Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Worksheet

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

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We use the present perfect continuous/progressive to talk about an action or situations which began in the past and are still happening or have just stopped. It is often used with how long, for and since. E.g.: The journalist has been working very hard this week.

I. ut the verbs in brackets in either the resent erfect !i"ple  or  or the resent erfect #ontinuous . $. *.

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I %%%%have taken %%%%%%%%%%%% &take' a (rench course for ) "onths and the teacher says I a" a fast learner. +' !o" !o"eon eone %%% %%%% %have leaved …%%%%%%%%%%% &leave' the ladder outside, look. I epect that-s rain. e ……has cleaned %%%%%%%%%%%%% &clean' windows. +nd I don-t think he %%%% has not finished  %%%%%% &finish' yet. 1essy %%has taken %%%%%%% &take' driving lessons and net week she is going to take a driving test. I ……………have lived %%%%%%%%%%% &live' in !ue-s flat and when I find a new house, I will "ove. lea lease se dondon-tt go go in. in. I …………have%%% just %%%swept…%%%%% &sweep' the flour. I …………have eaten %%%%%% &eat' 4 chocolates up to now. +6 +re you you hun hungry gry7 6 8o, 8o, I-" not. ot. I %%have een eatin! %%%%%%% &eat' chocolates all day. The The you young ng chil childr dren en %%%% %%%%has een "akin! %%% &"ake' a snow"an all "orning. I %%%%have #oken %%%% &break' "y ar"s twice within * years. I-" tired tired.. I% I% have een pla$in!  %%%%%% &play' tennis all afternoon.

II. #hoose the correct for" of the verb: $' I &have had/ had/ have been' having so"e fa"ily proble"s lately. *' !he &has loved / has been' been' loving chocolate since she was a child. 0' It &has snowed / has been' been' snowing a lot this week. 2' (ave you studied / have you been studying' hard this se"ester7 QUINDE TORRES ERICK ANTHONY

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)' ow long &have you been/ have you been being' in town. 3' I &have read/ have been reading' this book all afternoon. I;. #o"plete the sentences by "eans of the present perfect continuous: +' e %%%%%has een t#$in! …%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &try' to find a better job. ' Where has !usan been7 I %%%%%%% have een lookin! %%&look' for her for the last two hours. #' They %%%have een livin! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &live' here since they got "arried. <' We %%%%have een wo#kin!  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &work' together for "any years. E' !he %%%has een lea#nin! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &learn' (rench for three years now. (' ow long %%%%%have……………………………………… you %een waitin! %%%%%% &wait' for us7 =' I %%%%have een takin!……%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &take' a shower since three days ago. ' %%%%have………………………………… you %%%een eatin! …%%%%%%%%%%%%% &eat' properly these days7

III. #o"plete with the correct for" of the verbs using either resent erfect tense or resent erfect  #ontinuous . $. *. 0. 2. ). 3. 5. 4. 9. $. $$. $*. $0. $2.

>inda %%%%%%%has een t#avelin! %%%%%%%% &travel' around Europe for three "onths. !he %%%%%%%%%has een visitin! %%%%%%%% &visit' si countries so far. 1i""y %%%%%%%has een pla$in!  %%%%%%% &play' since he was five years old. e %%%%%%%%%%%has won %%%%%%%%%%%%%% &win' the national cha"pionship four ti"es. ill and +ndy %%%%%%%have "ade%%%%%%%%%%%% &"ake' ten fil"s since they left college. They %%%%%%%%%%%have een "akin! %%%%%%%%% &"ake' fil"s for "any years now. >ook? !o"ebody %%%%%%has #oken %%%%%%%%%%%%% &break' the window. I %%%%%%%have een #eadin! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% &read' the book you gave all "orning. ut I %%%%%%have not finished  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ¬ finish' it yet. !orry I-" late. That-s all right. I %%% haven%t een waitin!  %%% ¬ wait' for a long ti"e. eter %%%%%%% has een cleanin! %%%%%%%% &clean' the windows for so"e ti"e. !o far he %%%%%%%% has cleaned %%%%% &clean' five of the" and there are two "ore to go. @y brother is an actor. e ……………………has appea#ed%%%%%% &appear' in several fil"s. I %%%%% have een lea#nin!  %%%%% &learn' #hinese for two years now.

