you're right. He has walked by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we have already ordered.

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

Michele: He must realize we haven't ordered yet! We have been sitting here for over half an hour staring at him.

Robin: I don't know if he has even noticed us. He has been running from table to table taking orders

and serving food.

Michele: That's true, and he hasn't looked in our direction once.

Explanation:

• In the above sentences, the correct form of present perfect tense and present perfect continuous tense have to be filled.
• The present perfect tense is used to define the action which has taken place sometime in the past and has continued in the present.
• It is formed by adding have/has with the past participle of the verb.
• The present perfect continuous tense is used to define the action which has started in the past and has been continuing in the present.
• It is formed by adding have/has with 'been' and the past participle form of the verb.

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