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Nowadays perfect-nowadays perfect continuous. Exercises

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Exercise ane The present perfect simple and continuous. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tense: nowadays perfect unproblematic or present perfect continuous.

1 Peter: You (telephone) for ages. You not nigh (finish)?

Jack: I (not go) through however. I (try) to get our Paris office but the line (be) engaged all morning.

ii Ann (neglect) her driving examination iii times because she'southward so bad at reversing. But she (practise) reversing for the terminal week and I think she (go) a bit better at information technology.

three Tom: I often (wonder) why Bill left the country and so suddenly.

Peter: Really, I merely (find) out.

four He (play) the bagpipes since vi o'clock this morning. He only just (stop).

5 Why you (not bring) me the letters for signature? Y'all (non type) them yet?

6 Tom (looking up absent-minded-mindedly as Mary comes in): Y'all (sunbathe)?

Mary (crossly): Don't exist ridiculous! It (pelting) all day!

7 A pair of robins (build) a nest in the porch since terminal calendar week. I (watch) them from my window since they began.

8 The police (not detect) the murderer yet, only the dead homo's brother (be) in the station all day. The police say that he (help) them with their enquiries.

9 They (pull) down most of the houses in this street, simply they (not touch) the old shop at the corner yet.

10 Tom is convinced that at that place is gold in these hills just we (search) for six months and (non run across) any sign of it.

11 I (await) for the prices of the houses to come down earlier buying a house, but I think I (wait) besides long and the prices are first to become up again.

12 Peter (exist) a inferior clerk for iii years. Lately he (look) for a better postal service simply then far he (non find) annihilation.

13 I (do) housework all morning and I (non finish) notwithstanding.

- I (practice) mine already. I e'er beginning at 6 a.m.

14 I simply (pick) ten pounds of strawberries! I (abound) strawberries for years simply I never (have) such a adept crop before.

15 What you (do) with the corkscrew? The indicate is broken off.

- I'm agape I (employ) it to brand holes in this tin.

16 She just (sell) 2 of her own paintings.

- She'due south lucky. I (paint) for five years and I (not sell) a single motion picture notwithstanding.

17 They are throwing crockery at each other in the next flat.

- This (happen) before?

- Well, they (have) a good many rows just this is the commencement fourth dimension they (throw) crockery.

18 What yous (do) with my typewriter? I can't discover it anywhere.

- Tom just (get) off with it. He says he'll bring it back when he (finish).

xix He (work) for Crow Brothers for twoscore years and never once (exist) late. The firm just (present) him with a gilded watch equally .a sign of their appreciation.

20 Nosotros (mend) sheets all morning just nosotros only (do) three, and now the sewing machine (suspension) down so nosotros'll be even slower with the next one.

21 George (collect) matchboxes always since he left school. Now he (collect) so many that he doesn't know where to put them.

22 I (look) through my erstwhile photograph album. It'south full of photographs of people whose names I completely (forget). I wonder what (happen) to them all.

23 It was lovely at eleven o'clock, but since and so the sky (get) steadily darker and the wind (rising). I'm afraid the fine spell (come up) to an terminate.

24 Since he became Mayor, my brother reckons that he (consume) 30 official lunches and 22 official dinners, and he (lose) count of the number of receptions and parties that he (attend).

- He (put) on a lot of weight?

25 Secretarial assistant: Customers (ring) up all morning complaining about getting incorrect bills.

Manager: I know, something (get) wrong with our computer. The mechanic (work) on it. I hope he (find) out what's wrong.

26 Someone (employ) my umbrella! It'south all wet! And it was moisture yesterday and the twenty-four hour period earlier!

- Well, information technology wasn't me. I (not be) out of the firm for a week!

27 I (stand) in this queue for ages. It (non motility) at all in the terminal five minutes. I think the man in the ticket role just (shut) his window and (go) off for lunch.

28 The Town Council (consider) my application for permission to build a garage for three months. They but (give) my neighbour permission to build one, and then I hope they (decide) to permit me have one too.'

29 Yous look exhausted!

- Yeah, I (play) tennis and I (not play) for years, so I'm not used to it.

30 They began widening this road three weeks ago; simply the workmen (exist) on strike for the last fortnight so they (not get) very far with it.

