PRESENT PERFECT: SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS? EXERCISES
I. READ THE SITUATIONS AND WRITE A QUESTION FOR EACH ONE;
1. You have just arrived to meet a friend who is waiting for you. You
ask :(you/wait /long) Have you been waiting long ?
2. Your father looks exhausted. You ask :(you/work hard)
-?
3.Lisa looks beautifully tanned. You ask :(you/lie in the sun)-
?
4.One of your friends is now living opposite the theatre. You want to
know :'How long you ask :( how long/ you/live/opposite the/theatre)
-?
5. Your uncle tells you about his new job, he sells computers. You want to
know 'How long?'. You ask: (how long/ you/sell/ computers ?)
--?
6. You meet a friend in the park .He is covered with mud. You ask : (what
you do?)-
-?
II. READ THE SITUATIONS AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.
1. The rain started two hours ago. It is still raining now. It
-for two hours.
2. We started waiting for the plane 40 minutes ago. We are still waiting
now.
--for 40 minutes
3. Mike began looking for a job since he left school. He's still looking now.
since he left school.
4. Helen started working in New York two months ago. She's still working
there now. -
-for two
months.
5. Years ago you started playing golf. You still play golf regularly now.