Language use

Exercise 30. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in Present Perfect Continuous or Present Perfect.

1. I’m very hungry. I_________ all day.

2. Their new kitchen looks fantastic. They _____ completely _____ it.

3. Our kitchen’s a mess. We____________ any cleaning for weeks.

4. I think they are dating. They____________ a lot of each other recently.

5. We’ve discovered this great café and we_____________ there a lot.

6. How’s your Mum? I _____________ her for a while.

7. You’re covered in paint! What __________ you __________?

8. She’s gone to the doctor’s. She ______________ too well lately.

9. Where have you been? I____________ for ages.

10. I have to finish my essay. I__________ about half of it so far.

Exercise 31. Choose the correct option.

1. She.......................for you all day a. haves been waiting              b. has been waiting      c. has waiting

2. I...........................this book since Monday      a. have read           b. have been reading      c. have been read

3. We.......................all morning. Where have you been?      a. has been calling            b. have been calling             c. have been caling

 4. What ......................since we last met?      a.have you do          b. have you been               c. have you been doing

5. We........................working in the garden because of rain.                 a. haven’t been        b. haven’t                  c. have been’t

 6. My mother .......................since she came back home    a.have been watching TV                 b. has been watching TV                c. has watching TV

 7. My friend................... judo for a long time  a. has been doing                      b.has been ding                      c. has been dooing

 8. Kate .......................Mark since they were children.   a. has known                   b. has been knowing             c. has knowing

10. Lisa ................her English   a. has not been practising              b. has been not practising                c. has ben practicing

Exercise 32. Put each verb in brackets in either Present Perfect orPresent

Perfect Continuous.

1. Someone(eat)has eaten all the cakes. I’ll have to buy some more.

2. What (you buy) your sister for her birthday?

3. My throat is really sore. I (sing) all evening.

4. Brenda (learn) Russian, but she finds it difficult.

5. How many people (you invite) to your party?

6. Those two cats (sit) on that branch for the last hour.

7. It (rain) all day! Why can’t it stop?

8. Diana (wear) twelve different dresses in the past week!

9. I (do) everything you asked. What should I do now?

10. Graham and Pauline (try) to find a house for ages, but they can’t find one they can afford.

Exercise 33. Put each verb in brackets in Past Simple, Present Perfect,

orPresent Perfect Continuous.

It was announced in London this morning that the British Oil Corporation (1) ...has discovered (discover) oil under the sea near the Welsh coast.

The company, which (2) ……………… (drill) for oil in the area for several years,

(3)……………… (find) small amounts of oil near Swansea last month, and since then (4)………………(discover) larger amounts under the seabed nearby. Last year the government (5)………………. (lend) over £50,000,000 to BOC, and (6)………….. (give) permission for the company to build an oil refinery and other facilities in South Wales.

The reaction of local people to today’s news (7) (be) mixed so far. Local

MPs (8) (already welcome) the news, pointing out that the oil industry will bring

badly needed jobs to the area. But local residents are worried about the danger of pollution.

“Nobody (9) (ask) us yet what we want,” said Ann Griffiths, leader of the Keep

Out The Oil Campaign. “Look what (10)………….. (happen) when they (11)…………. (find) oil in Scotland in the 1960s.

The oil companies (12) (get) rich, not the local people. BOC

(13) (not tell) us the truth about what this is going to mean for our people.” A

BOC spokesman later (14) (refuse) to comment. Meanwhile local campaigners

(15) (ask) the government to hold an inquiry.

Exercise 34. All of these people are on vacation in Washington. Look at this information.