WORKSHEET 1

SUBJECT : Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

A) Use PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE to fill in the blanks:

1. I’m tired, because I …… have been working ………. (work) very hard.

2. He ………………………………………… (write) letters all morning.

3. Catherina is getting fatter because she …………………………………… (eat) too much.

4. My mother ………………………………………….. (peel) the potatoes all afternoon.

5. Cathy …………………………………………… (attend) a cookery course since March.

6. How long …………… you ………………………………………….. (learn) English?

7. Where are my eye-glasses? I ……………………………………….. (look) for them for an hour.

8. Charles ………………………………………………. (escape) from the police for years.

9. How long …………… you ………………………………………… (use) a computer?

10. Elizabeth ………………………………………….. (live) with Mike for three years.

11. She ……………………………………………. (earn) quite a lot of money for the last two years.

12. It …………………………………………………. (rain) fro six hours.

B) Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to

fill in the blanks:

1. I’ve bought / have been buying a new pair of shoes.

2. Have you finished / Have you been finishing reading that book yet?

3. They’ve eaten / have been eating fruit all afternoon, ever since they came from
school.

4. I’ve been reading / have read this book now, so you can have it back.

5. I’ve been writing / have written eight pages already.

6. Your exam paper is completely blank! What have you been doing / have you done?
7. Oh, no! There’s nothing to eat. My sister has been eating / has eaten everything I left
in the kitchen.

8. Oh, no! There’s no wine to drink. They have drunk / have been drinking all the wine.

9. No wonder your eyes hurt. You’ve been playing / have played computer games ever
since you had your breakfast.

10. I haven’t seen / haven’t been seeing you for ages.

11. God! Hakan has scored / has been scoring.

12. They have danced / have been dancing for an hour.

13. I have been waiting / have waited for you for ages.

14. I’ve finished / ‘ve been finishing my work.

15. I’ve been writing / have written this letter for an hour.

16. He has visited / has been visiting ten museums this week.

17. I’m very tired. Because I have travelled / have been travelling around Istanbul all
day.

18. She has found / has been finding a good job.

19. I’m hot because I have been running / have run.

20. I have written / have been writing letters for weeks.

 WORKSHEET 2

SUBJECT : Simple Past vs Present Perfect Tense,

Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

A) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the
blanks:

1. What ………………………………………… (you / learn) since you ……………………. (come)

here? How many friends ………………………………………. (you / make)? I hope you
……………………………………... (already / meet) a lot of interesting people.

2. Last night my roommate and I ……………………….. (have) some free time, so we

………………………….. (go) to a show.

3. I ………………………………….. (just / have) lunch, but I ……………………………… (not /

have) lunch yesterday.

4. Who …………………………………. (write) the play “Hamlet”?

5. How many games …………………………………… (the team / win) so far this season?

6. I don’t know Carol’s husband. I ………………………………………. (never / meet) him.

7. It ………………………………… (rain) a lot last week, but it …………………………… (not / rain)

much so far this week.

8. How many letters ……………………………………….. (you / write) since the beginning of

the month?

9. When we were on vacation, the weather ……………………………… (be) terrible. 10. In her
whole lifetime, Mary …………………………………………… (never / see) snow.

11. I don’t know where Ammy is. ………………………………………….(you / see) her?

12. When I ……………………………. (get) home last night, I ……………………….. (be) very
tired and I …………………………… (go) straight to bed.

13. Your car looks very clean. ……………………………………. (you / wash) it?

14. George …………………………………….. (not / be) very well last week.

15. Mr. Clark …………………………… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
B) Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to
fill in the blanks:

1. I’m trying to study. I …………………………………………….. (try) to study for the last hour,
but something always seems to interrupt me. I think I’d better go to the library.

2. The children are playing basketball right now. They ……………………………………… (play)
for almost two hours. They must be getting tired.

3. The telephone …………………………………………… (ring) four times in the last hour, and
each time it has been for my roommate.

4. The telephone …………………………………………… (ring) for almost a minute. Why

doesn’t someone answer it?

5. It ……………………………………………….. (rain) all day. I wonder when it will stop.

6. We ………………………………………… (have) three accidents so far this week. I wonder

how many more we will have if you keep using the tools carelessly.

7. We ……………………………………………………. (live) here since last June.

8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he ……………………………………… (play)

in the mud.

9. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you ……………………………… (not
/ cry). Oh, now I understand. You …………………………………………….. (peel) some onions.

