Present perfect and past

Question 1

For what we use the present perfect continuous?

Answer 1

For an activity that has recently stopped or just stopped

Question 2

What’s the structure the present perfect continuous?

Answer 2

have/has been + ing

Question 3

It began raining two hours ago and it still raining

How long ___ it ___ _______?

Answer 3

How long has it been raining

Is still happening or has just stopped

Question 4

Can you use the present perfect continuous for repeated actions?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Compare the present continuous with present perfect continuous

Answer 5

Present continuous: I am doing

Present perfect continuous: I have been doing

Question 6

You have arrived a little late to meet Ben who is waiting for you. You say:
I’m sorry I’m late, Ben. (you / wait / long?)

Answer 6

Have you been waiting long?

Question 7

Jane’s little boy comes into the house with a very dirty face and dirty hands. His mother says:
Why are you so dirty? (what / you / do?)

Answer 7

What have you been doing?

Question 8

You are in a shop and see Anna. You didn’t know she worked there. You say:
Hi, Anna. (how long / you / work / here?)

Answer 8

How long have you been working

here?

Question 9

A friend tells you about his job – he sells phones. You say:

You sell phones? (how long / you / do / that?)

Answer 9

How long have you been doing that?

Question 10

What means the expression “I have been doing”?

Answer 10

“eu tenho feito”

Question 11

When we use present perfect simple the activity has not been finished

Answer 11

No, we are thinking about completed action

Question 12

What’s the structure the present perfect simple?

Answer 12

have/has + verb in the past participle

Question 13

When we use the continuous “how long”?

Answer 13

For something that is still happening

Question 14

When we use the simple “how much”, “how many” or “how many times”?

Answer 14

For completed actions

Question 15

Some friends of yours are having a party next week. You ask:

how many people / invite?

Answer 15

How many people have you invited?

Question 16

A friend of yours is saving money to go on a world trip. You ask:
(how long / save?)
(how much money / save?)

Answer 16

How long have you been saving?

How much money have you saved?

Question 17

Look!___________ (somebody / break) that window.

Answer 17

somebody has broken that window

Question 18

‘Is it still raining?’ ‘No, __________(it / stop).’

Answer 18

it has stopped

Question 19

When we use present perfect?

Answer 19

To talk about something that began in the past and still

continues now

Question 20

Compare present with present perfect

Answer 20

Present is now

Present perfect is about something that began in the past and still continues now (have/has + past participle)

Question 21

Can you use either the continuous or simple with live and work?

Answer 21

Yes.

Julia has been living or Julia has lived

Question 22

Which is right?

I like your house. How long do you live / have you lived here?

Answer 22

have you lived

Question 23

You meet somebody on a plane. She says that she lives in Chicago. You ask her:
(you / always / live / in Chicago?)

Answer 23

have you always lived in Chicago?

Question 24

Is Amy married?

Yes, she________ married to a German guy.

Answer 24

is been

Question 25

You know Mel, don’t you? | Yes, we_______ each other a long time.

Answer 25

have known

Question 26

Sue lives in Berlin, doesn’t she? | Yes, she_____ in Berlin for many years.

Answer 26

is living

Question 27

Do you go to the cinema a lot? | No, I_____ to the cinema for ages.

Answer 27

haven't been

Question 28

Would you like to go to New York one day? Yes, I_____to go to New York. (use always / want)

Answer 28

have always wanted

Question 29

When we use "for" or "since"?

Answer 29

To say how long something has been happening

Question 30

How can you use "for"?

Answer 30

for + a period of time

Question 31

How can you use "since"?

Answer 31

since + the start of period

Question 32

Is it correct? | How many plays has William Shakespeare written?

Answer 32

No. | How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

Question 33

Is it correct? | Where have you been born?

Answer 33

No. | Where were you born?

Question 34

Complete | What do you think of my English? Do you think ________? (it improve)

Answer 34

it has improved

Question 35

Complete | Quick! We need to call an ambulance.___________ an accident. (there / be)

Answer 35

There has been

Question 36

Complete a: Ben won’t be able to play tennis for a while. _____________his arm. (He / break) b: Oh. How__________ ? (that / happen) a: ________ off a ladder. (He / fall)

Answer 36

a: He has bronken b: Did that happen c: He fell

Question 37

Put the correct sentence: | Where have you been yesterday evening?

Answer 37

P.S | Where were you

Question 38

Use the present perfect or past simple | the weather / be / cold / recently

Answer 38

The weather has been cold recently

Question 39

Use the present perfect or past simple | Emily / earn / a lot of money / this year

Answer 39

Emily has earned a lot of money this year

Question 40

Use the present perfect or past simple ____________(There / be) a bus drivers’ strike last week, so ____________(there / be) no buses.

Answer 40

There was | There were

Question 41

Use the present perfect or past simple It’s nearly lunchtime, and__________ (I / not / see) Martin all morning. I wonder where he is.

Answer 41

I haven't seen

Question 42

Use the present perfect or past simple a: Where do you live? b: In Boston. a: How long________ (you / live) there? b: Five years. a: Where_________ (you / live) before that? b: In Chicago. a: And how long_________ (you / live) in Chicago? b: Two years.

Answer 42

Have you lived did you did you

Question 43

James was on his hands and knees on the floor. He was looking / He’d been looking for his contact lens.

Answer 43

He was looking

Question 44

Sue was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She was running / She’d been running.

Answer 44

She’d been running.

Question 45

I was sad when my local cafe closed. I was going / I’d been going there for many years.

Answer 45

I’d been going

Question 46

I’m running a marathon next month. I’ve been training / I’d been training for it every day.

Answer 46

I’ve been training

Question 47

Joe and I work for the same company. He joined the company before me. When I started a few years ago, he was already working / he’d already been working there.

Answer 47

he was already working