Choose the correct answer, a or b.

1. a. I’ve started driving lessons. b. I’ve been starting driving lessons.

2. a. I’ve sold my bike to Phil.
3. a. Peter is wet. He’s walked in the rain.
4. a. Ann’s eyes are red. She has cried.
5. a. Tim Henman hasn’t won Wimbledon.
6. a. Have you stopped eating?
7. a. Someone has eaten my chocolates.
There aren’t many left.
b. I’ve been selling my bike to Phil.
b. Peter is wet. He’s been walking in the rain.
b. Ann’s eyes are red. She’s been crying.
b. Tim Henman hasn’t been winning Wimbledon.
b. Have you been stopping eating?
b. Someone has been eating my chocolates.
There aren’t many left.

Choose the most appropriate sentence ending.

1 I’ve swum… a and I feel exhausted.

2 I’ve been swimming… b thirty lenghts of the pool.
3 They have asked me… a to visit them for ages, but I’ve never had the time.
4 They have been asking me… b to join the company on a number of occasions.
5 I have visited Vienna… a three or four times before.
6 I’ve been visiting Vienna. b since 1990 and I’ve always felt very safe here.
7 We’ve stayed… a at this hotel a couple of times before.
8 We’ve been staying… b at a small hotel near the sea.

Read and complete the dialogue with the sentences below.

a I’ve been putting a new tyre on.

b Have you been working all afternoon?
c I’ve been writing a report.
d I’ve been putting a new saddle on.
e What have you been doing?
f And I’ve put the new tyre on.
g I’ve just finished this report.
h I’ve put the new saddle on.
i I’ve printed it out.

Julie is repairing her bike

Dad: Come on Julie. Have a break. Have a cup of tea. 1 What have you been doing?
Julie: (taking the tea) Thanks Dad. 2 …………………………………………………………. .
The old one moves when I sit on it.
Dad: Your bike looks good. What’s happened to the front wheel?
Julie: 3 …………………………………………………………. . I haven’t quite finished yet. Dad,
you look very tired. 4 …………………………………………………………. ?
Dad: Yes. 5 …………………………………………………………. . They want it at the office
office on Monday.
Julie: Dad! It’s Saturday afternoon!

(Half an hour later, Julie comes into her dad’s room.)

Dad: Oh, hello! 6 …………………………………………………………. . Here it is.

7 …………………………………………………………. . How’s thebike?
Julie: Fine! 8 …………………………………………………………. . It’s quite comfortable.
9 …………………………………………………………. too.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. A: You look hot. What ……………………. (you / do)?

B: I ……………………. (play) tennis with Sarah.
A: Oh yes. I ……………………. (see) her play before. She’s good, isn’t she?
B: Yes, she is. She ……………………. (beat) me five times since the start of the summer.
2. A: I ……………………. (always / believe) that exercise is good for you.
B: Of course, it’s good to keep fit.
3. A: Fred ……………………. (open) a new shop.
B: Really? Where is it?
4. A: You look exhausted.
B: Well, I ……………………. (clean) the windows since 8 o’clock this morning.
5. A: Have you found your umbrella yet?
B: No, I ……………………. (look) for it for an hour now.
6. A: How long ……………………. (you / know) Alison?
B: We ……………………. (be) friends since we were children.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

Mike: At last! Where ……………………. (you / be)? I ……………………. (wait) for an hour!
Helen: Sorry, I ……………………. (talk) to an old friend. I ……………………. (not / see) her for
years.
Mike: What ……………………. (she / do) since you last saw her?
Helen: She ……………………. (work) for a computer company for five years but she wants to
change her job. She ……………………. (not get on) well with her boss recently.
Mike: There is a vacancy in my office for a computer analyst. ……………………. (she / have) any
interesting offers yet?
Helen: I don’t think so. She ……………………. (not look) for a long time. She …………………….
(just / start).
Mike: Then tell her about this offer. She might be interested.