for three months.have been learning English for three years.that the present perfect is used for time past that continues up to and includes the present.the sentence with the correct forms of the verbs given.
. I .............. in the garden all morning and need a good lunch. (dig)
. I .............. since five in the morning and could do with a nap. (work)
. He .............. time all evening watching television. (waste)
. She .............. for the company for the last five years so it is time she was promoted. (work)
. Dear Susan, It .............. all week so we have spent most of our time sitting in the hotel. (rain)
. He .............. reports all weekend and has not had time to relax. (read)
. The children .............. football all afternoon and are screaming for their tea. (play)
. I .............. for the bus for the past 20 minutes and still it has not come. (wait)
. How long .............. you .............. here? (wait)
. It .............. all night long and now there are drifts a metre deep. (snow) Past/Present Perfectthe words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
. A: Did you like the movie Star Wars? Raquo ;: I do not know. I (see, never) ________ that movie.
. Sam (arrive) _________ in San Diego a week ago.
. My best friend and I (know) ________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
. I (have, not) _________ this much fun since I (be) ____ a kid.
. Things (change) _______ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) ________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) ________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
. I (tell) _______ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) _______ off into the forest and (be) _______ bitten by a snake.
. Listen Donna, I do not care if you (miss) _______ the bus this morning. You (be) _______ late to work too many times. You are fired!
. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) ________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
. How sad! George (dream) ________ of going to California before he died, but he did not make it. He (see, never) _________ the ocean.
. This tree (be) _________ planted by the settlers who (found) _________ our city over four hundred years ago.PERFECT CONTINUOUS: have now been living in London for three months.have been learning English for three years.that the present perfect is used for time past that continues up to and includes the present.the sentence with the correct forms of the verbs given.
. I .............. in the garden all morning and need a good lunch. (dig)
. I .............. since five in the morning and could do with a nap. (work)
. He .............. time all evening watching television. (waste)
. She .............. for the company for the last five years so it is time she was promoted. (work)
. Dear Susan, It .............. all week so we have spent most of our time sitting in the hotel. (rain)
. He .............. reports all weekend and has not had time to relax. (read)
. The children .............. football all afternoon and are screaming for their tea. (play)
. I .............. for the bus for the past 20 minutes and still it has not come. (wait)
. How long .............. you .............. here? (wait)
. It .............. all night long and now there are drifts a metre deep. (snow)
