CHAPTER 4. THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT (14) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 4. THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT

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PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE vs. PRESENT PERFECT EXERCISE 25. Present perfect vs. the present perfect progressive. Directions: Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect or the present perfect progressive. In some sentences, either form is possible. 1 A: I'm tired. We (walk) ________ have been walking ______ for more than an hour. Let's stop and rest for a while. B: Okay. 2 A: Is the post office far from here? B: Not at all. I (walk) ______ have walked _______ there many times. 3 A: Do you like it here? B: I (live) _____ have been living/ have lived ______ here for only a short while. I don’t know yet. 4 A: I (read) _____________ this chapter in my chemistry text three times, and I still don't understand it! B: Maybe I can help. 5 A: My eyes are getting tired. I (read) _____________ for two hours. I think I'll take a break. B: Why don't we go for a walk? 6 A: Do you like the Edgewater Inn? B: Very much. I (stay) _____________ there at least a dozen times. It's my favorite hotel. 7 A: The baby's crying. Shouldn't we do something? B: He's all right. A: Are you sure? He (cry) _____________ for almost ten  minutes. B: Okay. I'll go into his room and see if anything's wrong. 8 A: Who's your daughter's new teacher? B: Mrs. Jackson. A: She's one of the best teachers at the elementary school. She (teach) _____________ kindergarten for twenty years. 9 A: Ed (play) _____________ tennis for ten years, but he still doesn't have a good backhand. B: Neither do I, and I (play) _____________ tennis for twenty years. 10 A: Where does Mr. Alvarez work? B: At the power company. He (work) _____________ there for fifteen years. He likes his job. A: What about his neighbor, Mr. Perez? B: He's currently unemployed, but he'll find a new job soon. A: What kind of job experience does he have? B: He (work) _____________ for a small manufacturing firm, for the telephone company, and at two of the world's leading software companies. With all that work experience, he won't have any trouble finding another job.

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