Fill in the blanks.
1I ............... on this project for the last six months.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous can be used here. We use the present perfect and the present perfect continuous to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
2I could not meet him. He ............... to Madrid.
Wrong!
3I ............... to Australia a couple of times.
Wrong!
The present perfect is more appropriate here. It is used to talk about an action or situation that happened at an unspecified point of time in the past.
4We ............... in this town for six years.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either the present perfect or the present perfect continuous can be used here.
5I ............... the money.
Wrong!
The present perfect is more appropriate here. In American English, the simple past is also possible.
6I ............... that movie several times.
Wrong!
The present perfect is preferred when we do not say when something happened.
7............... the work yet?
Wrong!
The present perfect is more appropriate with the time expressions yet, ever, never, just.
8You still ............... the book you borrowed from me.
Wrong!
9She ............... her driving test last week.
Wrong!
The simple past is used when we say when something happened.
10I ............... for an hour and then I went home.
Wrong!
11We ............... for ages.
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 and may continue in the future as well.
12............... yet?
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
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.
- Have they arrived yet?