31 That man (stand) at the bus stop for the last half hour. Shall I tell him that the last motorcoach already (go)?

32 I wonder if anything (happen) to Tom. I (wait) an 60 minutes now. He often (keep) me waiting but he never (be) quite and then late as this.

33 Mrs Dark-brown (alive) side by side door for quite a long time now but she never (say) more than 'Adept morning' to me.

34 I just (remember) that I (not pay) the rent withal. I am surprised that the landlord (not ring) me up to remind me.

- It is the first fourth dimension you (be) late with the rent in 25 years. He probably thinks that y'all (pay) and he (lose) the cheque.

35 Store banana; Could you lot give me some proof of your identity, madam?

Customer: But I (shop) hither for fifteen years!

Shop assistant: I know, madam, merely apparently the visitor (lose) a lot of money lately through dud cheques and they (make) new regulations which we (be told) to utilise to all customers no thing how long we (know) them.

36 What y'all (do)? I (look) for you for ages.

- I (build) a charcoal-broil in the garden.

Student

Exercise two The simple by and the past perfect, simple and continuous. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1 He (requite) me back the book, (thank) me for lending it to him and he (say) that he (enjoy) it very much; only I (know) that he (not read) it because most of the pages (be) withal uncut.

2 When he (run across) his wife off at the station he (return) habitation as he (not accept) to exist at the airport till 9.thirty.

3 He (not accept) to pack, for his wife already (do) that for him and ms example (be) ready in the hall.

4 He (not have) to cheque the doors and windows either, for his wife ever (do) that earlier she (leave) the house.

5 All he (have) to do (be) to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the finish he (determine) non to.

6 At 8.30 he (selection) upward his case, (go) out of house and (slam) the door behind him.

vii Then he (experience) in his jpodrets for the key, for his married woman (remind) him to double-lock the irast door.

eight When he (search) all his pockets and (detect) no key he Remember) where it (be).

nine He (leave) it in his overcoat pocket.

10 Then he (remember) something else; his passport and tickets (be) m his overcoat pocket as well.

11 I (arrive) in England in the middle of July. I (be told) that England (be) shrouded in fog all year round, so I (be) quite surprised to find that information technology was simply raining.

12 I (ask) another passenger, an Englishman, nigh the fog and he (say) that there (not be) any since the previous February.

thirteen If I (want) fog, he said, I (come up) at quite the wrong fourth dimension.

14 However, he (tell) me that I could buy tinned fog at a store in Shaftesbury Artery.

xv He (acknowledge) that he never (buy) fog there himself but (assure) me that they (sell) good quality fog and that it (not be) expensive. I suppose he was joking.

16 When the onetime lady (return) to her flat she (encounter) at in one case that burglars (break) in during her absence, because the forepart door (be) open up and everything in the apartment (be) upside downwards.

17 The burglars themselves (be) no longer there, simply they probably only just (exit) considering a cigarette was even so burning on an ornamental table.

eighteen Probably they (hear) the lift coming up and (run) downwards the burn down escape.

19 They (help) themselves to her whisky also but there (be) a lilliputian left, so she (pour) herself out a drink.

20 She (wonder) if they (observe) her jewellery and rather (promise) that they had.

21 The jewellery (be given) her by her husband, who (die) some years before.

22 Since his death she (not have) the center to habiliment it, yet she (not like) to sell it.

23 Now it (seem) that fate (accept) the matter out of her easily; and certainly the insurance money would come in handy.

24 I (put) the £5 note into i of my books; only adjacent day it (take) me ages to detect it because I (forget) which volume I (put) it into.

25 A woman (come up) in with a babe, who she (say) just (eat) a condom pin.

26 I (think) my railroad train (leave) at 14.33, and (be) very disappointed when I (arrive) at 14.30 and (larn) that it just (exit).

27 I (find) later that I (use) an out-of-date timetable.

28 He (park) his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) into the store. When he (come) out of the shop x minutes later on the automobile (be) no longer there.

29 He (wonder) if someone (steal) information technology or if the constabulary (drive) it away.

30 It (be) now 6 p.m.; and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all solar day.

31 He (exist) as well hungry because he (have) aught to eat since breakfast.

32 His wife ordinarily (bring) him sandwiches at lunch time, merely today for some reason she (not come).

33 He (keep) looking at her, wondering where he (see) her earlier.

34 I (look) out before I (go) to bed and (come across) a man standing on the opposite pavement watching the house.

35 When I (get upwards) the following morning he (exist) still there, and I (wonder) whether he (stay) there all night or if he (become) abroad and (come) back.

