Fill in the blanks.
1I ............... on this project for the last six months.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Have been working" and "have worked" are both correct for an action that started in the past and continues now.
2I could not meet him. He ............... to Madrid.
Wrong!
"Had gone" is correct because his going to Madrid happened before I tried to meet him.
3I ............... to Australia a couple of times.
Wrong!
"Have been" is correct for life experience at an unspecified time before now.
4We ............... in this town for six years.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Have lived" and "have been living" are both correct for a situation that started in the past and continues now.
5I ............... the money.
Wrong!
"Have just sent" is correct: "just" goes between "have" and the past participle to show a very recent action linked to the present, while "had just sent" needs a past reference point.
6I ............... that movie several times.
Wrong!
"Have watched" is correct for repeated experience without a finished past time.
7............... the work yet?
Wrong!
"Have you finished" is correct because "yet" commonly asks about completion up to now.
8You still ............... the book you borrowed from me.
Wrong!
"Have not returned" is correct because "still" shows the situation continues up to now.
9She ............... her driving test last week.
Wrong!
"Took" is correct because "last week" names a finished past time.
10I ............... for an hour and then I went home.
Wrong!
"Waited" is correct because the finished sequence is in the past.
11We ............... for ages, and the bus still hasn't come.
Wrong!
"Have been waiting" is correct for an action that started in the past and is still continuing, as "still hasn't come" shows.
12............... yet?
Wrong!
"Have they arrived" is correct because "yet" asks whether something has happened by now.
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Answers
- I have been working / have worked on this project for the last six months.
- I could not meet him. He had gone to Madrid.
- I have been to Australia a couple of times.
- We have lived / have been living in this town for six years.
- I have just sent the money.
- I have watched that movie several times.
- Have you finished the work yet?
- You still have not returned the book you borrowed from me.
- She took her driving test last week.
- I waited for an hour and then I went home.
- We have been waiting for ages, and the bus still hasn’t come.
- Have they arrived yet?