Joseph Lancaster School. 9th grade.

Date________
Name:_____________________________
English test.
1. Choose the correct option. (5 pts)

1 I’m sorry, Kate isn’t at the moment. She ---- to the cinema.

a) has been b) has gone c) has been going

2 George --- with Julie since 2003

a) has lived b) has been lived c) has been

living

3 I --- Mary for ten years.

a) have been knowing b) have known c) have been

known

4 Where --- ? I --- for more than 45 minutes!

a) have you been / have waited b) have you been /have been
waiting

c) have you being / have been waited

5 Our team --- the championship twice.

a) have been winning b) have been won c) have won

6 Nick and Sylvia --- to New York. They’ll be there all winter

a) have gone b) have been going c) have been

7 The cat --- all its milk. Shall I give it some more?

a) has drunk b) has been drinking c) has been drunk

8 Philip --- books from the library for many years now.

a) has borrowed b) has been borrowed c) has been

borrowing

9 They --- papaya before

a) have never eaten b) have never been eating c) have never eating

10 He --- me an email.

a) has just been sending b) has just sending c) has just sent

11 \I --- to Kate twice since I last saw her.

a) have been speaking b) spoke c) have spoken

12 You --- the exercise yet, have you?

a) have finished b) haven’t finished c) haven’t been

finished

2. Write a short paragraph answering the following statement;

Things that you have been doing.
3. Complete the sentences with the correct form in brackets. Use
present perfect continuous. (5 pts)

a. I ____________(already/ run) 10 kilometres, but I still have 5kilometres to go.

b. She___________(stand) in the queue since the morning.
c. How long _______________(they / clean) their face?
d. We____________(read) Hobbit. We cannot wait to come back home and read the
following volume.
e. I____________(do the gardening) all day and my knees hurt.
f. They_________(not/ solve) this problem yet.

4. Listening carefully the following sentences in present perfect simple.

Change them into present perfect continuous. (5 pts)

a. I have_________________________ that song today.

b. I _______________________ pants in the game.
c. I _______________________ sick this week.
d. I _______________________ a lot of soda.
e. I________________________ good marks
f. I ________________________ headaches.
g. I ________________________ my new car.
h. I ________________________ my cat today.
i. I _________________________ two books.
j. I _________________________ well this week.