Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous

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Exercise 3: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

Exercise 3: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

Complete the dialogues below with the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous of the verbs in brackets. If both tenses are possible, use the present perfect continuous.

1

A: I'm very tired. We (walk) too fast. B: Maybe you are right, we (walk) 10 kilometres in only one hour and a half.

2

A: You (drink). You can't take the car. B: But I (only/drink) a couple of beers! A: That isn't true; you (drink) four beers.

3

I (wait) for you all morning! Where (you/be) all this time?

4

I (teach) in this school for 20 years, and I (meet) thousands of students from hundreds of different countries.

5

A: It smells fantastic! B: Yeah, I (make) cookies all afternoon. A: Let me see. Wow! You (make) a lot of cookies!

6

A: Someone (call) all morning. They (call) at least ten times. B: Well, you (sit) next to the phone all this time. You could have picked it up.

7

I (work) here for over a month and I (not meet) the manager yet.

8

I (lose) my keys and I (try) to contact my wife all morning, but she isn't answering her phone.

9

What's the matter with you? You (not say) anything since this morning.

10

Look, I (wash) my car. Doesn't it look new now?