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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous 1
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous 1
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1. Here are the keys! I ……………………………. (look) for them for the last hour.
2. The company …………………………….. (advertise) for a new secretary. They are
interviewing a number of candidates today.
3. The actors need a rest because they …………………………….(film) that scene since
eight o’clock this morning.
4. We ………………………………(paint) some of the rooms in our house because we try
to sell it.
5. What a mess in the kitchen! The children ……………………………..(make) biscuits.
6. I really need a holiday. I ………………………(work) too hard recently.
7. “Your clothes are filthy (asquerosas)”!
“That’s because we ……………………….(Clean) the car for you, mummy”.
8. You should come inside now – you ……………………………(sit) in the sun all
day long.
Susan(1. has been going, goes, was going, has gone)to Greece for a holiday. She (2. hasn’t
taken, didn’t take, wasn’t taking, isn’t taking) a holiday since 1985. Last week her doctor (3.
tell, has told, have told, told) her to rest. She (4. have planned, planned, is planning, has been
planning) a Greek holiday for quite some time, but she (5. has been, was being, is being, have
been) so busy at the office that she simply (6. could, would, had, should) not get away.
Susan keeps pets at home. Because she is on holiday she (7. has been leaving, was leaving,
leaves, has left) her black widow spiders with us. I (8. was having, did have, has had, have had)
a lot of problems with them since she (9. is going, went, was going, have gone) away. They (10.
haven’t been eating, weren’t eating, didn’t eat, ate) very well because catching insects like
millipedes (cienpiés) is more difficult than I thought.