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Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

Thomas _______________ ( collect ) napkins for five years. She ______________ 128 napkins so far.

I ______________ ( work ) on this new model for three weeks but I ____________ ( finish ) it yet.

How many invitation cards ___________ ( write ) so far?

How long  ____________ ( Tolga / teach ) French?

Cenk _______________ ( print ) the documents for nearly forty minutes.

Roberto Carlos and Alex de Souza ________________ ( just / sign ) a new contract with Fenerbahçe.

I don’t believe it. It is the cheapest car I _______________ ( ever / see ).

A: Why are your eyes red?       B: Oh! I _______________ ( cry ).

B) Underline the correct alternative

Edu and Lugano are friends. They know / have known each other since 2005.

Ebru is exhausted because she has been working / is working hard all day.

Dr.Giray is examining / has been examining Taner at the moment.

I haven’t visited / wasn’t visiting my granparents for two weeks.

Vedat didn’t do / has never done yoga in his life.

KEY:

Part A) 1. has been collecting / has collected  2. have been working / haven’t finished  3. have you written  4. has Tolga been teaching  5. has been printing  6. have just signed  7. have ever seen 8. have been crying

Part B) 1. have known  2. has been working  3. is examining  4. haven’t visited  5. has never done