Complete the dialogues below with the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous of the verbs in brackets. If both tenses are possible, use the present perfect continuous. 1
A: I'm very tired. We
(walk) too fast.

B: Maybe you are right, we
(walk) 10 kilometres in only one hour and a half.

2
A: You
(drink). You can't take the car.

B: But I
(only/drink) a couple of beers!

A: That isn't true; you
(drink) four beers.

3I
(wait) for you all morning! Where
(you/be) all this time?

4I
(teach) in this school for 20 years, and I
(meet) thousands of students from hundreds of different countries.

5
A: It smells fantastic!

B: Yeah, I
(make) cookies all afternoon.

A: Let me see. Wow! You
(make) a lot of cookies!

6
A: Someone
(call) all morning. They
(call) at least ten times.

B: Well, you
(sit) next to the phone all this time. You could have picked it up.

7I
(work) here for over a month and I
(not meet) the manager yet.

8I
(lose) my keys and I
(try) to contact my wife all morning, but she isn't answering her phone.

9What's the matter with you? You
(say) anything since this morning.

10Look, I
(wash) my car. Doesn't it look new now?

1. A: I'm very tired. We have been walking too fast.
B: Maybe you are right, we have been walking 10 kilometres in only one hour and a half.

In this dialogue, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of walking too fast started in the past and is still happening.

2. A: You have been drinking. You can't take the car.
B: But I have only been drinking a couple of beers!
A: That isn't true; you have been drinking four beers.

In this dialogue, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of drinking started in the past and is still happening. Also, the present perfect continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.

3. I have been waiting for you all morning! Where have you been all this time?

In this sentence, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of waiting started in the past and is still happening. Also, we use the present perfect continuous to emphasize the duration of the action.

4. I have been teaching in this school for 20 years, and I have met thousands of students from hundreds of different countries.

In this sentence, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and has just finished. The action of teaching started in the past and has just finished. Also, the present perfect continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.

5. A: It smells fantastic!
B: Yeah, I have been making cookies all afternoon.
A: Let me see. Wow! You have made a lot of cookies!

In this dialogue, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of making cookies started in the past and is still happening. Also, the present perfect continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.

6. A: Someone has been calling all morning. They have called at least ten times.
B: Well, you have been sitting next to the phone all this time. You could have picked it up.

In this dialogue, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of calling started in the past and is still happening. Also, the present perfect continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.

7. I have been working here for over a month and I have not met the manager yet.

In this sentence, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of working started in the past and is still happening. Also, the present perfect continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.

8. I have lost my keys and I have been trying to contact my wife all morning, but she isn't answering her phone.

In this sentence, we use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still happening or has just finished. The action of trying to contact started in the past and is still happening. Also, the present perfect continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.

9. What's the matter with you? You haven't said anything since this morning.

In this sentence, we use the present perfect simple tense to talk about an action that started in the past and has just finished. The action of saying started in the past and has just finished.

10. Look, I have washed my car. Doesn't it look new now?

In this sentence, we use the present perfect simple tense to talk about an action that started in the past and has just finished. The action of washing started in the past and has just finished.