PERFECT SIMPLE OR PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PERFECT SIMPLE OR PERFECT CONTINUOUS 

1)  It is already 9.30 pm and I ______________________________ (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 

     ______________________________ (wait) for over an hour. I almost left 

     without him

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

______________________________ (work) for that import company for more than ten years and he ______________________________ (work) in almost every department. Nobody knew the company like he did.

4)  I ______________________________ (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 ______________________________ (climb) the Matterhorn, 

    ______________________________ (sail) around the world, and 

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

    adventurous person.

6) Sarah ______________________________ (climb) the Matterhorn, 

     ______________________________ (sail) around the world and 

     ______________________________ (go) on safari in Kenya by the time she turned

     25. 

     She ______________________________ (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 ______________________________ (cry)

8)I_______________________________ (work) for a very bad company when I met

     my present boss, who offered me this job.

9) Don, sit down and relax! You_____________________________ (work) like crazy 

     for eight hours.

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

     (leave)  and started a new life.

11) Mary ____________________________ (visit) Russia six times already. She has 

        a real affinity for the country.

12) Why do your eyes look so tired? _____________________________ (watch) TV 

       without your glasses again?

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

     She______________________________ (look) after sick kids.

14) I ______________________________ (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 _________________________ (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 (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 (have) 

       _______________________________five cups of coffee and I (wait)

       _______________________________over an hour. I had to leave because I 

      (arrange) 

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

       _______________________________ up the tickets and she was waiting for us 

       near the entrance. She was really angry because she (wait) 

       _______________________________ for more than half an hour. She said she 

       _______________________________ (give, almost)up and 

       _______________________________ (go) into the theater without us.
18) Kathy told me you _______________________________ (be) late several times in 

       the past and that she would not make plans with you again in the future. She

       mentioned that she _______________________________ (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 _______________________________ (forget) us. We 

      _______________________________ (wait) here for over half an hour and nobody 

      _______________________________ (take) our order yet.
      B.  I think you're right. He _______________________________ (walk) by us at 

           least twenty times. He probably thinks we _______________________________ 

           (order,already) 

20) This tree _______________________________ (be) planted by the settlers who 

        _______________________________ (found) our city over four hundred years 

        ago.