Present Perfect Continuous or Present Perfect Simple Exercises

UNIT 17 Exercises

17.1   Read the situation and then write two sentences, one with the present perfect simple ( I have
done) and one with the present perfect continuous ( I have been doing )

Example: Tom is reading a book He started two hours ago, and he is on page 53.

(he/read/for two hours)  He has been reading for two hours.
(he/read/53 so far) He has read 53 pages so far.

1.   Linda is from Canada. Now she is traveling around Europe. She began her trip three months ago.
(she/travel/around Europe for three months) ____________________________________________________
(she/visit/six countries so far)______________________________________________________

2.   Sue is a tennis champion. She began playing tennis when she was 11 years old. Now she
has just won the national championship for the fourth time.
(she/play/tennis since she was 11)___________________________________________________
(she/win/the national championship four times)___________________________________________________

3.   Bill and Andy make films. They started making films together when they left college.(they/make/films since they left college)________________________________________________
(they/make/ten films since they left college)________________________________________________________

17.2   Imagine that you are talking to a friend. Read the situation and ask a question beginning in the way shown.

Example: Your friend is studying Arabic. How long have you been studying Arabic?

1. Your friend is waiting for you. How long_________________________________________________

2. Your friend writes books. How many books_____________________________________________

3. Your friend writes books. How long_______________________________________________________

4. Your friend is fishing by the river. How many fish_________________________________________________


17.3   Put the verb into the correct form: present perfect simple ( I have done) or continuous ( I have been doing)

Examples: I have lost (lost) my key. Can you help me look for it?
You look tired. Have you been working (you/work) too hard?

1. Look! Somebody__________________________(break) that window

2. I ___________________________(read) the book you gave me, but I________________________________(not/finish) it yet.

3. "Sorry I'm late''  "That's all right. I_____________________________(not/wait) long.''

4. Hello! I_________________________________(clean) the windows. So far I_______________________________(clean) five of them and there are two more to do.

5. There's a strange smell in here____________________________(you/cook) something?

6. My brother is an actor. He______________________________(appear) in several movies.