Тест "Present Perfect Simple/Present Perfect Continuous".

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

Ex. 1. Choose the right tense form.

1. Nina has been learning/has learned English for 2 years.

2. The birds have already flown/have been flying to the South.

3. They have known /have been knowing him for many years.

4. Mike has forgotten/has been forgetting to learn the poem.

5. The children have been watching/have watched cartoons for 2 hours.

6. The train has just come/has been coming.

7. We haven’t been having/ haven’t had a holiday for 5 years.

8. She has been teaching/has taught at this school for twenty years.

9. David has been painting/has painted in his studio since 10 o’clock.

10. Mary and Sam have collected/ have been collecting stamps for 3 years.

11. Their parents have been/have being friends since their childhood.

12. Dave has been/ has been being a student for 2 years.

1. Ex. 2. Put the verbs into Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Since I bought my car, I ___________(travel\not) by train.

2. He ___________(learn\not) English for two years yet, but he speaks it very well.

3. We ___________(party\not) for a long time, but there's no food left.

4. My sister and her boyfriend ___________(go\not). out together for a long time. They only met three weeks ago.

5. James___________ (tidy \not) up his room for a long time. It's a complete mess.

6. Don’t tell me you are too busy to give me a hand with the cooking. You ______(play) computer games for the last 2 hours.

7. We are very proud of our son. He _____(break) the school high jump record again.

8. I am totally exhausted! I ____(clean) the house all day but I still _____ (not finish) the bathroom.

9. I am afraid you will not be able to leave for home earlier, Ms Brown. It’s 5 o’clock and you ______(write) only half of the proposal so far.

10. Diane Porter is a well-known applied linguist. Recently she ____(do) research on the effects of students’ age on second language learning.

1. Ex. 3. Correct the mistakes if any.

1. They are discussing the problem for hours, but has not solved it yet.

2. Somebody has been playing tennis since 2 o’clock.

3. Is it still raining? No, it have stopped.

4. John has been winning the championship two times.

5. The boys have fished for 3 hours.

6. How many books have you written?

7. Mike has invited many friends to his birthday party.

8. He has been hating oranges since his childhood.

9. They have been taken the dog for a walk.

10. Irene has left for the airport.