36 When I (open) the door I (encounter) a man on his knees.

37 He conspicuously (listen) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear).

38 When I (ask) him what he (practice), he (say) that he (drop) a 50p piece outside the door and (look) for information technology.

39 I (not see) any sign of the money, but I (discover) a pocket-size notebook and pencil which he probably (drop) when the door (open) suddenly.

40 So he (accept) notes of our chat!

41 The notes (be) written in a foreign linguistic communication, so I (turn) to the stranger and (ask) him to interpret.

42 But he (pull) my hat over my eyes and (run) off downwards the corridor.

43 By the time I (recover) from the shock he (disappear) circular the corner.

44 Curiously enough, when I (movement) my foot I (find) that I (stand) on a 50p piece.

45 Mayhap he (tell) the truth after all!'

Student

Answers

Practice ane one take been telephoning; Haven't y'all nearly finished; oasis't got; take been trying, has been two has failed; has been practising, has got three accept often wondered; take just found out 4 has been playing; has only just stopped 5 haven't you lot brought; Haven't you lot typed 6 Accept you been sunbathing; has been raining/ has rained 7 have been building; accept been watching/have watched 8 haven't found, has been; has been helping 9 have pulled down, haven't touched 10 have searched/take been searching, haven't seen 11 have been waiting, accept waited 12 has been; has been looking, hasn't found xiii have been doing, haven't finished; have done 14 have just picked; take grown/have been growing, take never had 15 have you been doing; take been using 16 has simply sold; have been painting, haven't sold 17 has this happened; take had, have thrown 18 have you done; has just gone; has finished 19 has worked/has been working, has never once been; have/has simply presented xx have been mending/have mended, have only done, has broken down 21 has collected/has been collecting; has collected 22 have been looking, take completely forgotten; has happened 23 has been getting/has got, has been rise/has risen; has come up 24 has eaten, has lost count, has attended; Has he put on 25 have been ringing upwards; has gone; has been working; has institute out 26 has been using; haven't been 27 have been continuing; hasn't moved; has just shut... and gone off 28 has/take been considering; accept just given, have decided 29 have been playing, haven't played 30 have been, haven't got 31 has been continuing; has already gone 32 has happened; have been waiting/have waited; has often kept, has never been 33 has been living/has lived, has never said 34 have simply , remembered, haven't paid; hasn't rung; have been; take paid; has lost 35 have been shopping/have shopped; has been losing/has lost, have made, have been told, have known 36 have you been doing; have been looking; accept been edifice Exercise ii 1 gave, thanked, said, had enjoyed, knew, hadn't read, were two had seen, returned, didn't have/hadn't three didn't accept, had already done, was 4 didn't take, did, left 5 had, was; decided 6 picked, went, slammed 7 felt, had reminded viii had searched and found, remembered, was nine had left x remembered, were 11 arrived; had been told, was, was 12 asked, said, hadn't been xiii wanted, had come 14 told 15 admitted, never bought/had never bought, bodacious, sold, wasn't sixteen returned, saw, had cleaved in, was, was 17 were, had only just left 18 Probably they (had) heard/They (had) probably heard, had run/ran 19 had helped, was, poured 20 wondered, had found, hoped 21 had been given, had died 22 hadn't had, hadn't liked 23 seemed, had taken 24 put, took, had forgotten/forgot, had put 25 came, said, had just swallowed 26 idea, left, was, arrived, learnt, had just left 27 found, had been using/had used 28 parked, rushed; came, was 29 wondered, had stolen, had driven 30 was, was, had been working/had worked 31 was, had had 32 brought, hadn't come 33 kept, had seen 34 looked, went, saw 35 got upwards, was, wondered, had stayed, had gone away and come back 36 opened, saw 37 had clearly been listening, wondered, had heard 38 asked, had been doing/was doing, said, had dropped, had been looking for/was looking for 39 didn't see, found, had probably dropped, opened 40 had been taking 41 were, turned, asked 42 pulled, ran off 43 (had) recovered, had disappeared 44 moved, found, had been continuing 45 had been telling/was telling

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