10. Hello, Rob. I’m happy to see you again. I ……………………………………………….. (not /
see) you for weeks. What ……………………. you …………………………… (do) lately?

11. I …………………………………………………. (not / be) able to reach my boss on the phone

yet. I ………………………………………………………. (try) for the last twenty minutes, but the
line …………………………………….. busy.

12. We …………………………………………. (have) three major snowstorms so far this winter.

I wonder how many more we will have.

13. I ………………………………………………… (write) them three times, but I still haven’t

received a reply.

14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long ……………… he ……………………. (be) at the
university? B: He ………………………………………… (teach) here for almost 25 years.

15. A: What are you going to order for dinner?

 B: Well, I ……………………………………………… (have / have) pizza. So I think, I’ll order
that.

16. My uncle …………………………………………………. (paint) the outside of his house for

three weeks and he’s still not finished.

17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They ………………………………………. (travel)

throughout North Africa since the middle of May. They’ll return home in another
month.

C) Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:

1. I’m tired. We ………………………. (walk) for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.

2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I …………………………………………… (walk) there many times.

3. I …………………………………………………. (write) my friends at least a dozen letters since I

left home and come home.

4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She ………………………………………. (write) it

since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.

5. The telephone …………………………………………….. (ring) four times in the last hour, and
each time it has been for my roommate.

6. The telephone ……………………………………………… (ring) for almost a minute. Why

doesn’t someone answer it?

7. She is 80 and she ………………………………………… (never / read) a book in her life.

8. The secretary is very tired. She ………………………………………………… (type) all morning.

9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He
……………………………………….. (read) for two hours.

10. Hello! I …………………………………………… (clean) the windows. So far I

………………………………………… (clean) five of them and there are two more to do.

11. My grandfather ……………………… (died) 30 years ago. I ……………………………..

…………………. (never / meet) him.

12. A: Is your father at home?

B: No, I’m afraid he ……………………………………………… (go) out.

 A: When exactly ………………………………………………… (he / go) out?

B: About ten minutes ago.

D) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the
blanks:

1. The young man ……………………………… (never / be) to Paris, but he …………….. (read) a
book about this city last year.

2. …………………… you …………………… (decide) where to go yet?

3. A: Have some tea, please.

B: No, thank you. I …………………………………. (just / have) two cups of tea.

4. Susan …………………………. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane ………….
……………….. (not /write) a word until now.

5. Her mother ………………………………… (buy) her a pair of new shoes yesterday.

6. The Prime Minister …………………………. (leave) for the USA an hour ago.

7. A: …………….. the plane ……………………. (land)?

B: Yes, it ………………………… (land) ten minutes ago.

8. It ………………………………. (not / rain) for a long time.

9. ……………… you ……………… (see) my dog? It ……………………… (run away) this morning.

10. We …………………………. (meet) at a party a long time ago, but I …………………….. (not /
see) her since then.

11. I ………………………… (see) an interesting book in a bookshop yesterday, but I

…………………………… (not / buy) it.

12. My friend …………………………… (fall) from the bicycle because he ……………….… (not /
ride) one for ages.

13. His father ………………………………… (die) in 1970, but he ………………………….. (never /

visit) his father’s grave since that time.

14. They …………………… (go) to America years ago, but none of them …………………...
(come) back since then.
15. A: …………….. you ……………….. (speak) to an Englishman?

B: Yes, I …………………….. (have) a short conversation with one last night.

16. A: ………………. you ever ………………….. (be) to Tatilya?

B: Yes, I ………………………. (go) there two years ago.

17. A: ………………. you ……………….. (see) Jane recently?

B: No, I ……………………………. (see) her for a long time.

E) Rewrite the sentences using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT

TENSE:

1. I haven’t seen her for a long time. It’s ages since I saw her……………………………………

2. I last met George two weeks ago. I haven’t …………………………………………………………

3. They have been here for three months. They arrived ……………………………………………..

4. We started living in Istanbul 12 years ago. We have ……………………………………………….

5. I last saw my girlfriend five days ago. I haven’t ……………………………………………………….

6. Is this the first time you have tasted a kivi? ………………… (not) you ……………………….
one before?

7. I last smoked a cigarette ten years ago. I haven’t …………………………………………………..

8. I last drank wine two weeks ago. It’s two weeks ……………………………………………. wine.

9. I have lived in Istanbul since January. I ……………………………………………………… (come)

10. They moved to Ankara two years ago. They …………………………………………. two years.

11. She hasn’t been to Rome before. This is the first time ……………………………………………