Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.

1. Sandra ____________________________ (read) since 8 a.m. and she __________ already ________________ (read) a hundred pages.

2. My uncle ______________________________ (work) as a mechanic for over thirty years and he ______________________________ (repair) thousands of cars.

3. “__________ you ______________________ (wait) for me for a long time?” “Not really. I _________________________________ (wait) for you for only two hours, but the waiting was not boring because I __________________________ (help) a little old man to cross the street, and it took me almost two hours to do it because he did not want to cross it.”

4. “_______ you ___________________ (see) my notebook? I am sure that I ____________

_____________________ (bring) it to school today because I ________________________

(not finish) my Math homework and I hoped that I could copy the homework from you.” “No, I __________________________ (not see) your notebook, but it’s okay because I _________________________ (do) my Math homework, yet. I _______________________

(try) to do it since yesterday, but in vain.”

5. Samantha and I _____________________________ (be) friends since we were in the second grade. We _____________________________ (participate) in many competitions together, in the same team or in opposite teams, but lately she ________________________

(to complain) too much about the fact that I _________________________ (not to call) her this year as often as I called her last year.

6. “_________ Jim ________________________ (run)? He is covered in sweat.” “Yes, he ______________________________ (run) for thirty minutes. He _____________________

_________________ (already run) five miles.” “________ he ___________________ (sign up) for a competition or something?” “Yes, he ______________________________ (sign up) for this major athletic competition next month. He signed up last week and he ________

______________________ (train) since them.”

7. “_________ you ____________________ (buy) this jacket or you ___________________

(get) it as a present?” “________ you __________________________ (live) under a rock? I _____________________________ (wearing) this jacket for more than half a year and you _____________________________ (notice) it just now?!”



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