Supply the present perfect tense form of the verbs in parentheses.

1. I ______________________ (speak) to him about it several times.

2. We ______________________ (finish) all our homework.
3. My aunt Anna ______________________ (visit) us many times.
4. Carlos ______________________ (return) my book at last.
5. I am afraid that I ______________________ (lose) my car keys.
6. My parents ______________________ (be) in Florida many times.
7. It ______________________ (rain) a lot this year.
8. We ______________________ (learn) many new words in this course.
9. I ______________________ (tell) Ed what you said.
10. They ______________________ (hear) that story before.

Change the following sentences into negatives.

1. She has been teaching there many years.
2. They have returned home.
3. It has been snowing
4. I have spoken to Ms. Wolf about it.
You have been studying English.
6. He has been the best student in the class.
7. She has been taking music lessons.
8. We have been discussing the matter all day long.
9 She has been sick since Wednesday.
10. He has known her a long time.
Change the following sentences to questions beginning with How long.
1. He has been working for that firm for ten years.
Example: How long has he been working for that firm?
1. They have been married for five years.
2. They have been living in that same house for twenty years.
3. He has been absent from class for two weeks.
4. She has been studying English since June.
5. They have been arguing for more than an hour.
6. They have been friends for years.
7. He has been teaching English ever since he graduated from college.
8. It has been raining like this for an hour

Complete the sentences with since or for.

1. We have been living here ____________ three years.
2. Sue has worked for that firm ____________six months.
3. I have not seen him ____________ several days.
4. It has been snowing steadily ____________last night.
5. He has worked for that firm ____________ 1981.
6. I have not eaten anything ____________ two days.
7 We have been planning this trip ____________ a year.
8. It has been raining steadily ____________ eight hours.
9. We haven't seen them February.
10.We have lived in the same house ____________1980.
11. They have been friends ____________ high school.
12. They have been living with her parents ____________ they were married.
Present Perfect Continuous
Instructions: Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Continuous form
of the verb in parenthesis.

1. He (work) ___________________ in this company since 1985.

2. I (wait) ___________________ for you since two o'clock.
3. Mary (live) ___________________ in Germany since 1992.
4. Why is he so tired? He (play) ___________________ tennis for five hours.
5. How long (learn / you) ___________________ English?
6. We (look for) ___________________ the motorway for more than an hour.
7. I (live) ___________________ without electricity for two weeks.
8. The film (run / not) ___________________ for ten minutes yet, but there's a
commercial break already.
9. How long (work / she) ___________________ in the garden?
10. She (not / be) ___________________ in the garden for more than an hour.

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

Put the verbs into the correct tense

1. I (play) ________________ playing football for five years.

2. My team (win / only) ________________ two matches so far.
3. The others (be / always) ________________ better.
4. Are we not there yet? We (walk) ________________ for hours.
5. But we (cover / only) ________________ an area of five miles so far.
6. I (finish/just) ________________ my homework.
7. I (work) ________________ on this essay since two o'clock.
8. Jane (go out) ________________ with Bob for seven years.
9. Martin (date) ________________ three girls this week.
10. How long (wait / you) ________________ for us?