Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous.

Let’s work in groups.

Put the verb in brackets in Present Perfect.

• We just … (meet) an American actor.
• Your husband … (sell) the house?
• I … (not start) my new job yet.
• You … (be) to New York before?
• Ann … (not choose) the dessert yet.

Put the verb in brackets in Present Perfect Continuous.

• Uncle Tom (to decorate) the New Year Tree for the whole day.
• You (to clean) the yard for the last 2 hours?
• The soup (to boil) since 12 a.m. Should I turn it off?
• He (to talk) about their new development strategy for the last three hours.
• My father (to send) application letters for half a year already and still he hasn’t got a job.

Keys:

• We have just met an American actor.
• Has your husband sold the house?
• I haven’t started my new job yet.
• Have you been to New York before?
• Ann hasn’t chosen the dessert yet.

Keys:

• Has been decorating.
• Have you been cleaning.
• Has been boiling.
• Has been talking.
• Has been sending.