Exercise 11.

Put the verbs in brackets into Present Perfect or Present Perfect

Continuous.
1. Look! Somebody has broken (break) the window.
2. I wonder if John has forgotten (forget) my number. I has been expecting
(expect) him to call for the past two hours.
3. You look very upset. What has happened (happen)?
4. Haven`t you finished (not finish) that book yet? You have been reading (read) it
for more than a week.
5. The meat must be nearly ready. I have been cooking (cook) it for nearly an hour.
6. What have you been doing (do) for the last two hours? – I have been sitting (sit)
here working at this problem.
7. I have lost (lose) my key. Can you help me look for it?
8. My brother is an actor. He has appeared (appear) in several films.
9. Sorry! I’m late. – That’s all right. I haven`t waiting (not wait) long.
10. She has just sold (sell) two of her paintings. – She’s lucky. I have been
painting (paint) for five years and I haven`t sold (not sell) a single picture yet.
11. He has been sleeping (sleep) since ten o’clock. It’s time he woke up.
12. I have pumped (pump) up three tyres. Would you like to do the fourth?
13. That boy has eaten (eat) seven ice-creams.
14. That helicopter has been flying (fly) round the house for the last hour; do you
think it’s taking photographs?
15. We have walked (walk) ten kilometers.
16. We have been walking (walk) for three hours.
17. I have been working (work) for him for ten years and he never once say “Good
morning” to me.
18. The radio has been playing (play) since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it
off.
19. He has been studying (study) English for two years and doesn’t even know the
alphabet yet.
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6. On the morning of the accident, Mr Davis just finished/had just finished a night
shift at a local factory, and didn't have/hadn't had any sleep for 24 hours.
7. I'm sorry I didn't answer/wasn’t answering the phone earlier, but I was
painting/had been painting the ceiling in my bedroom.
8. The office Marlowe was visiting was on the 15th floor, and unfortunately, the
lift wasn’t working/hadn't been working, so by the time he arrived at the top of the
stairs, he was/had been out of breath.
9. On Christmas morning when they woke up/were waking up, the children looked
eagerly out of the window. It snowed/had been snowing, and the garden was
covered in a thick white carpet.
10. After the two film stars landed/were landing at the small airport, they left
quickly in a van that was waiting/had been waiting for them since the early
morning.