Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. How long ................... you .................?
Correct!
Wrong!
2. It ................... at all in March.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is not used with definite past time expressions.
3. Who ................... you Spanish?
Correct!
Wrong!
4. Where .................... all this while?
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
5. I .................. my keys.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to talk about a finished event whose effect is still felt in the present.
6. My cat ....................... since yesterday.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
7. Where .................... James ...................?
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is more appropriate here because there is no time reference.
8. Lisa ...................... to work.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. It ..................... her about 20 minutes to get to work.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. He ........................ any friends.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either doesn't have or hasn't got can be used here.
11. She ......................... in a cafe since she dropped out of school.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. I ........................ the book you lent me.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- How long have you been waiting?
- It didn’t rain at all in March.
- Who taught you Spanish?
- Where have you been all this while?
- I have lost my keys.
- My cat has been missing since yesterday.
- Where has James gone?
- Lisa walks to work.
- It takes her about 20 minutes to get to work.
- He doesn’t have / hasn’t got any friends.
- She has been working in a cafe since she dropped out of school.
- I haven’t read the book you lent me.
