TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Foreign Languages Department

NLL.INT.GRAMMAR.EXERCISE.U3

GRAMMAR EXERCISE UNIT 3

At the end of this worksheet, students will be able to:
 distinguish between the structures: present simple, past simple, present continuous, present perfect
and present perfect continuous.
 practice the grammar structures present simple, past simple, present continuous, present perfect
and present perfect continuous involved in statements given.
 demonstrate an understanding of grammar structures present simple, past simple, present
continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous by determining the incorrect answer.

PART A. Circle the best answer that completes the sentence.

1. Her feet hurt. She_____ all morning.
a) is walking c) has been walking
b) walks d) have been walking

2. A: Are you still busy?

B: Yes. I _____ this article for 2 hours, and I still _____ yet.
a) have written / don’t finish c) am writing / don’t finish
b) have been writing/ haven’t been finishing d) have been writing / haven’t finished

3. Martha _____ a new job. She is starting next week.

a) has found c) has been finding
b) is finding d) finds

4. Have you seen Linda? I _____ for her for almost an hour!
a) looking c) looked
b) have been looking d) look

5. A: Why are your shoes wet?

B: I _____ the car.
a) washed c) have just washed
b) wash d) washes

PART B. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given. (Present Perfect or
Present Perfect Continuous)

1. Where have you been? ______________________ (you/play) tennis for two hours?
2. Look! Somebody ________________________ (break) that window.
3. You look tired. _____________________________ (you/work) hard?
4. “_____________________________ (you/ever/work) in a factory?” “No, never.”
5. “Liz is away on holiday.” “Is she? ________________________________ (she/go)?”
6. My brother is an actor. He __________________________ (appear) in several films.
7. “Is it still raining?” “No, it __________________________ (stop).”
8. I _____________________ (lose) my address book. ________________________ (you/see) it?
9. I _______________________ (read) the book you lent me for a week, but I _______________________
(not/finish) it yet.
10. “Sorry, I’m late.” “That’s all right. I ___________________________ (not/wait) long.”
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Foreign Languages Department
NLL.INT.GRAMMAR.EXERCISE.U3

PART C. Circle the letter of the underlined word which is incorrect.

1. How much of that book have you reading so far?
A B C D
2. I’m learning Spanish, but I haven’t learning many words yet.
A B C D
3. My friend is been looking for a new job for a month.
A B C D
4. Linda is a good teacher. She has been teaching English since 15 years.
A B C D
5. Margaret has been written letters since this morning. She is really hardworking.
A B C D
6. What have you been doing since we last meet?
A B C D
7. She has yet washed her hair and wrapped it in a towel.
A B C D
8. We have been lived here for 5 years.
A B C D
9. Joseph have been giving away our plans!
A B C D
10. They have still elected a new club chairman.
A B C D
PART D. Match the beginnings of the sentence with the best ending.

1) ___________ twice so far this winter. a) It has been snowing

2) ___________ since she came to the office. b) It has snowed
3) ___________ more than half of the report. c) We’ve been driving
4) ___________ steadily for more than three days. d) She’s been typing
5) ___________ almost half of the way. e) We’ve driven
6) ___________ without a break since we started the journey at dawn. f) She has typed