;. Write the interrogative for" for each of the following sentences. Auby has been eating too "uch fried food for the last two weeks %% has #&$ een eatin! too "&ch f#ied food fo# the last two weeks '…………… I have been watching T; since )p" because I have nothing to do . % have I een watchin! T( since )p" eca&se I have nothin! to do'*** Ta"ara has been studying seriously for ) hours. %%%% has Ta"a#a een st&d$in! se#io&sl$ fo# ) ho&#s 7 %%%%%% ele has been playing football for a long ti"e. %%%%%has Pele een pla$in! footall fo# a lon! ti "e7 %%%%%%%%%% QUINDE TORRES ERICK ANTHONY

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We have been waiting for hi" for over an hour? %%% have we een waitin! fo# hi" fo# ove# an ho&#s' %%%%%%%%

VI. + usy Bear. What have you been doing since the beginning of the year or "arking period7 >ist between five

and ten activities. Then, share your answers with the rest of the group. ;II. !ecret #harades.  !tudents are given so"e inde cards. Then, every student has to co"e to the front of the class and acts out a daily activity while the rest of the class tries to figure out what it is. The goal is to try to guess what the student have been doing using the present perfect progressive.

;III. !ong +ctivity. The fa"ous song by etCs "ake it clear. That this is free love 8o hidden catch. 8o strings attached 1ust free %%love%%%%%%%. 8o hidden catch. 8o strings attached 1ust free love. I-ve %%%%been running%%%%%%%%%%%%% like you I-ve %%%%been running%%%%%%%%%%%%% like you 8ow you understand why IC" running scared 8ow you understand why IC" running scared +nd I-" only here%

Then let it slip away >et go of co"plicated feelings Then thereCs no price to &pay/pray' We-ve %%%been running%%%%%%%%%%%%%% fro" love We-ve %%%been running%%%%%%%%%%%%%% fro" love +nd we donCt know what weCre doing here 8o we donCt &know/love' what weCre doing here WeCre only here !haring our free love >etCs &"ake/take' it clear That this is free love 8o hidden %%%catch%%%%%%. 8o strings attached 1ust free love 8o hidden catch 8o strings attached 1ust free love

(love, been runnin, !u"ere#, been $i#in%

ey girl BouCve got to take this "o"ent

ID. Aeading #o"prehension. Aead and then answer the uestions using the present continuous when possible.

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I-ve been sitting on the beach and eating an ice6crea". +lice and aul have been swi""ing in the sea and To" has been in the park. eFs been playing with a friend. eter has been listening to the radio and reading. We-ve been having a fantastic holiday. +bercw" is a little fishing village in north Wales with a park, a castle, so"e Ao"an re"ains and so"e lovely gardens, and there-s a little fishing port with a lighthouse. Everybody here has been really friendly since we ca"e here. I think we-ve been very lucky. This is our second holiday this  year and we-ve been doing just what we have wanted to do. We-ve been sleeping, eating and playing ga"es during all this ti"e. The food has been lovely too.

$' WhatFs the author of the tet been doing7 %%the author have been sitting on the beach an eating an ice6crea".. *' What have +lice and aul been doing7 &&&&..They have been swi""ing in the sea%%.. 0' What has eter been doing7 % eter has been listening to the radio and reading%%%% 2' Where has To" been7 %%%%%%to" has been in the park %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% )' WhereFs +bercw"7 %TE +EA#W@ is a little village in the north wales %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% (oca&la#$: Ae"ainsG AuinasH (ishing ;illageG ueblito pesueroH >ighthouseG (aroH >uckyG #on suerteH (riendlyG +"igableH #astleG #astilloH =arden G 1ardnH holidayG;acacionesH lovelyG encantador.