PERFECT SIMPLE OR PERFECT CONTINUOS________KEY

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 

1)  It is already 9.30 pm and I ______have been waiting________________________ 

              (wait) here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, 

              I am  going to leave.

2)  I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I 

     _____had been waiting_________________________ (wait) for over an hour. I 

    almost left without him

3) Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He _______had been 

    working_______________________ (work) for that import company for more 

    than ten years and he  _______had worked_______________________ (work) in 

    almost every department. Nobody knew the company like he did.

4) I ________had seen______________________ (see) many pictures of the 

   pyramids 

    before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The

    Pyramids are actually quite small.

5) Sarah ______has climbed________________________ (climb) the Matterhorn, 

    _____________has sailed_________________ (sail) around the world, and 

    ____________has gone__________________ (go) on safari in Kenya. She is such an 

    adventurous person.

6) Sarah _______had climbed_______________________ (climb) the Matterhorn, 

     _________had sailed_____________________ (sail) around the world and 

     __________had gone____________________ (go) on safari in Kenya by the time 

    she turned 25. She ______had experienced________________________

   (experience) more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.

7) When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I 

    think  she _____had been crying_________________________ (cry)

8)I________________had been working_______________ (work) for a very bad 

   company when I met my present boss, who offered me this job.

9) Don, sit down and relax! You______________have worked_______________ 

   (work) like crazy for eight hours.

10) In 1975, after seven years in prison, Carson 

       ______________left______________ (leave) and started a new life.

11) Mary ______________has visited______________ (visit) Russia six times 

      already. She has a real affinity for the country.

12) Why do your eyes look so tired? ______________Have you been

       watching_______________ (watch) TV without your glasses again?

13) Diana is a nurse at the local children's hospital. 

     She_______________looks_______________ (look) after sick kids.

14) I _______________have been saying_______________ (say) it for years – 

      young criminals should go back to school and get a proper education!

15) We ran like crazy for five blocks, but when we got to the train station, the 

      express to New York ___________had already left______________ (already, 

      leave)

16) I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because 

       the show started at 8:00. I ______had been trying_________________________

      (try) to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the 

        time I finally left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I 

       _______had had________________________ (have) five cups of coffee and I 

       _______had been waiting________________________ (wait) over an hour. I had

       to leave because I ___________had arranged____________________ (arrange) 

       to meet Kathy in front of the theater.
17)  When I arrived at the theater, Kathy _________had already 

       picked ______________________ (pick, already)  up the tickets and she was

       waiting for us near the entrance. She was really angry because she 

       ___________had been waiting____________________ (wait) for more than half 

       an hour. She said she __________had almost given_____________________ 

      (give, almost)  up and ____________gone___________________ (go)  into the 

      theater without us.
18) Kathy told me you __________had been_____________________ (be) late 

      several times in the past and that she would not make plans with you again in 

      the future. 

     She mentioned that she ____________had missed___________________ (miss) 

     several movies because of your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. 

    And in the future, I suggest you be on time!

19)  A: I think the waiter _______has forgotten________________________ (forget)  

              us. We _______have been waiting________________________ (wait) here for 

             over half an hour and nobody __________has taken_____________________ 

            (take)  our order yet.
        B: I think you're right. He ____________has walked___________________

            (walk)  by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we _______have 

            already  ordered________________________ (order, already) .

20)       This tree ________was_______________________ (be)  planted by the settlers who  ___________founded___________________ (found)  our city over four hundred years ago